> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.archdao.fi/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Creating a Proposal

> How to go live with a proposal

## Creating a Proposal

Proposals are the primary mechanism through which decisions are made on ArchDAO. They define specific actions that affect a project’s direction, treasury, or token economics.

Anyone may create a proposal for a project.

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### What Proposals Can Do

Proposals may be used to:

* Spend USDC from the project treasury
* Issue new tokens
* Update token metadata
* Increase or decrease liquidity provided by the project’s treasury

Each proposal must define a clear and discrete action that can be evaluated by the market.

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### Going Live

Once a proposal is created, it does not immediately become active.

To go live, token holders must stake tokens in support of the proposal. By default, a proposal requires **50,000,000 tokens** to be staked before it becomes active.

Staking exists solely to prevent spam and low-quality proposals. Staked tokens are not locked and are not subject to slashing.

Only one proposal may be live at any given time.