With the STON.fi DAO live, your staked STON tokens translate into voice and vote: propose ideas, shape priorities, and approve what ships next.
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Omniston’s liquidity layer, secure user-friendly flows, and smarter reward mechanics are the rails; the STON.fi DAO is the steering wheel. As the DAO grows, decisions become more transparent, incentives stay aligned, and TON DeFi gets safer, faster, more rewarding — and truly user-owned.
In short
- Live now: first full DAO by STON.fi in the TON ecosystem
- Stake STON → get ARKENSTON (voting power) → propose, vote, discuss.
- Your voice matters: help shape product, rewards, integrations, grants, and more.
Why a DAO and why now?
A DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) is a community-governed structure with no central authority.
A DAO isn’t just philosophy — it’s a practical operating system for growth. As TON scales, more developers, liquidity providers, and apps build on top of STON.fi. A governance framework gives these stakeholders a real voice in how the protocol evolves.
In practice, that means:
- Community-driven decision-making. Ideas flow from the community to execution: token-aligned members propose, debate, and vote on decisions.
- Aligned incentives. Voting power comes from staking, not passive holding, aligning influence with long-term commitment.
- Auditability. Proposals, votes, and results are verifiable on the blockchain for full transparency.
For STON.fi, a DAO isn’t a checkbox — it’s the operating system for scaling decisions as we grow. Governance lets us prioritize the roadmap, fund initiatives, and evolve with the wisdom of our community, while keeping everything transparent and verifiable.
How to enter the DAO
Joining DAO is the easiest way to turn your day-to-day product feedback into real impact on listings, rewards, and roadmap priorities. Early participants help set the culture and standards for governance, gain visibility as trusted voices, and shape how TON DeFi evolves.
That’s how to become the STON.fi DAO member:
- Stake STON in the STON.fi app to gain voting power (VP). If you’ve already staked, you’re set.
- When you stake, you automatically mint ARKENSTON, a soulbound (non-transferable) token representing your VP.
- More STON staked and longer lock = higher VP multiplier.
- ARKENSTON stays linked to your wallet; only staking/unstaking changes your VP.
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How to propose, vote and discuss in the DAO
From there, you can create proposals, discuss them, and vote.
- Create a proposal. Outline your suggestion, expected impact, and implementation details.
- 3-days discussion. Gather feedback, answer questions, refine the proposal. After the discussion ends, you need to open your proposal for voting.
- 7-days voting. When you open the voting window, DAO members cast their votes for or against. Proposals pass if they meet the required quorum; passed items move to the implementation stage.
- Implementation. Approved proposals move to the implementation track.
Why it matters
- For users: influence the roadmap that shapes your everyday experience — fees, listings, rewards mechanics, integrations, and more.
- For builders: a predictable, transparent path to propose integrations or improvements and get community alignment.
- For the ecosystem: strong, visible governance signals maturity to partners, contributors, and institutions.
This is what decentralized governance on TON looks like: open, verifiable, and community-driven — anchored by the first full DAO in the ecosystem.
The Decentralized Era on TON Starts Here
Read the staking guide, stake STON, and step into governance. Let’s set the standard for what responsible, transparent, user-owned governance looks like on TON.
