Proposal Addendum: Incentivize users to migrate to V3 by matching token side LM rewards with up to 50,000 BNT per pool. Availabl

This proposal is expected to appear on Snapshot for voting on Sunday. Make sure to stake your vBNT for voting before this date and time to participate in the DAO decision.

TL;DR

• In Bancor 3, external token projects can incentivise their own communities by providing liquidity incentives in their own TKN.
• To garner fast adoption, bring awareness to the External Liquidity Mining rewards tool, and lubricate the transition from Bancor v2.1 to Bancor 3, this proposal seeks to match external team’s liquidity mining incentives in dollar value at the time of token commitment, up to a maximum of 50,000 BNT, emitted over a 24 months schedule.
• The matched BNT will be emitted over a 24 months schedule. The 2-year duration is chosen with a long term view in mind.
• Bancor 3 launched on the 11th of May in a limited capacity, with 3 pools + BNT. The remaining pools will be deployed as soon as protocol security assessment allows it. Therefore, to provide enough time for projects and teams to deploy tokens and participate in the Dual LM Rewards program, an extension to the cut-off date is being proposed.

External Liquidity Mining feature

Liquidity Mining is a convenient tool to bootstrap liquidity with proven results. Figure 1 and 2 show the WOO pool balance increasing significantly after LM rewards were activated, and finally stabilising at a higher TVL than before the program started. Figure 3 shows the Liquidity Share for the FARM pool increasing once LM rewards were activated, and stabilising at higher values.

Figure 1 - WOO pool balance over time. LM rewards started at the end of May 2021.

Figure 2 - FARM pool balance over time. LM rewards started at the end of July.

Figure 3 - FARM Liquidity Share on Ethereum.

Matching the rewards on TKN with BNT rewards means that less BNT is needed for Liquidity Mining compared to v2.1.

Since the announcement of Bancor 3, there has been strong interest among white listed tokens to offer LM rewards. Migration to Bancor 3 can be achieved in a single click via the Bancor app. The liquidity incentives discussed here are an important component in stimulating users to migrate from v2.1 to Bancor 3.

To accelerate the adoption, and help raise awareness for this feature, for each white listed token that commits to their own auto-compounding rewards program, the BancorDAO will match the emissions value up to a maximum of 50,000 BNT.

There is no requirement that the token and BNT LM be on the same emission schedule; however, the BNT emissions will be non-negotiable and fixed over a 24-month period.

To receive the BNT rewards, LPs need to stake their LP tokens in a rewards contract. Decision on the rewards emission schedule is purposely open-ended and will be proposed and decided at a later stage by the BancorDAO.

In conclusion, the Dual LM rewards program seeks to:

• Incentivise LPs to migrate from Bancor v2.1 to Bancor 3.
• Increase awareness of the External Liquidity Mining feature.
• Attract more LPs from different communities to stake on Bancor and get familiarised with Bancor3 features.
• The BNT emission schedule has a long-term view in mind.

FOR

Accept the addendum to move the cut-off date from the end of May 2022 to the end of June 2022.

AGAINST

Continue with the previous dual LM rewards proposal with a cut-off date at the end of May 2022.