# Governance Framework Governance rights are restricted to staked $EITHER. Decisions are made by committed participants with skin in the game. #### Voting Rights * Governance rights are exclusively granted to staked $EITHER. Unstaked tokens carry no voting power * Voting weight is proportional to Staking Power: Tokens Staked x Days Locked #### Proposal & Voting Mechanics * A minimum quorum threshold must be met for any vote to be valid * Standard proposals pass with a simple majority of participating staked supply * Protocol upgrades, fee parameter changes, and vesting schedule modifications require a 60% supermajority * All passed decisions are subject to a 48-72 hour timelock before execution, providing the community a reaction window #### Emergency Guardian Council * An Emergency Guardian Council is elected by community governance on a 12-month rotation * The Council holds veto authority over any governance action that poses an immediate security, financial, or legal risk to the protocol * Council veto decisions are subject to a retrospective community ratification vote within 7 days * Council members may not hold more than 2% of staked supply individually, preventing concentration of emergency power #### Treasury Spending Controls * Treasury spending proposals are capped at 2% of total treasury value per governance vote * Cumulative treasury spending exceeding 10% of total treasury within any 90-day period requires a supermajority vote to authorise * All treasury transactions are executed transparently on-chain with publicly disclosed wallet addresses --- # 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.eitherway.ai/token/mechanics/governance-framework.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.