# Background HFT is the governance token for the Hashflow protocol as well as the Hashverse, Hashflow’s gamified DAO and governance platform. It will be an ERC-20 token deployed on Ethereum mainnet. At genesis, the total HFT supply will be `1,000,000,000` (one billion tokens). ### **What is the utility of HFT?** **Governance**: Hashflow governance will follow a vote-escrow (ve) token model where voting rights are determined based on the amount of HFT staked as well as the duration for which HFT is locked. Staking tokens will grant users the right to vote and manage the future of the protocol. This includes decisions relating to protocol fees, marketing, and code development – Hashflow will be run by its community. --- # 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://docs.hashflow.com/hashflow/hft-and-governance/background.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.