# QUARTZ

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## Governance <a href="#governance" id="governance"></a>

Token holders participate in governance and have control over protocol parameters and $QUARTZ distribution.

For more details, check out [Governance](/current/quartz-and-the-dao/governance.md).

## Fee Capture

Sandclock's metavaults charge a performance fee over the yield generated. **The fee is owned by QUARTZ holders.**

However, instead of using it for immediate value accrual, this capital is redeposited to the protocol as a SPONSOR and thus, **the yield generated by this capital is used to boost all deposits,** thereby creating a positive feedback loop, attracting more capital, and therefore, more fees.

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In the future, if the DAO desires, a rageQuit() function can be implemented, where burning QUARTZ will withdraw a proportional amount of the treasury to the account owner.

Other value accrual mechanism will be also be considered, pending a DAO vote.


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