Sonic SVM just fired the starting gun on real governance.

Proposal #01 is officially live, and it's exactly what the doctor ordered for anyone who wants higher yields and skin in the game: the activation of veSONIC staking and the full boost mechanism.

If you hold a Sonic node, you can now vote to turn this on — and honestly, it's looking like a no-brainer for long-term holders.

What's Actually Being Proposed?

Pretty straightforward: flip the switch to enable the ve(3,3)-inspired system that's been teased since the whitepaper.

Node holders and future $SONIC lockers will be able to:

• Lock $SONIC for up to 4 years to mint veSONIC
• Get up to 2.5× boost on staking/LP rewards
• Use veSONIC balance for governance voting power
• Permanently align incentives between short-term traders and long-term builders

The result? Less sell pressure, higher real yields for loyal participants, and a much more reliable network as more tokens get locked instead of dumped.

This is the same model that made Curve, Convex, Olympus, and dozens of others absolutely print for long-term stakers — now coming to Solana's highest-throughput gaming chain.

Who Can Vote?

Only node holders right now.

If you bought into the $12.8 M node sale earlier this year (or picked one up on the secondary market), you have voting power.

Head straight to the node dashboard → vote and make your voice heard.

The fact they're starting governance with node holders first makes perfect sense — these are the people who backed the project earliest and hardest.

Why This Is a Big Deal for Sonic (and Solana Gaming)

Sonic SVM already has the tech edge: 400k+ TPS in testing, atomic cross-grid composability via HyperGrid, and a laser focus on attention economics.

But without proper tokenomics flywheel, even the fastest chain stays quiet.

veSONIC fixes that.

Once activated, expect to see:

• Staking APRs that actually compete with the best Solana protocols
• Real governance instead of multisig rule
• Liquidity that sticks around instead of mercenary capital rotating out
• Meme degens, gamers, and serious yield farmers all playing in the same sandbox (and getting paid accordingly)

Early signs are strong — the tweet announcing the proposal already pulled hundreds of views in minutes and the dashboard is seeing traffic spike.

Bottom Line

If you're in Sonic SVM, this is the moment the protocol grows up.

Locking season is coming, boosts are coming, and real governance is finally here.

Node holders — go vote YES and let's get this flywheel spinning.

Everyone else — start stacking $SONIC quietly, because once veSONIC launches the price discovery on locked supply is going to be spicy.

Original announcement: https://x.com/SonicSVM/status/1991446815355596923

See you on the dashboard.