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  • Voting Mechanics
  • 1. Voting Power (Changed)
  • 2. Proposal Submission (Unchanged)
  • 3. Voting Duration (Unchanged)
  • 4. Voting Outcome (Unchanged)
  • Note: Veto Rights

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As part of the , this page has been updated on 15th May 2025

Voting gives a voice to the PancakeSwap community, letting the community have a say in how PancakeSwap develops into the future.

Check out and our page.

Voting Mechanics

Governance Component
Before Tokenomics 3.0
After Tokenomics 3.0
Status

Voting Power

1 veCAKE = 1 voting power

1 CAKE = 1 voting power

✅ Changed

Delegation

Allowed (via veCAKE mechanics)

Delegation is not allowed

✅ Changed

Proposal Submission Threshold

Snapshot 100K veCAKE required

Snapshot 100K CAKE required

✅ Changed

Core vs Community Proposals

Defined roles and purposes for each proposal type

No change

🔁 Unchanged

Voting Period

Community: Fixed Core: Variable

No change

🔁 Unchanged

Snapshot Timing

At proposal posted block

No change

🔁 Unchanged

Quorum

No minimum quorum

No change

🔁 Unchanged

1. Voting Power (Changed)

  • All CAKE holders have direct voting rights.

  • Voting power directly corresponds to the number of CAKE held in wallet address during snapshot

    • 1 CAKE = 1 voting power

    • CAKE staked in Syrup Pools does not count toward your voting power, as it is not part of your wallet balance at the time of the snapshot

    • Snapshot balance = Same block proposal posted

  • Delegation is no longer supported. Every CAKE holder must vote individually.

2. Proposal Submission (Unchanged)

  • How to Submit a Proposal

    • Must include:

      • Title

      • Content

      • Description

      • On-chain action(s) (if needed)

      • Voting Duration

  • Types of Proposals

    1. Core Proposals

      • Can only be proposed by the PancakeSwap Core Team.

      • Require a vote by CAKE holders.

      • If passed, will be implemented by the PancakeSwap team.

      Examples

      1. Protocol adjustments (product changes, fee changes)

      2. Significant uses of Ecosystem Growth funds not covered by previous proposals

    2. Community Proposals

      • Community proposals are posted by the PancakeSwap community. These are used to propose ideas and express the community's point of view. These are non-binding suggestions from the community.

      • Anyone with 100,000 CAKE (snapshot balance) can submit.

      • The PancakeSwap team may adopt strong proposals into future Core Proposals

3. Voting Duration (Unchanged)

  • All CAKE holders can vote during the voting window for each proposal.

    • Community proposal: Fixed at 3 days

    • Core Proposal: Variable, set by PancakeSwap

  • Your voting power is determined by a snapshot of your CAKE balance at the block when the proposal is posted.

  • Adding more CAKE after the proposal is posted will not increase your voting power for that specific vote.

4. Voting Outcome (Unchanged)

  • The outcome is based on total votes cast (total CAKE used for voting)

  • There is currently no minimum quorum required for a proposal to pass.

Note: Veto Rights

To protect the protocol, the PancakeSwap Core Team reserves the right to intervene in critical situations—such as security threats or issues affecting the stable operation of the platform—without requiring a community vote or Snapshot poll.

In any case where a veto action is taken, the Core Team will publicly share a clear explanation of the decision.

Possible veto actions may include:

  1. Temporarily pausing smart contracts to fix urgent bugs or vulnerabilities.

  2. Overriding a successful gauge vote if the token(s) involved are determined to be unsafe, malicious, or harmful to the PancakeSwap ecosystem.

Summary - What Changed (after )

Submit on

Community members may also utilize our to provide feedback and make suggestions to the protocol.

For full details, see the .

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