# Is EPoS a broken governance model? **URL:** \ **Category:** Governance\ **Created:** [December 12, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://talk.harmony.one/t/is-epos-a-broken-governance-model/21987 "2022-12-12T22:06:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 14
**Author:** ![TrickLuhDaKidz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@TrickLuhDaKidz](https://talk.harmony.one/u/TrickLuhDaKidz)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://talk.harmony.one/t/is-epos-a-broken-governance-model/21987/14 "2023-02-16T17:50:31Z")
EPoS has had issues from Day 1. ![download](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/harmony1/original/2X/0/0672db9d3e876c177ecaa24c12ca87a6614b9af6.jpeg) I do think reducing/removing multi-key could help, but it’s probably only a part of the overall solution. > [@Open Staking: Improvement Proposals](https://talk.harmony.one/t/open-staking-improvement-proposals/623): > > Dear community, We have heard your concerns about the number of active validators decreasing over this first week since launch. We are currently at 43 elected validators out of a total of 170 validators created. It is extremely important to us that we address the root causes of this problem so that we can foster a decentralized group of validators for the long term. Let’s work together to see how we can solve this problem. Here’s an outline of what we see as the underlying issues and potential… --- _[View the full topic](https://talk.harmony.one/t/is-epos-a-broken-governance-model/21987)._