# API3 Staking-Target Proposal Exceeds Support Threshold; Tracker Lists It as Pending

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Published: 2026-09-10T02:19:18.828Z
Publisher: Yield Dispatch

The DAO tracker shows support above the displayed threshold for a proposed 30% staking target and lists the proposal as pending. The target is a parameter used to adjust API3 staking rewards.

API3's proposal to lower its staking target to 30% has exceeded the support threshold displayed by the DAO tracker. At 02:00 UTC on September 10, 2026, the tracker listed proposal 264 as pending, with 5,326,186 voting shares supporting it against 2,410,413 required. Support represented 33.1449% of the proposal's total voting power, while opposition stood at 0.0889%. [API3 DAO Tracker](https://tracker.api3.org/votings/264)

## How the target affects rewards

API3's reward documentation describes a staking target of 40% of total token supply. Under the documented mechanism, the reward rate rises when staking is below the target and falls when it is above, within minimum and maximum APR limits. If implemented, a 30% target would lead to downward APR adjustments when staking exceeds 30% of supply at a reward update, subject to the minimum APR. These adjustments occur when rewards are minted. The proposed percentage measures the share of supply targeted for staking; it does not set a 30% APR. [API3 DAO documentation](https://dao-docs.api3.org/technical/distribution.html); [API3 DAO Tracker](https://tracker.api3.org/votings/264)

## Support and execution are separate steps

The DAO's governance documentation requires secondary proposals to meet both a 15% support threshold and a relative majority. A proposal ordinarily becomes eligible for execution after voting ends if the required support conditions are met. The documentation also describes a 50% early-execution condition. The tracker displayed a pending status and last indexed block 25,940,793 when checked. Those figures establish the tracker's reported position, rather than independently confirming that the staking parameter has changed on-chain. [API3 DAO documentation](https://dao-docs.api3.org/members/proposals.html); [API3 DAO Tracker](https://tracker.api3.org/votings/264)

## Sources

- [Reward calculation and distribution](https://dao-docs.api3.org/technical/distribution.html) — API3 DAO documentation
- [Reduce the staking target to 30%](https://tracker.api3.org/votings/264) — API3 DAO Tracker
- [Working with Proposals](https://dao-docs.api3.org/members/proposals.html) — API3 DAO documentation

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