# Thunder DAO & Governance

Thunder USD (USD.T) is built with a long-term vision of progressive decentralization. As the ecosystem matures, key decisions about the future of the protocol will be placed in the hands of the community through a dedicated governance framework operated via a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO).

The Tesar DAO will empower USD.T holders to influence the development, direction, and growth of the protocol in a transparent and verifiable way.

## Governance Scope <a href="#governance-scope" id="governance-scope"></a>

The following domains will be governed by token holders or delegated representatives:

**1. Reserve Policy & Stability Management**

Token holders will vote on the frameworks for managing the reserves that back USD.T, including accepted collateral types, rebalancing strategies, and transparency requirements.

**2. Ecosystem Expansion**

The community will collectively evaluate and decide on ecosystem integrations, such as partnerships, wallet support, and protocol-level collaborations within the BNB Chain environment and beyond.

**3. Treasury Allocations**

Funds held in the treasury—allocated from fees, grants, or ecosystem growth pools—will be subject to on-chain proposals and votes. This ensures that spending aligns with the protocol’s goals and values.

**4. Incentive Structures**

Decisions on incentive programs (e.g. merchant onboarding, DeFi integration rewards, liquidity mining) will be managed by the DAO to ensure fair and effective capital deployment.

## Governance Process <a href="#governance-process" id="governance-process"></a>

* Governance will initially begin in a **semi-decentralized** format, with proposals submitted by a core working group and approved by token-based voting.
* Over time, the process will evolve into a **fully permissionless governance flow**, enabling any qualified participant to propose, discuss, and vote on protocol upgrades.
* Voting mechanisms will be transparent and auditable, using industry-standard tooling on BNB Chain.
