> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.berachain.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# PoL Governance

> Governance controls for Proof of Liquidity: vault whitelisting, emission parameters, incentive fee routing, and DES.

Proof of Liquidity has several governance-controlled surfaces. Creating a [Reward Vault](/general/proof-of-liquidity/reward-vaults) is permissionless, but governance must whitelist vaults before validators can route emissions to them. See the [RFRV process](#request-for-reward-vault-rfrv) below for whitelisting requirements.

## Governance-controlled surfaces

### Incentive fee destination

Governance sets the shared collector that receives redirected incentive tokens from vaults created by a Reward Vault factory. The collector is the settlement point that turns those incentive tokens into WBERA-denominated yield for liquid staking.

See [Incentive Marketplace — Incentive fee settlement](/general/proof-of-liquidity/incentives#incentive-fee-settlement) and [Deployed contract addresses](/build/getting-started/deployed-contracts).

### Dedicated Emission Stream controls

Governance controls how much of the Reward Vault emission can be carved out for Dedicated Emission Stream allocations, and where those capped allocations go.

See [Block rewards — Dedicated Emission Stream](/general/proof-of-liquidity/block-rewards#dedicated-emission-stream-des) for how DES carve-out and per-vault caps interact with validator reward allocation.

## Request for Reward Vault (RFRV)

<Tip>
  The Reward Vault whitelisting process requires both: 1) a submitted **Request for Reward Vault**
  (RFRV) form, and 2) a proposal thread on the [Governance
  Forum](https://forum.berachain.com/c/proposals/).
</Tip>

### Application form

[RFRV Application Form](https://dub.sh/berarfrv)

### BEX pool RFRVs

* Pool must be live on BEX.
* Incentive tokens must be active on that pool.
* Pairing with major assets is preferred (BERA, HONEY, BYUSD, USDC, wETH, wBTC).
* Proposal should show meaningful ecosystem impact.

### General (non-BEX) RFRVs

* Contracts must be deployed and live.
* Incentive tokens must be live.
* Proposal should show measurable ecosystem value and risk controls.

Proposals are reviewed weekly by governance stewards.

For contract-level references, see [Deployed contract addresses](/build/getting-started/deployed-contracts).