# Proposing and Voting Powers

There are two powers associated with each DYDX token:

* The **proposing power** gives access to creating and sustaining a proposal.
* The **voting power** is used to vote for or against existing proposals.

DYDX holders receive governance powers proportionally to their sum of owned and delegated tokens at a given block.

**`Proposing Power =`**`Proposing Power from DYDX token +`\
`Proposing Power from staked-DYDX token +`\
`Proposing Power from DYDX token received as delegatee -`\
`Proposing Power from DYDX delegated`

**`Voting Power =`**`Voting Power from DYDX token +`\
`Voting Power from staked-DYDX token +`\
`Voting Power from DYDX token received as delegatee -`\
`Voting Power from DYDX delegated`


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