# veSHELL Staking

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## Overview

veSHELL (vote-escrowed SHELL) is a token staking and yield system modeled after [Curve's veToken mechanism](https://curve.readthedocs.io/dao-vecrv.html).

DAO members gain votes by staking their SHELL tokens to the DAO. The longer these tokens are staked, the higher the voting power.

One veSHELL token = one vote.

Users may earn rewards (yield) for staking. A portion of the DAO Treasury is allocated to incentivize users to stake the DAO.

For the duration that SHELL tokens are staked, they are locked and non-transferable. However, users may delegate their veSHELL voting power to other users, via the delegation system.

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