Gauges & Voting Incentives
veLITH Gauge Voting
The veLITH gauge voting system creates a dynamic marketplace for liquidity. Incentives flow toward pools that generate the highest trading volumes and fees, ensuring that emissions are allocated where capital is most effectively utilized.
Liquidity Bootstrapping
- Protocols can overcome the cold-start problem by depositing voting incentives.
- Deposits attract veLITH votes, directing emissions to their liquidity pools from the earliest stages.
Liquidity Management
- Partner protocols can adjust liquidity levels by changing their weekly incentive deposits.
- Incentive flexibility allows pools to expand or contract in line with project strategies.
Self-Optimizing Allocation
- Emissions are continuously directed toward the most productive pools.
- Pools generating strong volume and fee activity naturally receive more incentives, creating an automatic feedback loop.
Bribe-Match Program
- Ecosystem partners who qualify receive matched incentives from Lithos.
- Matching effectively doubles the value of partner incentives while sharing responsibility for liquidity growth.
Voting Incentives
Claiming
- Rewards are distributed as a claimable lump sum after the Epoch concludes.
- veLITH holders who voted for a pool during that Epoch are eligible to claim.
Epoch Duration
- Epochs run weekly from Thursday to Thursday.
Token Types
- Any whitelisted tokens may be deposited as voting incentives.
Deposit Window
- Incentives may be deposited at any time during the Epoch.
- To be eligible for the following Epoch, deposits must be made several hours before the reset at 00:00 UTC (Wednesday–Thursday).
Bribe Matching
- Qualified ecosystem partners receive matched incentives directly from Lithos.
Voting Requirement
- Earning both voting incentives and trading fees requires active voting.
- Votes must be cast each Epoch to remain eligible.