# Non-Constitutional: Amendment to the Delegate Incentives Program

**URL:** <https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/non-constitutional-amendment-to-the-delegate-incentives-program/28331>\
**Category:** Archived Proposals\
**Created:** [February 2, 2025, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/non-constitutional-amendment-to-the-delegate-incentives-program/28331 "2025-02-02T04:17:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![thedevanshmehta](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.arbitrum.foundation/thedevanshmehta/32/2334_2.png) [@thedevanshmehta](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/u/thedevanshmehta)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/non-constitutional-amendment-to-the-delegate-incentives-program/28331/42 "2025-02-06T20:36:09Z")

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> [@Larva](#):
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> Imagine if small delegates had to gain approval from large delegates to join the incentive program—how could they dare to express differing opinions or even cast opposing votes for a proposal related to large delegates?

Because other large delegates would appreciate the small delegates critical voice and take them under their wing if they were cut loose.

> [@Larva](#):
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> A significant portion of these large delegates’ voting power comes from the 2023 airdrop

As part of our [earlier token swap proposal](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/non-constitutional-arbitrum-token-swap-pilot-program/27106), we actually studied who held on and who sold off ARB. We need to reward those projects who held on to ARB is my opinion.

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