# The state of Astar governance and our development plans

**URL:** <https://forum.astar.network/t/the-state-of-astar-governance-and-our-development-plans/4633>\
**Category:** Astar Initiatives\
**Created:** [May 8, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.astar.network/t/the-state-of-astar-governance-and-our-development-plans/4633 "2023-05-08T11:11:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![hoonkim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.astar.network/hoonkim/32/17_2.png) [@hoonkim](https://forum.astar.network/u/hoonkim)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://forum.astar.network/t/the-state-of-astar-governance-and-our-development-plans/4633/16 "2023-05-10T16:35:28Z")

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Thank you so much Jaski for your comments it is an honor to be working with you on this! Having your team’s solution as the interface for our governance will help a lot.

> [@Jaski](#):
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> Our team has extensively discussed the idea of NFT based governance vs a new governance token and we believe that a token-based governance system would be the most appropriate for Astar’s governance. This approach would allow for the implementation of dynamic mechanisms, rewards, and penalties, which are essential in ensuring a stable and sustainable governance structure.

And I agree with you. I’m still keeping the NFT-based governance in my scope because I see a lot of long-term potentials here, though integration (code and extensibility) is my current concern compared to the token voting system. Having said that, I’m also interested in the governance participant reputation system too (on-chain or off-chain), so we have another vector of incentivizing players who are active in the governance as you mentioned previously.

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