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# Voting

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The main purpose of the xSHADOW token is to vote to direct emissions to LP token pairs. This is achieved through weekly voting for liquidity pairs. Emissions are distributed proportionally to the total percentage of votes in the epoch.

The expected emissions can be calculated using a simple division formula as such:

$$
emissions(PAIR) \ = \ % \ of \ total \ votes \ \div 100 %
$$

For example, in the first epoch 1,250 SHADOW will be distributed. If 10% of all votes are allocated to the USDC/FTM pair, that pair will receive 125 SHADOW tokens distributed linearly to liquidity providers of the relevant LP pair throughout the epoch.