# ARB staking for running a validator + value accrual through sequencer fees

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**Created:** [March 25, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arb-staking-for-running-a-validator-value-accrual-through-sequencer-fees/11764 "2023-03-25T00:17:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![DisruptionJoe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/disruptionjoe/32/1084_2.png) [@DisruptionJoe](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/DisruptionJoe)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/arb-staking-for-running-a-validator-value-accrual-through-sequencer-fees/11764/9 "2023-03-28T17:11:54Z")

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veLocking is cool. Here is a mechanism I mention that is similar.

> [@Active Governance](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/active-governance/12372/2):
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> I’d love to see this. I’m a big fan of Quadratic Weighted Staking.
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> To utilize governance tokens, $ARB holders would have to stake their $ARB to “charge up” (yes, like turbo in NBA Jam!). Let’s say that staking for 3 months gives your 80% of your governance weight. 1 year would give you 90%. A logarithmic curve.
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> Flexible Voting would allow people to LP and earn yeild while staking for governance.
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> It is called “Quadratic” because the voting power is the square root of $ARB tokens held times the “charge up” coefficient. This makes the preferences of many more important than the few.
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> Additionally, by forcing staking commitments to vote, it creates a natural sybil resistance because bad actors are forced to play into positive sum game theory.
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> I’d love to propose this to governance sooner than later.

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