# Governance ### Community-Centered Governance At **Dezzle**, we are focused on building a truly community-first ecosystem, where governance is a core pillar of the platform. We believe that giving our users real decision-making power is essential to shaping the future of the **Dezzle protocol**. #### How Governance Works * **Dezzle Pass Holder Participation**\ Governance participation is exclusively available to **Dezzle Pass holders**, ensuring that committed community members guide the platform’s direction. * **Proposal Creation**\ Dezzle Pass holders can submit governance proposals, allowing them to introduce new ideas, feature requests, and protocol improvements. * **Voting with $DEZ Tokens**\ Eligible Dezzle Pass holders can vote on active proposals using **$DEZ tokens**, influencing key decisions across the ecosystem. * **Key Protocol Decisions**\ The community can discuss and decide on various aspects of the Dezzle protocol, including feature rollouts, system updates, and policy changes. #### Getting Involved Become a Dezzle Pass holder and take part in Dezzle governance. Your participation helps shape the future of the platform and ensures it continues to evolve in the best interest of the community. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://dezzle.gitbook.io/dezzle-docs/documentation/features/images-and-media.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.