Incentive Pools

Incentives are board-wide reward pools that distribute tokens to supporters of accepted initiatives. The distribution is time-weighted: earlier supporters earn a larger share than those who lock later. Rewards are auto-claimed when supporters redeem their lock positions.

See Bounties for details on initiative-specific rewards.

Distribution

When a supporter locks tokens, the pool records an incentive credit with the lock amount and timestamp. The timestamp determines which time bucket the credit falls into. Each initiative tracks 24 time buckets that expand as needed (starting at 1-hour intervals, compressing when full).

Each bucket has a multiplier derived from the incentive curve. Earlier buckets get higher multipliers, later buckets get lower ones. A supporter who locks on day 1 has their credit weighted more heavily than one who locks on day 10.

On redemption, the reward formula is:

supporterReward = totalRewardPerInitiative × (supporterWeightedCredits / totalWeightedCredits)

Where weightedCredits = lockAmount × bucketMultiplier for each lock. The pool sums weighted credits across all supporters to determine each individual's share.

Rewards are auto-claimed during redeemLock(). No separate transaction needed. Redeeming before acceptance forfeits incentive rewards. Acceptance itself does not call the pool, and is non-blocking even if the pool is depleted.

Incentive curve

The curve determines how early-supporter bonuses are calculated. Only linear curves are currently supported. Parameters are provided as incentiveParametersWAD (at least 2 values, up to 24) and interpolated across time buckets from opensAt to acceptance.

Earlier buckets receive higher multipliers. A supporter who locks on day 1 earns more per token than one who locks on day 10, even if both lock the same amount for the same duration.

Setup

The incentives pool must be linked to the board before it opens. Once opensAt passes, you cannot attach or change the pool.

See the Incentives Configuration reference for function signatures and parameters.

Multiple boards, one pool

A single IncentivesPool can serve multiple boards. Each board is approved independently with its own totalRewardPerInitiative and boardRemainingBudget. The pool's total funds are shared across all boards, with each board drawing from the pool as its initiatives are accepted.

Each board has a fixed reward amount per accepted initiative. As initiatives are accepted and supporters redeem, rewards draw down from the board's remaining budget. When a board's budget is exhausted, later acceptances on that board receive reduced or zero rewards, but other boards are unaffected.

Common issues