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Periodic neuron following confirmation

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The main idea of periodic confirmation of following is that in order to get rewards, governance participants have to remain active voters and regularly confirm their following settings. Neurons that set following once or were created with default following and then never interacted with the NNS again get lower, adjusted voting rewards. To find more information about the feature and community discussions about it, please see the blog post, forum discussion, and the adopted motion proposal.

Maximizing voting rewards​

In order to keep your voting power and thus keep getting voting rewards, you need to take at least one of the following three actions once every 6 months for each of your neurons:

  1. Vote directly.
  2. Set or edit following.
  3. Confirm following.

Note that if you're following other neurons, you will only receive the maximum voting rewards if the neurons you follow vote on all proposals. To see how neurons vote, visit vpGeek.

How to confirm neuron following​

  • Step 1: Sign into the NNS dapp, navigate to Neuron Staking, and click on Internet Computer. If you have neurons that are within 30 days of missing rewards, you will see a banner with a warning.

NNS Periodic Confirmation 1

  • Step 2: Click on Confirm Following, and you will be prompted with a modal window. Here, you can review the following for all of your neurons. If you agree with your current following setup, you can click Confirm Following to apply it to all neurons. Alternatively, clicking any of them will bring you to the Neuron Details page, where you can edit (or confirm) your following for a single neuron.

NNS Periodic Confirmation 1

Once you confirmed following on all of your neurons, the warning will disappear, and the neuron inactivity timer will be reset to 6 months.

Alternatively, you can:

  • Step 3: Navigate to Neuron Staking and click on Internet Computer. Select any of your neurons, which will bring you to the Neuron Details page.

NNS Import Tokens 3

  • Step 4: Click on Confirm Following, which will open up a modal window. Here, you can review and confirm your following. Make sure you still agree with the decision you made in the past. Otherwise, you can edit your following on this page.

NNS Import Tokens 4

Note that alternatively, you can vote on a proposal, which will reset the neuron inactivity timer for all neurons that voted, or edit your following.