Governance is how stakers shape the Nolus Protocol. Voting guides development, funding decisions and upgrades, and it is open to anyone holding staked NLS.
Voting in the Nolus app
Open More in the navigation bar at the top of the app and pick Vote; on a phone or a narrow window, open the menu at the top left, where Vote sits below Home, Earn and Activities. You will see the latest proposals, newest first, and a proposal open for voting has a Vote button on its card. Click it, read through the details, and choose your option: Yes, No, Abstain or Veto. Confirm the transaction in your connected wallet to cast the vote on-chain. A vote costs a Nolus network fee, which the app works out for you and may charge in an asset other than NLS.
You hear back either way. A vote that lands confirms with a success message, and one the network refuses now raises an error naming the cause instead of quietly doing nothing. If the proposal list itself fails to load, the page says Unexpected error and Come back later rather than sitting on an empty frame.
A Solana wallet also gives you a Nolus account derived from the same key, and your Solana wallet extension signs the vote directly, so you do not need a separate Cosmos wallet.
One thing to check first: only staked NLS votes. NLS you are holding on Solana has to be moved into your Nolus account with Fund and then staked from Earn before it counts, as described in Stake and Unstake NLS.
Proposals are readable without a wallet. Where the four ballot buttons would be, the dialog offers a single action instead: Connect if no wallet is attached, or Stake NLS if the connected account has nothing staked. Stake NLS closes the dialog and opens the Earn Deposit form with NLS already selected.
Voting through the Keplr Dashboard
The Nolus app no longer connects Keplr: its wallet picker offers only Solflare and Phantom. If your NLS is staked from a Keplr account, vote from the Keplr Dashboard, which covers on-chain governance across Cosmos networks. Open the Governance section, select the Nolus network if it is not already active, and browse the active proposals. Click the proposal you are interested in, then click Vote. Pick your option in the pop-up and confirm the transaction in your wallet.
How voting power works
Governance participation is open to anyone who has staked NLS, and voting power is proportional to the size of your stake. The validators your stake sits with vote with it by default, and your own vote overrides that for your share. The app picks those validators for you, so there is nothing to select; see Stake and Unstake NLS.
Proposals cover everything from treasury usage to core protocol upgrades, which makes participation a meaningful part of how Nolus evolves.