Governance Overview

The Aritect Community Governance System empowers active ecosystem participants to shape the platform’s future through a participation-based, attack-resistant voting mechanism. Unlike traditional token voting systems, Aritect governance is built on the principle that influence should be earned through participation, not purchased with capital.

Two-token model

Aritect governance separates economic rights from voting rights:

• $ARITECT: Economic token for trading, staking, and platform utility. Fully transferable.
• veARITECT: Governance token for voting power. Non-transferable, earned through ecosystem participation.

This separation eliminates common attack vectors like DeFi lending exploits, vote buying through wrapper contracts, and exchange custody manipulation.

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                    ARITECT TOKEN MODEL                          │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                                 │
│   $ARITECT (Economic)              veARITECT (Governance)       │
│   ┌─────────────────┐              ┌─────────────────┐          │
│   │  Transferable   │              │ Non-transferable│          │
│   │  Tradeable      │      ≠       │ Earned only     │          │
│   │  DeFi-enabled   │              │ Decaying        │          │
│   └────────┬────────┘              └────────┬────────┘          │
│            │                                │                   │
│            ▼                                ▼                   │
│   ┌─────────────────┐              ┌─────────────────┐          │
│   │ Trading         │              │ Voting Power    │          │
│   │ Staking         │              │ Proposal Rights │          │
│   │ Platform Fees   │              │ Governance      │          │
│   └─────────────────┘              └─────────────────┘          │
│                                                                 │
│   Attack Vector:                   Protection:                  │
│   borrow($ARITECT) → 0 veARITECT   veARITECT ∉ DeFi             │
│                                                                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Core principles

• Participation-based influence: Voting power is earned through ecosystem engagement, not token purchases.
• Attack resistance: Complete separation of $ARITECT and veARITECT prevents DeFi-based governance attacks.
• Active engagement: Governance power decays without participation, ensuring active community governance.
• Innovation incentives: Quality proposals are rewarded through treasury-funded reward pools.
• Voter rewards: Participants earn $ARITECT rewards for voting on successful proposals, plus +100 veARITECT for every vote cast.
• Deflationary mechanics: $ARITECT burns on successful proposals. Rejected submissions burn veARITECT (governance power), not $ARITECT.
• Transparent execution: All governance activities are publicly verifiable on Solana blockchain.
• Quality assurance: Development team moderation ensures technical feasibility and platform alignment.