# Proposal collateral To prevent abuse and spam users creating a proposal could be asked to provide collateral. This concept exists on Cosmos for instance. The collateral would begin at a fixed nominal amount, e.g. 10 SOL, and increase with every active non-resolved proposal that exists, thus creating a disincentive to spam new proposals before older ones are voted upon. The proposer would receive back their full collateral regardless of whether the proposal passes or fails, except where the plurality has voted for ["No with veto"](/practicalities/voting-options-and-slashing.md), this is a dissenting vote that further wants to slash the collateral of the proposer, to be used for proposals that are extremely bad, harmful or time-wasting. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://sg.laine.one/practicalities/proposal-collateral.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.