5.3 - Voting
Who can vote
Voting is how manual veNEST holders decide which pools receive NEST emissions and earn rewards related to that pool each epoch.
You can only vote if your veNEST is in your wallet as a manual position.
If your veNEST is deposited into the HYPE Engine Vault (HEV):
the vault votes automatically for you
you won’t vote manually with that NFT (as HEV is the voter)
common confusion: your veNEST NFT will not appear on the Vote page because it’s currently deposited in HEV (not held as a manual position)
Voting window (UTC)
Epochs run Thu 00:00 → Wed 23:00 UTC.
Practical rule: don’t leave voting to the last minute.
Set up Otomato Alerts for vote/unlock reminders, see Notifications & Alerts
Only manual veNEST positions will be able to vote, HEV vote for you and your position will not appear if attempting to vote
Voting Deadline
The HYPE Engine Vault (HEV) is designed to operate around the epoch flip with protections that reduce last-minute gaming.
This hour before 00:00 is used for the Hype Engine Vault to optimally vote.
veNEST deposited into HEV remains locked from Wednesday 23:00 UTC (epoch end) until Monday 00:00 UTC.
This is described as mitigating front-running around the “1 hour epoch flip” buyback/compounding behavior.
Voting checklist (manual veNEST)
Go to Vote: https://app.usenest.xyz/vote
Pick pools and allocate vote weight
Submit (you’ll need HYPE for gas)
Vote before Wednesday 22:00 UTC (best practice)
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