Voting

Every SBChain token holder can participate in governance by voting. Votes are stake-weighted — one token equals one unit of voting power for each supported vote type.

How Voting Works

• Votes are stored in the voter's account object under options.votes
• Each vote is a vote_id_type that identifies the type and instance of the thing being voted on
• A single account_update_operation updates all of an account's votes atomically
• Votes take effect at the next maintenance interval — they are not applied in real time

Vote Types

Vote ID Format

Votes are encoded as type:instance strings on-chain (e.g. 1:0 = witness instance 0).

• Lower 8 bits = vote type (0 = committee, 1 = witness, 2 = worker)
• Upper 24 bits = object instance number

Vote Delegation

A token holder can delegate their voting power to another account without transferring funds.

• Set options.voting_account in account_update_operation to the delegate's account ID
• The delegate's votes are applied on behalf of the delegating account
• The delegating account retains full control of its funds — only voting authority is delegated
• Delegation can be revoked at any time by setting voting_account back to the holder's own account

Maintenance Interval

• Votes are tallied at each maintenance interval (governance configurable, typically every 24 hours)
• The top-voted witnesses, committee members, and workers become active after each tally
• A witness or committee member that falls out of the top set loses their active role at the next maintenance interval

Voting Operations