The voting period for Uniswap’s first governance proposal ended on October 19, with it failing to pass as the total number of votes failed to reach the quorum threshold.

• While the vast majority have voted in favor of the proposal, it has failed to reach the minimum threshold of 40 million UNI
• At 39,596,759 UNI, the proposal is just over 3,200 UNI shy of passing
• The proposal was put forward by Dharma on October 13, seeking to reduce the quorum and proposal submission levels to encourage more democratic participation 
• Dharma and Gauntlet were the biggest contributors towards the vote
• Despite the proposal’s failure, Dharma co-founder and CEO Nadav Hollander was optimistic about the result, saying that it had encouraged more people to participate 
• Some community members have criticized the proposal as being favorable towards whales, but only 696,857 UNI has been staked to prevent the change

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