The proposal received 609 votes across the three choices but got a rejection with 43 million tokens in the negative. Nine whales, whose combined 40.3 million tokens made up the great bulk of the negative votes, contributed 40.3 million tokens to the rejection. The other two options - either no lockup or a one-year lockup on the LDO tokens - favor the idea.
This vote was for the first 10 million LDO tokens to be distributed as part of the proposal. The second tranche of 10 million LDO tokens may be sold to LidoDAO's treasury, but it's unclear if a vote will be held after this initial rejection. Jacob Blish, a DAO member, proposed on July 18 to give LidoDAO a two-year runway to perform its duties under the Lido Finance protocol without worrying about additional fundraising.
The project's Discord and Twitter accounts have been silent since the results were announced, suggesting that members of the Lido community are unconcerned with the referendum's outcome. The idea will now need to be revised and may be put to a second vote after being rejected.
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