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Lock YB for veYB

Lock YB for up to 4 years (or infinite) → veYB NFT → governance + gauge direction + fee revenue. Longer lock and more YB locked = more voting power. Infinite lock has no decay; term locks decay linearly to zero at unlock.

Steps​

  1. Acquire YB (LP emissions, secondary market, or vesting).

  2. Go to yieldbasis.com → Lock.

    Locker page showing voting power summary and the Create Lock panel

  3. Choose amount + lock duration. Options:

    • 1 week to 4 years — linear decay of voting power toward zero at unlock.
    • Infinite lock — constant maximum voting power; no decay. Toggleable later if governance-vote allocation is zero.

    Lock YB form: enter amount and pick a 1-month to 4-year duration

  4. Confirm. You receive a veYB NFT representing the lock.

What you gain​

  • Voting power on proposals — Aragon-style Ownership and Parameter proposals. See Proposals.
  • Gauge-weight voting — allocate YB emissions across markets via gauge voting. See Vote for Gauges. Your vote determines how much emission each gauge (as a whole) receives.
  • Fee revenue — weekly distribution via FeeDistributor.vy with 4-week smoothing. Fees paid in epoch nn distribute across n+1n+1 to n+4n+4.

Infinite lock trade-off​

  • No decay, no unlock ever. You commit the locked YB permanently.
  • Max voting power always. Slope = 0 in VotingEscrow accounting.
  • Transferable under strict merge semantics: to another holder who also has an infinite lock (or a max-duration lock ending in the same week), and only if you currently have zero gauge-vote allocation (checked by the protocol).
  • Cannot be withdrawn back to YB. The YB is permanently committed.