# Governance

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**Understanding Governance**

Within the Metronome ecosystem, users will need to lock up their $MET tokens in order to vote on proposals. esMET holders play a pivotal role in emission-related decisions. This includes voting on directions for the Smart Farming boost, setting liquidity and esMET requirements to qualify for the boost, deciding on what assets should be added to the application, and making choices on protocol-specific matters, such as increasing or decreasing collateral ratios.


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