# Centralization. Whales Voting on Dapps **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [January 2, 2025, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.astar.network/t/centralization-whales-voting-on-dapps/7731 "2025-01-02T09:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Maarten](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.astar.network/maarten/32/4735_2.png) [@Maarten](https://forum.astar.network/u/Maarten)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.astar.network/t/centralization-whales-voting-on-dapps/7731/2 "2025-01-02T10:52:12Z")
The above message has been modified because certain parts refer again to an earlier topic here: [❇️ UCG: SkyLabs - Next Steps](https://forum.astar.network/t/ucg-skylabs-next-steps/7687/) You can check the modifications made by checking the history of the thread above. We are not censoring because the history is still available for everyone to check. Anything related to the Skylabs can be shared in the thread pointed out above. The forum topic has also been closed because of false accusations towards Astar Foundation. Many projects in the Astar ecosystem have investors that are also invested in Astar Network: [Polkadot Parachain Astar Network Raises $22M From Polychain, Alameda Research](https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/01/28/polkadot-parachain-astar-network-raises-22m-from-polychain-alameda-research) Astar Foundation is aware that some investors do support the projects they invested in through Astar dApp Staking, this is the power of the system were investor can do more for the builders long-term future. They maybe whales but they are staking on the dApp they would like to support and this is their own decision and shouldn’t be justified with community consensus. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.astar.network/t/centralization-whales-voting-on-dapps/7731)._