About Voting

How does voting on the Community Platform work?

Voting is a dedicated mechanism for community members to signal their preferences on specific questions raised by the Agent Zero project management team. Voting sessions are created by the project management when community input is needed on roadmap choices, feature priorities, policy options or other decisions where broader feedback is valuable. Each voting session clearly defines the topic, available options and the time period during which community members can participate.

Advisory, not directives

Voting sessions on the Community Platform are advisory. They are tools to inform decision making, not binding directives, and they do not create legal obligations of any kind for the Agent Zero project, the team or the community. Final decisions will always consider the project's core principles, long-term sustainability, technical and regulatory constraints and other relevant factors. The goal is to align decisions as much as possible with community preferences while still protecting the health and viability of the project.

Voting options and periods

A voting session can offer multiple options (for example: different implementation approaches, timelines or priorities). The available options are defined when the session is created and cannot be changed once voting has started. Voting sessions can have different durations depending on the topic and urgency. Each session will display its start and end time so you can see how long you have to participate.

How voting works

Voting is done by staking (locking) A0T tokens on the selected option in a voting session, similar to how upvotes work for Improvement Proposals. To participate in voting, you need to have a Web3 wallet connected to the platform. When you vote, you choose an option, select the amount of A0T you want to stake and confirm the signature on the blockchain. All voting stakes are designed to be returned after the voting session ends; staking is a way to signal commitment and reduce spam, not a fee. Read more about staking A0T.

What happens after a vote

After a voting session closes, the aggregated staked votes for each option are reviewed by the Agent Zero project management team. The results are used as an important input for decision making and will typically be reflected in public communications about the chosen direction. However, because voting sessions are advisory, the team may adjust the final outcome if there are significant technical, regulatory or strategic reasons to do so. Whenever this happens, the reasoning will be communicated to the community as transparently as possible.