Grove Governance

Grove governance is the process through which GROVE holders take part in protocol decisions. Holders stake GROVE to mint stGROVE, the staked form of the token, which can be used to vote on proposals through a delegate or directly. There is no minimum stake.

Staking and stGROVE

Staking is available in the Grove App. When staked, GROVE is deposited into the Grove staking vault, built on Symbiotic infrastructure, and stGROVE is minted to represent the staked position and its voting power.

Staked token: stGROVE
Staking venue: Grove App
Staking infrastructure: Symbiotic
Minimum stake: none

Unstaking can be initiated at any time and takes between two and four weeks to complete. Unstaking is queued and becomes claimable after the next epoch ends. The unstaking window keeps voting power stable during active governance cycles. During the unstaking process, tokens lose voting power. Pending unstakes are visible on the Staking page.

Voting and delegation

Proposals are published to Grove's Snapshot space, where stGROVE carries voting power. Stakers can delegate their voting power to one of three delegates, who review proposals and vote on behalf of the holders who support them, or vote on each proposal directly. Delegation is managed on the Staking page, on the Grove App.

The delegates were appointed by the Grove Foundation and the Operational Facilitator under the Sky Ecosystem's Delegation Framework, as announced on the governance forum:

DocGriffin: 0x9eA908bd2d294161c40B9ACcB095E91FF27F09Df
YvonPiPi: 0x1C8f136b3c8F40B82f6676f09f44E8e2b52677a8
northbridge: 0xb5f1A4a55337493f82640E1Bed84fa9290b6EC2d

Delegate voting activity is recorded publicly on Snapshot and organized by voting cycle.

Disclaimers

Staking and delegation do not confer any right to payment, yield, or distribution. Governance mechanics and parameters may evolve over time and remain subject to governance decisions, final governance documentation, and protocol development.