# Guardians Conic utilizes so-called guardians, which are members of the Curve ecosystem that have the ability to instantly pause Conic Omnipools. When an Omnipool is paused, all deposits are disabled until the pool is unpaused. Conic Omnipools are unpaused after an 8 hour cool down period, which may get extended if longer pauses are required. Security of LPs is the absolute priority of the Conic core team. The role of guardians is to act as an additional safety layer that can respond in emergency situations. Current guardians include: * [Michael Egorov](https://twitter.com/newmichwill) - Curve * [Wicket Warrick](https://twitter.com/0xWicket) - Conic * [C-3P0 ](mailto:undefined)- Conic * [r2d2](https://t.me/r2d2_cnc) - Conic * [GeneralGrievous](https://twitter.com/gr_griev) - Conic Guardians can be proposed via governance votes. --- # 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.conic.finance/conic-finance/governance/guardians.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.