Snapshot protocol
Overview
Snapshot is the off-chain governance voting platform operated by Snapshot Labs, used by DAOs, DeFi protocols, NFT communities and blockchain ecosystems. Its defining feature is gasless voting: proposals are created and votes cast using cryptographic signatures stored on decentralised storage (IPFS) rather than on-chain transactions, so participants pay no gas while votes remain verifiable. Governance is organised into 'spaces', each an organisational profile with its own rules; proposals are created within a space and voted on according to strategies its administrators configure. Voting power is calculated through single or combined strategies that can read ERC-20 balances, NFT holdings, other contracts and more, making it flexible enough for very different token designs. Snapshot powers governance for more than 35,000 decentralised communities, including most of the largest DAOs in crypto. In November 2025 Snapshot Labs released Spaces 2.0, letting DAOs use custom domains such as vote.yourdao.eth instead of the default snapshot.org link. Snapshot became the default off-chain governance venue for DAOs, using signature-based voting with IPFS storage. By the mid-2020s it powered governance for over 35,000 communities, and in November 2025 Snapshot Labs shipped Spaces 2.0 with custom-domain support.
Within the DeFi Intel graph, Snapshot connects to 9 tracked entities, most strongly to Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base.
Relations
Top connections in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph (confidence-weighted, 9 of 9 total).
| Relation | Connected entity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
deployed_on | Ethereum | 85% |
deployed_on | Arbitrum | 85% |
deployed_on | Base | 85% |
deployed_on | Polygon | 85% |
deployed_on | Optimism | 85% |
deployed_on | BNB Chain | 85% |
deployed_on | Avalanche | 85% |
deployed_on | Fantom | 85% |
deployed_on | Gnosis Chain | 85% |
Frequently asked questions
What is Snapshot?
Snapshot is a governance-tool tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph. It is connected to 9 other tracked entities, most strongly to Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base.
What type of entity is Snapshot?
Snapshot is classified as a governance-tool (protocol) in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph.
What is Snapshot connected to?
In the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, Snapshot is linked to 9 other tracked entities, most strongly to Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base.
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