# The Meter Reserve The Meter protocol does not have a centralized government but retains the concept of possessing a reserve to absorb any significant shocks to MTR’s price stability. At launch, 100% of the proceeds collected from the on-chain auctions (in MTRs) gradually go to validators as block rewards in the next 24 epochs. However a portion of the proceeds can be put into a system reserve. The MTRs that are put into the reserve are temporarily removed from circulation. This reserve allocation ratio is a parameter that can be adjusted via the Meter governance process. --- # 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.meter.io/overview-of-meter/the-meter-reserve.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.