# Governance

Governance is managed by a community DAO and has the ability to perform maintenance functions and parameter adjustments to the protocol via decentralized voting, including:

* Upgrading contracts
* Changing protocol configurations and parameters
* Selecting Unique Entity Check providers
* Setting the rewards and distribution of GFI
* Pausing protocol activity in the event of an emergency

## Participation

Anyone can participate in governance by making proposals, discussing them, and participating in Snapshot votes.

#### Governance Forum

The Goldfinch community governance portal is located at <https://gov.goldfinch.finance/>. This is a venue for the community to make and discuss proposals. More details on the proposal process are at the governance portal [here](https://gov.goldfinch.finance/t/welcome-to-the-goldfinch-governance-forum/37).&#x20;

#### Snapshot Votes

Snapshot votes take place at <https://snapshot.org/#/goldfinch.eth>. You can use your GFI balance to vote, and the results are calculated according to [Quadratic Voting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic_voting). To ensure sybil resistance with quadratic voting, participants need a [Unique Identity NFT (UID)](/goldfinch/goldfinch-v1/unique-identity-uid.md) in order to vote.

## Governance Council

The Goldfinch Council has been set up to execute limited types of on-chain transactions based on the community Snapshot votes. The Goldfinch Council is a 6-of-10 multisig with 10 members who represent all stakeholders of the protocol:

* **Borrower —** [**Gautam Ivatury**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/givatury/)**,** Managing Partner at [Almavest](https://www.almavest.com/), one of the early Borrowers on Goldfinch. Almavest provides debt capital to high-performing companies in a variety of sectors globally.
* **Borrower —** [**Alexandre Liege**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-liege/)**,** CEO of [Cauris](https://www.caurisfinance.com/), one of the early Borrowers on Goldfinch. Cauris is a credit fund created to bring decentralized financing to fintechs in emerging markets.
* **LP/Backer —** [**Deltatiger.eth**](https://twitter.com/deltatigernz)**,** an early Liquidity Provider and Backer on Goldfinch. Designed Synthetix monetary policy and active participant in many other protocols, including core team and multisig at [boot.finance](https://www.boot.finance/).
* **LP/Backer —** [**Andrei Ansimov**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreianisimov/)**,** an early Liquidity Provider and Backer on Goldfinch. Also an early Flashbots contributor and active participant with many protocols.
* **Crypto Community —** [**Manish Adhikari**](https://twitter.com/mans9841)**,** Goldfinch Discord Community Manager, and blockchain enthusiast.
* **Crypto Community —** [**Viktor Bunin**](https://twitter.com/ViktorBunin)**,** Protocol Specialist at Coinbase Cloud and active contributor to many crypto communities.
* **Crypto Community —** [**Nat Robinson**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nat-robinson/)**,** Co-Founder & CEO of [Leaf Global Fintech](https://leafglobalfintech.com/), a company using crypto to provide affordable financial services for refugees in Rwanda, Uganda, and Kenya.
* **Early Team —** [**Mike Sall**](https://twitter.com/sall)**,** Cofounder of [Warbler Labs](https://twitter.com/warblerlabs), which is part of the Goldfinch community and supports the growth and development of the Goldfinch ecosystem and broader DeFi space.
* **Early Team —** [**Blake West**](https://twitter.com/_blakewest)**,** Cofounder of [Warbler Labs](https://twitter.com/warblerlabs), which is part of the Goldfinch community and supports the growth and development of the Goldfinch ecosystem and broader DeFi space.
* **Early Team —** [**Andrew Huelsenbeck**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahuelsen/)**,** Head of Operations at [Warbler Labs](https://twitter.com/warblerlabs), which is part of the Goldfinch community and supports the growth and development of the Goldfinch ecosystem and broader DeFi space.

## Community-driven Proposal Tracker

Head on over [here](https://goldfinch-community.notion.site/Governance-Proposals-f1a743f6657a453081556e5e7cc6a204) to keep a track of current and upcoming proposals.


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