# Matchmaker Voting

Website on: <https://preprod.dao.muesliswap.com/matchmakers>

The **Matchmaker Voting** system is the foundation of our DAO-based governance for managing matchmaker licenses on MuesliSwap. It gives DAO members the power to **decide who can operate as a matchmaker** by voting on license issuance and renewal.

Each license is **valid only for a fixed time period** (in our case around 7 days). When this period ends, the matchmaker must request a new license. If the matchmaker does not receive **enough votes from DAO members**, the license simply expires and cannot be renewed. This creates a natural, transparent way to phase out underperforming or inactive matchmakers — without needing a separate revocation process.

Through this time-based voting mechanism, the DAO ensures that only **trusted and actively supported matchmakers** can continue to operate, keeping the system decentralized, accountable, and community-controlled.

#### How the Matchmaker Voting Works

Before you can participate in matchmaker voting, you first need to **stake your governance tokens** in the DAO staking section. Once staked, you can use your staked tokens to **support** one or more matchmakers.

Support is **infinite**, meaning that your staked tokens continue to count as votes for a matchmaker until you manually withdraw them.\
Before you can **unstake your governance tokens**, you must first **remove your support** from all matchmakers you are currently voting for. This ensures that every active vote is fully backed by locked governance tokens.

**1. Active Licenses**

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Here you can see all **matchmakers who currently hold a valid license**. Each entry shows the matchmaker’s name, address, renewal interval, and the total amount of voting support received.

If a matchmaker has reached the quorum, their license is shown as **Active**, along with the total number of tokens supporting them. You can use the buttons below to:

* **Add Support** – increase your voting weight for the matchmaker.
* **Withdraw Support** – remove your existing support.
* **View Details** – open the detailed matchmaker page.

**2. Pending Licenses**

This section lists **matchmakers who have applied for a license but have not yet reached the quorum**. They are still collecting votes from DAO members.

As a DAO participant, you can review pending matchmakers and decide whether to add your support. If a matchmaker reaches the required number of votes before the interval ends, they will automatically receive an active license for the next term.

**3. Matchmaker Details**

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The detail page provides a full overview of a specific matchmaker’s current status, including:

* **Wallet Address** – the main address of the matchmaker.
* **Approval Votes** – how many votes the matchmaker has received versus the required quorum.
* **License Status** – whether the license has passed or is still pending.
* **Performance Overview** – (to be added) shows transaction and profit statistics once the monitoring API is integrated.

You can add or withdraw your support for a matchmaker directly from this page.