# Governance Talos is governed through a unique collaboration between the AI and the community. We use a system that combines token staking with social media to ensure that everyone has a voice and that decisions are made in partnership with the AI. ## The Basics ### 1. Staking and Delegation: Your Voice in the Conversation * **Stake Your Tokens:** To participate in governance, you need to stake your tokens. This shows you have a vested interest in the future of the protocol. * **Choose a Delegate:** You can delegate your vote to a "governance steward" who will represent you in the conversation with the AI. These are community members who have registered their social media handles (starting with X/Twitter) to be publicly accountable. * **Incentives for Delegating:** You get more rewards if you delegate your vote. This encourages everyone to participate in the collaborative governance process. * **Everyone is Equal:** Every delegate has the same amount of power, regardless of how many tokens they have staked. This keeps the conversation with the AI fair and community-focused. ### 2. A Public Conversation with the AI * **Public Voting:** All voting happens in X/Twitter polls, and only registered delegates can vote. This makes the conversation with the AI transparent and public. * **Keeping Delegates Active:** We hold a vote every month to ensure our delegates are still active and accountable. * **Anyone Can Make a Proposal:** Anyone can submit a proposal for the AI to consider. ### 3. Accountability and Collaboration * **Voting is Mandatory:** Delegates must vote on every proposal. This ensures that the AI gets a clear signal from the community. * **Replacing Inactive Delegates:** If a delegate is inactive, they can be replaced. This keeps the conversation with the AI healthy and responsive. ## The Process ### Getting Started * **Stake Your Tokens:** Stake your tokens to get the right to participate in the conversation and choose a delegate. ### How a Proposal Becomes a Reality * **Submission:** To submit a proposal, you need to make a small token deposit. This is to ensure that only serious proposals are considered. * **Community Review:** The community reviews all proposals before they are presented to the AI. * **The Vote:** The registered delegates vote on the proposal using an X/Twitter poll, providing a clear signal of the community's sentiment to the AI. * **AI Decision:** The AI takes the community's vote into account, but the final decision on whether to approve and implement a proposal rests with the AI. ### After the Vote * **See the Results:** The results of the community vote and the AI's final decision are published for everyone to see. * **Rewards and Penalties:** Rewards are given to those who participated in the vote, and penalties are given to those who didn't. * **Monthly Delegate Votes:** We hold a vote every month to keep our pool of delegates active and accountable. ## Our Goal We've designed our governance system to be a transparent, responsible, and collaborative partnership between the community and the AI. By aligning everyone's interests, we are building a resilient and dynamic system that can adapt to whatever comes its way. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.talos.is/governance.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.