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.

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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.