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# Kaito Voting Rights

Projects listed on **Kaito Connect** need **votes to gain leaderboard exposure**, and YapTrade enables the **buying and selling of these voting rights** securely.

Sellers list their votes for sale at an agreed price, and buyers fund escrow before votes are cast. Once all votes have been placed, YapTrade manually verifies each vote to ensure compliance. Only after this verification is complete and the buying team has given final approval are funds released to the sellers.

To **protect the buyer**, every vote-buying deal **gets a fresh wallet for escrow**, ensuring transparency and full accountability for each deal.

If the **full amount of votes is not reached**, the buyer **receives a full refund for the missing votes, including fees**.