Rari Governance Token, with the ticker RGT, is the governance token that powers Rari Capital, a decentralized protocol for lending and borrowing. The RGT was announced as a part of Rari Capital's objective to develop the decentralized finance (DeFi) space toward a sustainable model. Governance tokens are essentially the blockchain tokens that give their holders voting and management power. They are especially important in the DeFi environment, where power balance is required. Using governance tokens, users can vote on proposals related to the blockchain.
As per the platform’s website, Rari Capital empowers people to break free by producing new opportunities, communities, and financial products. Rari Capital is the primary interface to interact with the Rari protocol on Ethereum, which can be accessed by anybody across the world. An important feature offered by Rari Capital is the Rari Capital DAO (decentralized autonomous organization), which ensures that all decision rights belong to the platform users.
Subsequently, the RGT has three different roles to serve, namely maintaining governance, passthrough governance, and fee discounts. The token is utilized in decisions to integrate new protocols, edit pools, and risk parameters that maintain governance. On the other hand, the token serves as pass-through for their governance when a pool accumulates other tokens like $COMP, $BAL, etc. Apart from these, users can also utilize the token for fee discounts from the Rari protocol.
Furthermore, RGT is burned for every transaction generated by the protocol. Burning implies sending the tokens to an unusable wallet address to remove them from circulation. This process leads to a total decrease in the supply of RGT tokens as the protocol succeeds.