Vote-Escrow Lock Tiers
In one sentence: locking your staked CPLQ for longer gives you more voting power and a bigger share of buyback rewards — the longer the commitment, the larger the boost.
Vote-escrow (sometimes "ve-tokenomics") rewards people who align with the protocol for the long term. Staking CPLQ already earns you a vote; locking that stake for a fixed period multiplies it.
The tiers
When you stake CPLQ, you choose a lock tier. Each tier sets a lock duration, a voting multiplier, and a reward boost applied to buyback distributions:
| Tier | Lock duration | Voting multiplier | Reward boost |
|---|---|---|---|
LOCK_NONE | none (unlock anytime) | 1.0× | +0% |
LOCK_3M | 3 months | 1.5× | +10% |
LOCK_6M | 6 months | 2.0× | +25% |
LOCK_12M | 12 months | 3.0× | +50% |
LOCK_24M | 24 months | 4.0× | +75% |
Durations use a 30-day month at the 6-second block time: 1 month ≈ 432,000 blocks, so
LOCK_3M ≈ 1,296,000 blocks, up to LOCK_24M ≈ 10,368,000 blocks.
Multipliers are stored in basis points internally (10,000 = 1.0×), e.g. LOCK_24M is
40,000 bps = 4.0×. The reward boost is likewise in bps (7,500 bps = +75%).
How voting weight is calculated
Your weight on a proposal is your staked amount scaled by your tier multiplier:
voting weight = staked amount × tier multiplier
= staked amount × (voteMultBps ÷ 10,000)
A holder with 1,000 CPLQ at LOCK_12M votes with the weight of 3,000 unlocked CPLQ.
Weight is also subject to the governance snapshot rule: it is measured as of the proposal's creation height, and stake added after a proposal opens has zero weight on that proposal. See Governance Overview.
Rules that protect the lock
- Locks only ever strengthen. Re-staking with a higher tier raises your tier, and a
later computed lock-end extends your
lock_end_height. You can never weaken or shorten an existing lock by staking again. - Locked stake cannot be unstaked early. A
MessageCPLQUnstakeis rejected until the current height reaches yourlock_end_height.LOCK_NONEstake can be unstaked any time (still subject to the normal unstaking cooldown).
Where the boost pays off
The reward boost weights your share of buyback distributions when a passed buyback uses
BUYBACK_DISTRIBUTE_STAKERS mode — longer locks receive proportionally more of the
distributed CPLQ. See Buyback.
Related
- CPLQ Operations — staking, unstaking, claiming
- Governance Overview — how votes are counted
- Buyback — where the reward boost applies