# Governance ### **Understanding Governance** To vote on the SHUI DAO, users need to lock vote lock their SHUI. By doing so, participants can earn a boost on their provided liquidity and vote on all DAO proposals. Users who reach a voting power of 1000 veSHUI can also create new proposals. There is no minimum voting power required to vote. #### **Voting Power** veSHUI stands for vote-escrowed SHUI. It's a mechanism where users can lock their SHUI tokens for varying lengths of time to gain voting power. Users can choose to lock their veSHUI for a time period ranging from one month to four years. The longer the voting escrow duration, the more stake they hold, which results in increased voting power. A user's voting power gradually decreases over time until it reaches zero at the time of unlock. For instance, if a user decides to lock 100 SHUI for one years, they will initially receive 100 veSHUI. After 3 months, due to the constant decay, the user's veSHUI balance will reduce to 75 veSHUI, then to 50 veSHUI after 6 months, etc... until it finally zeroes out after whole years. The existing lock can be extended at every point in time, resulting in a increased veSHUI balance again. --- # 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://shui-1.gitbook.io/shui/shui-dao/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.