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On-Chain Governance Calculator

Calculate your voting power, effective influence at typical turnout, proposal eligibility, and the cost to reach key governance thresholds in DAOs like Uniswap, Aave, or Compound.

About this calculator

The On-Chain Governance Calculator sizes up your influence in a DAO or token-voting protocol like Uniswap, Aave, or Compound, distinguishing between your raw Voting Power (% of Supply) and your Effective Influence -- how much you actually swing outcomes given typical low voter turnout. Total Voting Tokens is Your Tokens Held plus Delegated to You, and raising either one raises your Total Voting Tokens and downstream influence figures. Voting Power (% of supply) moves the opposite direction from Total Token Supply -- a larger total supply dilutes the same token holding into a smaller percentage -- while Token Price has zero effect on that percentage at all, since it's a pure token-count ratio; price only matters for the dollar-denominated outputs like Voting Power Value and Cost to Control a Majority.

Effective Influence compares your tokens to the tokens that typically actually vote (Average Voter Turnout times Total Token Supply) rather than the full supply, which is why a low-turnout governance system can hand meaningful influence to a holder with a small percentage of total supply -- this calculator models that gap explicitly rather than only reporting raw ownership share. Total Execution Time simply adds the Voting Period and the Timelock Delay, the two sequential waits between a proposal passing and it actually executing on-chain. What this does not account for: vote-buying or bribery markets, delegate churn between snapshots, or quorum rules that require a minimum number of distinct voters rather than a raw token threshold.

Inputs

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Results

Effective influence (%)

0.1%

Voting power (% of supply)0.02%
Total voting tokens150,000
Can create proposalsNo
Tokens needed to propose2,350,000
Cost to reach proposal ($)$3,525,000.00
Quorum contribution (%)0.38%
Voting power value ($)$225,000.00
Total execution time (days)9
Cost to control majority ($)$112,275,001.50
Quorum Usd$60,000,000.00
Can Swing VoteNo
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter Total Token Supply and your token holdings (Your Tokens + Delegated to You) to calculate your voting power.
  2. Set the Quorum Requirement % (e.g., 4% for Uniswap) and Average Voter Turnout % for your protocol.
  3. Enter the Proposal Threshold % — the minimum tokens needed to create a governance proposal.
  4. Set Voting Period Days and Timelock Days to understand the governance timeline from proposal to execution.
  5. Enter the Token Price ($) to see dollar-denominated outputs like Voting Power Value, Quorum Usd, and the Cost to Control a Majority.
  6. Review Your Voting Power %, whether you can create proposals, and the Cost to Control a Majority to assess governance dynamics.

How the result changes with Total token supply

Total token supplyEffective influence (%)
500,000,0000.2%
750,000,0000.13%
1,500,000,0000.07%
2,500,000,0000.04%

What each input means

Total token supply
Total supply of the governance token.
Your tokens held
Governance tokens you directly hold.
Delegated to you
Tokens delegated to you by other holders.
Quorum requirement (%)
Minimum voter participation for a proposal to pass (Uniswap = 4%).
Average voter turnout (%)
Typical percentage of tokens that vote on proposals.
Proposal threshold (%)
Minimum tokens needed to create a proposal (Uniswap = 0.25%).
Voting period (days)
Duration of the voting window.
Timelock delay (days)
Mandatory delay between vote passing and execution.
Token price ($)
Current market price of the governance token.

What each result means

Effective influence (%)
Your share of votes at typical turnout. Over 50% = you can swing any vote.
Voting power (% of supply)
Your voting power as percentage of total token supply.
Total voting tokens
Sum of held and delegated governance tokens.
Can create proposals
Whether you meet the proposal creation threshold.
Tokens needed to propose
Additional tokens needed to reach proposal threshold.
Cost to reach proposal ($)
USD cost to acquire enough tokens for proposal rights.
Quorum contribution (%)
Your voting power as a percentage of the quorum requirement.
Voting power value ($)
USD value of your total governance token position.
Total execution time (days)
Time from proposal to execution (voting + timelock).
Cost to control majority ($)
USD cost to acquire enough tokens for simple majority at typical turnout.
Quorum Usd
USD value of the quorum requirement (quorum tokens times token price).
Can Swing Vote
Over 50% effective influence means you can swing any close vote.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    9 parameters
    Total token supply = 1000000000, Your tokens held = 100000, Delegated to you = 50000, Quorum requirement (%) = 4, Average voter turnout (%) = 15, Proposal threshold (%) = 0.25, Voting period (days) = 7, Timelock delay (days) = 2, Token price ($) = 1.5 = 9 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Effective influence
    Effective influence = totalVotingPower / typicalVoterTokens * 100
    0.1 = 0.1%
  3. Calculate Voting power
    Voting power = (totalVotingPower / totalSupply) * 100
    0.015 = 0.015%
  4. Calculate Total voting tokens
    Total voting tokens = yourTokens + delegatedTokens
    150000 = 150000

Engine last updated . Checked against 2 independently-derived tests — how we verify calculators. Built by Paul Gunder, a software engineer, not a licensed financial, medical, or legal professional.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why does Token Price have no effect on my Voting Power (% of supply)?

Voting Power (% of supply) is a pure ratio of token counts -- your tokens divided by total supply -- with no dollar values involved. Token Price only affects the USD-denominated outputs, like Voting Power Value and the cost figures, which convert your token holdings and thresholds into dollar amounts.

What's the difference between Voting Power (% of supply) and Effective Influence?

Voting Power (% of supply) compares your tokens to the entire token supply, most of which typically never votes. Effective Influence instead compares your tokens to the tokens that actually show up to vote, based on the Average Voter Turnout you enter -- which is usually a much smaller number, so your effective influence is typically much higher than your raw ownership percentage.

Why does a larger Total Token Supply lower my Voting Power percentage?

Voting Power (% of supply) is Total Voting Tokens divided by Total Token Supply -- holding your own token count fixed, a larger denominator (more total tokens in existence) produces a smaller percentage. This is simple dilution: the same absolute holding represents a shrinking slice of a growing pie.

How is Total Execution Time calculated?

It's simply the Voting Period plus the Timelock Delay added together -- the two sequential waiting periods a passed governance proposal must clear before it actually executes on-chain. Raising either one independently raises the total time from proposal passage to execution by the same amount you added.

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