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# Aragon VE Governance

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Aragon’s ve-governance system is a **tokenomics-first governance framework** designed to improve resource allocation in onchain organizations. It enables DAOs to **align user incentives with the protocol**, **reward long-term participants**, and **build an active ecosystem** using staking, dynamic voting power, emissions, and bribes.

Vote-Escrow (VE) governance is a **proven model** for aligning user incentives in token-based communities. It was popularized in DeFi, allowing protocols to **reward long-term stakers with increasing governance power**.

#### How it Works

1. **Users lock tokens** in an escrow contract.
2. **They receive veTokens**, which represent their voting power.
3. **Voting power scales with lock duration** – longer locks mean **higher governance weight**.
4. **Votes influence resource allocation** across the protocol, typically directing incentive emissions towards specific pools or initiatives.