# Cost-Effective Voting Power for PancakeSwap users

PancakeSwap voters must buy and lock CAKE tokens as veCAKE for 4 years to get maximum voting power, which is not a cost-effective way to control governance power.

## ​Cakepie offers cost-effective voting power for PancakeSwap voters:  <a href="#penpie-offers-cost-effective-voting-power-for-pendle-finance-voters" id="penpie-offers-cost-effective-voting-power-for-pendle-finance-voters"></a>

Users can lock their CKP tokens as vlCKP to control the voting power that Cakepie has accumulated through its veCAKE holdings. Each CAKE token that Cakepie locks on PancakeSwap is locked for 4 years. This means that all of Cakepie's veCAKE own the highest benefits on PancakeSwap. PancakeSwap voters can buy voting power cost-effectively by acquiring and locking CKP tokens. Users can lock CKP as Vote-Locked CKP on Cakepie, enabling efficient participation in PancakeSwap's governance while also allows earning boosted rewards with a significantly shorter lockup period of only 60 days.


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