# PGOV6 - Staker Specification

**URL:** https://forum.pokt.network/t/pgov6-staker-specification/4886
**Category:** Foundation
**Created:** [December 20, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.pokt.network/t/pgov6-staker-specification/4886 "2023-12-20T06:19:04Z")
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### Author: ![JackALaing](https://forum.pokt.network/user_avatar/forum.pokt.network/jackalaing/32/39_2.png) [@JackALaing](https://forum.pokt.network/u/JackALaing)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://forum.pokt.network/t/pgov6-staker-specification/4886/12 "2023-12-23T17:50:27Z")

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> [@shane](#):
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> Let’s say a Protocol Proposal draws out the total voting power, which is 100. Grove’s 10.4 weight is 10.4% of the total voting power. However, let’s say a moderator proposal only draws out a total vote power of 23, then Grove’s 10.4 weight represents 45% of the power.

Just to expand on what Ben said, this is flawed - Voting power has a fixed % in each house and each vote, regardless of voter turnout. If Grove has 10.4% of the total vote as a result of their share of the Gateway market, this will be true in every vote. There is no scenario where this becomes 45%. Lower voter turnout in the Citizen or Builder houses does not impact on the voting weights of the Staker house. Gateways will be collectively capped at 13.5% regardless of turnout in other houses, and an individual gateway’s share of that 13.5% will be determined by how many relays they send to the protocol, which means it will be meritocratic. If another gateway comes along and sends 5B relays to the protocol, Grove’s ~500M relays becomes ~10% of the Gateway market, and their vote becomes 1.35% of the total.

You can read more about how the caps will work in this [Voting Specification](https://forum.pokt.network/t/pgov7-voting-specification/4897) which I just published.

There is a separate argument in your responses which is valid and worth considering - that the 13.5% allocated collectively to Gateways should not exceed that allocated collectively to Citizens. I would be open to considering increasing the Citizen house to 20% and decreasing the Builder/Staker houses to 40% each.

As for whether Grove would have extra power in other voting classes, i.e. Citizen/Builder/Node/LP, it is likely that they would have some voting power in these but they would not have any more of an advantage in these classes than others in the ecosystem. Also, as we’ve alluded to in other comments, I wouldn’t assume that any Citizens/Builders who are part of Grove would vote as a bloc. We have previously seen preferences vary depending on the proposal.

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