Voting

Voting is the mechanism through which Key holders determine the face of Spacebar's ecosystem. Every week, those who found Keys decide which dapps appear in the Core Zone's Governance Portal. This power to curate makes voting one of the most consequential activities in the entire platform, especially in the early stages.

The voting system operates on a simple premise: those who actively explore and discover should decide what the community discovers next. By limiting voting rights to Key holders, Spacebar ensures that governance power flows to engaged participants.

What Voting Decides

Each voting cycle determines which dapps occupy the six category slots in the Governance Portal: HIP-3, DEX, Trading, AI, Meme, and NFT. A dapp selected through governance gains visibility, credibility, and user traffic that can fundamentally change its trajectory.

Why Voting Matters

Voting serves multiple purposes beyond simple curation.

It creates accountability in the discovery process. When a specific group of identifiable participants selects featured dapps, there's social pressure to choose quality projects rather than gaming the system.

In addition, the voting system provides real-time feedback about ecosystem sentiment. By tracking which dapps receive votes week after week, both users and projects can understand what categories are gaining or losing interest.

Voting Window

Voting opens the moment the first Key is claimed each cycle, typically within hours of a new week beginning. This early opening gives Key holders nearly the full week to research options, discuss choices with the community, and make informed decisions.

The voting period closes 24 hours before the cycle ends, creating a buffer for final tallies and ensuring smooth transitions between cycles.

Transparency and Trust

Every vote in Spacebar's governance system is permanently recorded onchain, creating complete transparency about who voted for what. Anyone can verify that a Key holder cast their votes, check what they selected, and track their historical voting patterns.

This transparency serves as the foundation for trust in the curation process. When users see a dapp featured in the Governance Portal, they can review which Key holders voted for it and evaluate whether those voters have good track records.

Tie-Breakers and Community Participation

When Key holder votes result in ties, the system activates an extended voting mechanism that brings the broader community into the decision. This tie-breaker period opens voting to all users who meet a minimum staking threshold.

The 24-hour tie-breaker window creates focused urgency around these decisive votes. Projects and their communities have a single day to make their case and demonstrate their value to the ecosystem. If a tie persists even after the extended voting period, the system defaults to the dapp that received its first vote earliest.