# Deposits

## Increasing Deposits

If the proposal you previously created didn't meet the `MinDeposit` requirement, you can still increase the total amount deposited to activate it.

***Note:** Proposals not meeting this requirement will be deleted after `MaxDepositPeriod` is reached.*

Once the minimum deposit is reached, the proposal enters voting period:

```bash
secretcli tx gov 
    [proposal-id] \
    [deposit] \
    [flags]
```

***Note:** The regular flags for the tx command are applicable to `gov deposit` (--fees, --gas, --account-number --ledger, --node, etc...)*

## Returning Deposits

The only ways deposits won't be returned to their owners is:

1. If in the voting period the proposal gets 1/3 `NoWithVeto` out of all votes, excluding Abstain votes (So `NoWithVeto` needs to be 1/3 out of all `Yes`, `No` & `NoWithVeto` ).
2. If in the voting period less than 1/3 of voting power votes (== The proposal won't reach a quorum).

Anyone can deposit for a proposal, even if you have 0 `SCRT` tokens staked/delegated/bonded.

## Querying Deposits

Once a new proposal is created, you can query all the deposits submitted to it:

```bash
secretcli query gov deposits \
    [proposal-id] \
    [flags]
```

You can also query a deposit submitted by a specific address:

```bash
secretcli query gov deposit \
    [proposal_id] \
    [depositor_address]
```

## Flags

There are several flags to use with `secretcli query gov deposit`:

```bash
Flags:
      --count-total       
          count total number of records in deposits to query for
      --height int        
          Use a specific height to query state at (this can error if the node is pruning state)
  -h, --help              
      help for deposits
      --limit uint        
          pagination limit of deposits to query for (default 100)
      --node string       
          <host>:<port> to Tendermint RPC interface for this chain (default "tcp://localhost:26657")
      --offset uint       
          pagination offset of deposits to query for
      --page uint         
          pagination page of deposits to query for. This sets offset to a multiple of limit (default 1)
      --page-key string   
          pagination page-key of deposits to query for
      --reverse           
          results are sorted in descending order
```


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# 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.scrt.network/secret-network-documentation/infrastructure/secret-cli/governance/deposits.md?ask=<question>
```

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.