# 5.1 Voting Power

Each $veSC will have 1 vote in governance proposals. Staking 1 $SC tokens for the maximum time, 4 years, would generate 4 $veSC. Users can trade in their $veSC tokens for $SC tokens, once the vesting period is over. In the meantime, the user can also increase their $veSC balance by locking up $SC tokens, extending the lock end date, or both. \
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Worth noting is that $veSC is non-transferable and each account can only have a single lock duration. This means that a single address cannot lock $SC tokens for different time lengths. For example, a user will be unable to lock one set of $SC for 2 years and then another set of $SC tokens for 3 years. All $SC per account must have a uniform lock time.
