# GENE Staking GENE is the governing token of the Genoverse and staking is what allows you to realize its value. Governance, in-game utility and liquidity rewards are all enabled through the staking program. The Genopets staking program was inspired by successful projects in both the GameFI and DeFi space. We have been following the industry best practices closely and along with input from our advisors, investors, and community leaders and have arrived at a model we’re proud to propose. Staking for GameFi projects on Solana is growing, but best practices and contracts have yet to be clearly established in the community. After the launch of our GENE staking program we hope to inspire other projects in the Solana community to use similar mechanisms and contract design to align their token holders with the success of their projects.\ \ For Genovians, we hope this program will incentivize and reward the GENE token community while providing stability and liquidity to the Genopets game economy. Stake here: --- # 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://whitepaper.genopets.me/tokenomics/gene-staking.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.