Utility & Staking
Staking and utility sinks that exist for GEAR.
GEAR token is an ERC20 utility token. It started as a governance token for the protocol - and then could take any other new function the DAO could envision for it. Supply information is here.
Tokenomics can be adjusted in different ways. What is crucial is that the protocol has had the fee switch turned on by the DAO back in 2022, check what fee streams it currently has. There are 4 fee streams, and they are all configurable to adjust to different use cases and integrations. Vote!
1. Main DAO Governance: Snapshot
Directing protocol treasury and grants, voting on parameters, onboarding assets and protocols, and so on. That happens on snapshot, see how on governance page. You can vote on proposals or propose yourself even if you don't hold idle GEAR but have them in the GEAR-ETH Curve LP. Then your GEAR is taken into account, for delegation as well. Snapshot can expand its "strategies" to also account for Quotas & Gauges balances of stakers, and so on. It's configurable.
pageMain DAO Governance2. Quotas and Gauges
GEAR stakers can freeze their tokens for 4 epochs (28 days) and vote on the extra rates borrowers are paying for every different asset. This is a very important protocol function, because it (1) creates better and more fair rate markets whereas (2) this extra fee is split between passive lenders to compensate them for their liquidity as well as the DAO (the fee goes into the separate fee multisig).
pageQuotas and Gauges3. GEAR-ETH Curve Pool
There is liquidity mining ongoing for the GEAR-ETH pair on Curve V2. You take some impermanent loss on it potentially, but get an APR at the rate that might compensate for that and above. The rewards in GEAR accrued you need to claim yourself automatically, or go to Convex / Yearn for this.
Make sure to "Deposit & Stake" your Curve LP tokens, as their interface suggests.
It is logical to expect that some of these utilities and staking contracts should be harmonized, so holders could do a few things at a time. Should it be? How? Should the LM move over from Curve to Uniswap? Discuss these ideas and propose your solution.
Others
There could be anyone offering utility sinks for GEAR. It's up to every holder individually to decide which of the utility sinks they want to engage in. You can also propose and / or make your own staking contract, or propose to the DAO to offer something else. Jump in Discord to discuss!
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