# Participating in Proposals with Quadratic Voting

## Quadratic Voting in PoSciDonDAO: Requirements & Process

### What is Quadratic Voting?

Quadratic voting is a collective decision-making procedure that allows people to express not just their preferences but also how strongly they feel about different issues. In PoSciDonDAO:

* Instead of voting power being directly proportional to the number of tokens held, it follows a square root formula
* This means the cost of votes increases quadratically (squares) with the number of votes
* For example:
  * 1 vote requires 1 SCI token locked
  * 2 votes requires 4 SCI tokens locked
  * 3 votes requires 9 SCI tokens locked
  * And so on...

This system helps prevent wealthy token holders from having disproportionate influence and encourages more thoughtful voting based on conviction rather than just token holdings.

### Why We Use Quadratic Voting

1. **More Democratic**: Gives more voice to smaller token holders while still respecting larger stakeholders
2. **Better Representation**: Helps capture how strongly the majority of the members feel about the proposal
3. **Prevents Plutocracy**: Makes it expensive to dominate voting through large token holdings
4. **Encourages Participation**: Smaller token holders know their votes have meaningful impact


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