# Protocol Management Fees The Ike protocol charges a small Management Fee for providing liquid staking services. The management fees will eventually go to the future Governance DAO's treasury, once Governance is launched. This Fees takes the form of sAO inflation. The mechanism is as follows: Each time a user Stakes or Unstakes, the [Virtual Shares](/the-ike-protocol/definitions.md) are updated on the `Vault`. These Virtual Shares are minted periodically, and go to the DAO's treasury. --- # 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://docs.ike.xyz/the-ike-protocol/dao-and-governance/protocol-management-fees.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.