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# BEAR Overview

A Fair Launch for the Community

**`BEAR`** serves as the governance token of the BearCage DAO, empowering holders to propose, debate, and vote on critical protocol upgrades, parameter adjustments, and ecosystem initiatives. The BearCage Constitution establishes the foundational rules, rights, and processes governing the DAO, ensuring alignment with its core mission of decentralization and resilience.

By holding **`BEAR`**, participants directly shape BearCage’s evolution, safeguarding its integrity while driving adoption and utility across the ecosystem.

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## Bear Token Staking

**`BEAR`**  token can be staked for Governance:

BEAR token holders govern the BearCage DAO through staking and proposal voting. By staking BEAR, holders gain voting power proportional to their stake, with each staked token representing one vote.

### Proposal Submission

Any **`BEAR`** holder can submit governance proposals, provided they stake a minimum threshold of **`BEAR`** tokens (set by the DAO).

### Voting Process

* Proposals enter a defined voting window
* To pass, proposals must achieve:
  * A majority of "yes" votes
  * A dynamic approval quorum (percentage of total staked **`BEAR`** tokens voting "yes"), adjusted based on proposal type
* Quorum thresholds and voting parameters are managed on-chain via the BearCage Constitution

### Scope of Governance

Proposals can shape meme factory rules, AI agent features, treasury allocations, and ecosystem incentives. The DAO retains authority to expand governance scope through community consensus.

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**`BEAR`**  token can be staked for Ecosystem Incentives

The **`BEAR`** token can be staked to participate in Ecosystem Incentives Program proportional to their staked amount and lock-up duration, governed by smart contract parameters.

Unstaking initiates a predefined cooldown period, the specifics of which (e.g., duration, conditions) will be transparently disclosed prior to the Token Generation Event (TGE). All incentive mechanisms, including reward distribution, lock-up terms, and cooldown rules, are subject to adjustment via DAO governance votes to ensure long-term ecosystem sustainability.