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# $STS - Subvault Token Shares

The Subvault's decisions are entirely governed by $STS (Subvault Token Shares), which are the shares issued when staking into the Subvault.

**Owners of $STS have the right to decide on what properties are onboarded to the Subunit Protocol.**

These decisions will be made via Snapshot.box.

**Let's recap the flow:**

1. You stake USDc into the Subvault
2. You get $STS in return
3. You now use this $STS to vote on whether to accept a property on the platform via snapshot.box
4. Your $STS tokens will be diluted when that onboarding occurs (each $STS will be worth less USDc)
5. You will be issued $UNIT tokens that represent ownership of the new property's DAO