veCRV

Curve Community

Focused on Staking

Growing Curve's Platform

DeFi's Broader Adoption

What's in a Community? Everything.

The community surrounding a protocol is valued at

70% of the underlying DeFi platform.

Community matters.

What is veCRV?

The Curve DeFi community has a token called veCRV that gives the power to vote on Curve governance proposals, earn DEX rewards, and, ultimately, incentivize long-term staking with 10x+ the rewards extended to standard LP liquidity providers.

The Curve protocol extends veCRV's maximum power for those who stake for the full 4-year term. veCRV stands for vote-escrowed CRV. CRV is the Curve platform's governance token.

We are a DAO that collectively stake our CRV to earn rewards and have a day in Curve governance.

Our name is based on the veCRV token by Curve, a "vote-escrowed" Curve token. We are at veCRV.com

Why is This a Timely Investment?

Centralized exchanges are imploding.

The core crypto ethos demands functional decentralization, making Curve & others big winners.

Communities, like Convex, that embrace a singular DeFi protocol have been growing, centered on the understanding that the crypto community is of the utmost importance.

We aim to make this $5M project slice away at the $300M Convex's command of the Curve community hold by doing the same savvy growth strategies that they successfully implemented.

Why is veCRV Different?

Other programs have their community as an afterthought to the tech. We are firmly affixed on its importance.

We focus heavily on growing a top-tier community of DeFi enthusiasts and whales who are invested both emotionally and financially, creating aligned interests and nurturing a community of like- minded, passionate people

We intend to build partnership bridges with projects that have the attention of DeFi enthusiasts and collectively align their interests with ours

We're deeply thoughtful about the ways that the 20k+ odd blockchain-based companies operate and granularly dissect what worked for them and what failed. While our discipline is DeFi, many NFT projects have been instructive in their efforts on how to convert fans over to committed community members, trumpeting a platform to those within their sphere of influence

We have a clearly defined focus and a clear plan to execute on this straight-forward directives

How Will veCRV's Grow?

Decentralized social media platforms or emerging brands around key thought leaders

Long-form Reddit posts that weave in incisive DeFi commentary

Weaving in key Curve & Convex community members with a warm introduction & opportunities

Building relationships with DeFi adopters at conferences, through warm intros, and outreach efforts to organically build adoption

Media mentions by introducing veCRV's relevancy in the context of the decentralization push for finance, outside of the centralized player whom most often grab attention

Twitter Spaces, threads, and partnerships with tech tastemakers

With code open-sourced, community in crypto is king.

How Do We Mitigate Risk?

Governance NFTs are listed on OpenSea.

veCRV DAO tokens are minted and distributed from a Gnosis-safe wallet.

Limited node holders with strict permission levels, observing top-tier SecOps.

Governance votes are done from wallets confirmed to be holding NFTs.

Key DAO conversations are done via Zoom, not via text/email/non-visual means.

Smart contracts are straight-forward, vanilla OpenZepplein contracts on the Ethereum mainnet.

Not overcomplicating steps or introduce vulnerabilities by trying to razzle-dazzle community members with our technical competencies. If a simpler solution will do to yield the same result, we'll opt for that.

Keeping the structure simple limits exploit vulnerabilities.

How Is veCRV Governed?

veCRV has 21 nodes blocks controlled by 10,000 NFTs.

100% of the token's voted-upon inflation is paid to node holders monthly.

Consensus Mechanism is proof-of-stake.

DAO governance proposals affecting treasury resources require 51% of node holder's approval.

The focus of the DAO is to stake CRV with Curve CRV is staked with Curve, producing veCRV, and to grow the veCRV community.

Nodes use their inflation resources for bug bounties, bounty boards & partnership pushes

What's the End Goal for veCRV?

Growth to 3-5% of all CRV is ideally staked by our community

Nurturing the Curve platform's continued growth

Listing on an exchange to expand its presence & grow resources

Add visible community members who are helpful in furthering thoughtful discussion

Build visibility with partnerships with thought leaders and DeFi tool platforms

Build bridges with TradFi institutions to be instructive on DeFi concepts

Deliver liquidity to node holders at a valuation that delivers a handsome exit reflective of veCRV's contributions to the DeFi-focused crypto community

Structure

5M Post SAFT

1 node, $238k gets 476 NFTs (1/21 of 10,000) + 1/21 of all inflation burn going forward