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Votium is a bribe marketplace where protocols pay to influence Convex voters' veCRV allocations toward specific Curve gauges. It routes bribes to vlCVX holders who vote on emissions — no standalone governance token.
Curve veCRV bribe marketplace for liquidity incentives.
The primary off-chain coordination layer for Curve bribes via Convex voters — rent liquidity by paying vlCVX holders directly.
The marketplace where incentive buyers (protocols) deposit whitelisted ERC20 tokens to reward voters who direct Convex vlCVX (and Curve veCRV) gauge votes toward a chosen pool. Buyers select a payment token, amount, target pool, and (for Curve) which of the next 6 weekly votes to incentivise, and can top up the incentive until the round closes.
vlCVX holders delegate their Convex voting power to Votium (votium.eth) once via Snapshot's Gnosis Delegate Registry. Delegation is non-custodial and persists across CVX lock/unlock/buy/sell; Votium then votes delegated power to capture the highest-value incentives each round. veCRV voting rights cannot currently be delegated.
An updateable Merkle-airdrop distributor contract (of the type used by Sushi and others) that distributes collected incentives to eligible voters. After a round ends the multisig posts a Merkle root; users claim their share (or let it accrue across rounds to save gas). Deployed on Ethereum at 0x378ba9b73309be80bf4c2c027aad799766a7ed5a.
A team multisig controls all fund-touching functions across the contracts (VotiumBribe.sol, MerkleDistributor.sol, VotiumVeCRV.sol): setting the maintenance fee (hard-capped at 4%), fee recipient, team permissions, token whitelist, updating Merkle roots, and pausing/resuming claims.
None — Votium does not have a native or governance token
Votium Docs — Why VotiumAdjustable by multisig between 0% and a hard-capped maximum of 4% of incentives; no withdrawal fees and free for delegators/voters (excl. gas)
Votium Docs — Multisig Admin RightsvlCVX/Convex rounds bi-weekly, Thursday 00:00 UTC to Tuesday 00:00 UTC; incentives distributed within 24-48h of round end via Merkle airdrop
Votium Docs — vlCVX FAQNon-custodial — CVX/CRV is never staked or held by Votium; users always retain custody; locked CVX remains on Convex's contracts
Votium Docs — RisksConvex vlCVX and Curve veCRV gauge-vote incentives; via Convex's expanded voting power, vlCVX also carries rights over Frax (veFXS/veFPIS) and other ecosystems Convex supports
Votium Docs — Why VotiumEthereum mainnet, 0x378ba9b73309be80bf4c2c027aad799766a7ed5a
Etherscan — Votium Multi Merkle StashHow Votium maps onto established TradFi structures, and where it diverges.
Corporate proxy-vote solicitation / proxy advisory
Votium
Like a proxy solicitor gathering shareholder votes for a corporate resolution, Votium aggregates delegated voting power (vlCVX) and directs it in shareholder-style gauge votes on behalf of many small holders who would otherwise not vote.
TradFi analogue
Votium voters are explicitly paid ('incentivised') by the parties seeking their votes, distribution is on-chain and permissionless, there is no fiduciary/regulatory framework, and the votes govern emission subsidies rather than corporate control.
Political lobbying / campaign contributions marketplace
Votium
Protocols openly pay to influence how a governance body allocates a shared resource (Curve token emissions), analogous to lobbying spend directed at influencing an appropriations decision.
TradFi analogue
Payments are transparent, on-chain, auction-priced per vote, and flow directly to the voters rather than to intermediaries or officials; the 'policy' being bought is purely economic (which liquidity pool gets more CRV rewards).
oo-00
Lead developer / creator (pseudonymous) Pseudonymous developer under whose GitHub account (oo-00/Votium) the Votium 'CVX Vote Delegation' Solidity contracts are published. Votium is a community/fair-launched project with no disclosed corporate entity or venture backers.
Votium Multisig
Protocol administration / treasury Team-controlled multisig that administers all fund-affecting contract functions (fee level up to the 4% cap, fee recipient, team permissions, token whitelist, Merkle-root updates, pausing claims).
Key milestones: launches, upgrades, exploits and governance events.
Votium launches as a vlCVX bribe marketplace
ExecutedVotium went live in September 2021 during the 'Curve Wars', extending the bribe model from Curve's veCRV votes to Convex's vlCVX gauge votes and quickly becoming the dominant hub for Convex vote incentives.
SourceEarly rounds surpass $400K in incentives
ExecutedWithin weeks of launch, a handful of pools had offered bribes totalling roughly $400K on Votium, marking its rapid rise as the leading Convex incentive marketplace.
SourceVotium V2 release
ExecutedV2 introduced Convex L2 voting support, Zap multi-deposits, per-vote max amounts, and exclusion addresses, streamlining the depositor experience while keeping delegation unchanged for voters.
SourceVotium is a non-custodial vote-incentive ('bribe') marketplace where protocols pay whitelisted ERC20 rewards to Convex vlCVX and Curve veCRV holders in exchange for directing Curve gauge emissions to their pool. Votium does not have a native governance token.
Lock CVX as vlCVX and either delegate your Convex voting power to Votium (votium.eth) via Snapshot once — after which Votium votes for the highest-value incentives on every future round automatically — or vote yourself for whichever incentivised pools you prefer. You must be locked and delegated before a proposal starts to be eligible.
Convex/vlCVX rounds run bi-weekly, from Thursday 00:00 UTC until Tuesday 00:00 UTC, aligned with Convex gauge-vote proposals. Incentives are distributed within roughly 24-48 hours after a proposal ends via a Merkle airdrop; you can let rewards accumulate before claiming to minimise gas.
There are no withdrawal fees and no cost to delegate or vote (aside from gas). A maintenance fee is taken from the incentives themselves; the fee is adjustable by the multisig between 0% and a hard-capped maximum of 4%.
Votium is non-custodial — your CVX/CRV is never staked or held by Votium and you always retain custody. Your locked CVX stays on Convex's smart contracts. Residual risk comes from interacting with the delegation registry, the auction contract (buyers) and the Merkle claim contract.
