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# Proposition rights
The Governors will have different rights according to their tiers. Tiers are based on Proof-of-Time (PoT), Proof-of-Devotion (PoD) and Proof-of-Governance (PoG) meaning that devotion in the system is valued more than the riches one has. Tiers do not give any additional voting powers to their holders; instead, they grant the ability to make and promote proposals on crucial matters.
Governance functions through governing eras. A governing era consists of 168 epochs. Each epoch lasts for 4 hours, which is similar to the epochs in human node validation on the chain.
A governor is considered active if he was bioauthenticated and ran a node for 164 epochs out of 168 and if he passed the necessary governing action threshold in the previous era. Every era a certain amount of required actions are presented to a governor, such as upvoting or downvoting a certain amount of proposals or voting on them in the Vortex . If a governor passes the requested amount threshold of actions then he is considered an active governor and becomes eligible to be counted in the quorums of the upcoming governing epochs.
## Proof types
#### Proof-of-Time:
1. Longevity of being a human node
2. Longevity of being a governor
#### Proof-of-Devotion:
1. Proposal approval in Vortex
2. Participation in a project through Formation
#### Proof-of-Governance
1. Longevity of being an active governor
2. Active governing status
## Governing tiers
Tiers give various proposal rights to the governors. The system is designed to emancipate a participating governor through certain stages of proposition rights based on achieved levels of different types of proofs.
### Tier 1 Nominee
A nominee is a Human node who sets out to receive voting rights in any of the chambers. Although a nominee cannot partake in voting, he is already able to participate in any projects that are assembled in Formation and make proposals to chambers.
**Requirements:**
* Run a node
**New actions available:**
* Make any proposal excluding those connected to Fee distribution, Monetary System, Core Infrastructure, Administrative, DAO core.
* Participate in Formation
* Start earning Longevity as a governor
Examples:
* Design
* Social media presence
* Education
* Front-end commits
* Consensus protocol commits
* Ecosystem project ideas
* Legal advisory
* Financial management advisory
etc.
### Tier 2 Ecclesiast
The second tier is achievable only when a proposal submitted by the nominee gets accepted by governors in a chamber. From this point on a governor can start actively participating in governance according to the governing requirements. \
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**Requirements:**
1. Run a node
2. Have your proposal accepted in Vortex
**New available proposal types:**
#### ***Fee distribution***
Examples:
* 2% of fees flow into the Formation vault to fund the network development and execute proposals.
* 98% of fees go to human node validators.
***Monetary modification***
Examples:
* Implementation of Fath on the Humanode mainnet
* Proportional emission distribution
* Monetary Supply Balancing mechanisms
* Equality of fee distribution among human nodes
* Emission of HMND tokens
### Tier 3 Legate
The third tier requires a demonstration of prolonged governing participation and passage of the meritocratic barrier by direct participation in the processes of the Humanode ecosystem.
**Requirements:**
1. Run a node for 1 year
2. Be an active governor for 1 year
3. Have your proposal accepted in Vortex
4. Participate in a project through Formation
**New available proposal types:**
***Changes of the core infrastructure***
Examples:
* Combination of cryptobiometrics through multimodal biometric processing in node creation
* Sybil defense through decentralized cryptobiometrics
* CVM deployment control
* Equality between peers in decisions on a global state
* Delegation mechanics
### Tier 4 Consul
**Requirements:**
1. Run a node for 2 years
2. Be an active governor for 2 years
3. Have your proposal accepted in Vortex
4. Participate in a project through Formation
**New available proposal types:**
***Administrative***
Examples:
* Types of human nodes, their rights, and requirements;
* Governor tiers: rights, requirements, and obligations;
* Formation procedures and grants.
### Tier 5 Citizen
By reaching Citizen tier there are no more restrictions for proposition.
**Requirements:**
1. Run a node for 4 years;
2. Be a governor for 4 years;
3. Be an active governor for 3 years;
4. Have your proposal accepted in Vortex;
5. Participate in a project through Formation.
**New available proposal types:**
***DAO core***
Examples:
* Proposal system values and protocol;
* Vortex voting values and protocol;
* Equal voting power distribution;
* Decisions on the creation of new types of human nodes;
* Decisions on the creation of new types of Governors.