# Protocol Beneficiary {% hint style="info" %} Data Union DAO asks for a **1% protocol fee** of all incoming revenue of every new data union. This fee is used **to fund new data unions** and to continuously **improve the framework**. The beneficiary is the address that receives the protocol fee. The beneficiary is governed and changeable by the Data Union DAO. An **admin** of a data union **can not change the protocol beneficiary address or the fee**. {% endhint %} --- # 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.dataunions.org/main-concepts/roles-and-responsibilities/protocol-beneficiary.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.