> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.aura.markets/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Proposal Voting

> How new market proposals are reviewed and approved by the community.

Aura relies on community-driven governance to ensure high-quality and
relevant prediction markets. Every new market proposal goes through a
transparent review and approval process, guided by votes from \$AURA
stakers.

## How proposals are reviewed and approved

<Steps>
  <Step title="Proposal submission">
    A creator submits a proposal with a clear question, resolution rules,
    end time, and category. The required ALPH deposit is locked.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Voting period">
    Proposals enter a **24-hour community voting window**. Eligible voters
    rank each proposal, weighted by their staking tier.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Curation">
    After the window closes, the most-supported proposals are reviewed
    against current platform capacity — number of active markets, recent
    daily trading volume, and the size of the proposal queue. Proposals
    that fit the slate are approved and deploy on-chain immediately;
    others are rejected and the deposit is refunded.
  </Step>
</Steps>

This balance between **community signal** and **operational curation**
keeps the market list curated to platform demand while still ensuring the
community decides what's interesting in the first place.

## Voting weight by tier

Your influence on proposal approvals scales with your staked \$AURA tier.

| Tier       | Voting weight | Stake requirement |
| ---------- | ------------: | ----------------: |
| Degenerate |            30 |  1,000,000 \$AURA |
| Diamond    |            22 |    833,333 \$AURA |
| Platinum   |            16 |    666,667 \$AURA |
| Gold       |            11 |    500,000 \$AURA |
| Silver     |             7 |    333,333 \$AURA |
| Bronze     |             3 |    166,667 \$AURA |
| Iron       |             1 |     60,000 \$AURA |
| None       |             0 |   \<60,000 \$AURA |

* Higher tiers grant significantly more voting power, rewarding stakers
  who put real skin in the game.
* Stakers below the Iron threshold can't vote on proposals.