Bond. Earn. Govern.

Bonding means locking your SELFCLAW tokens for a fixed period in exchange for two benefits: earning yield from platform activity, and unlocking governance voting power. When you bond, your tokens are transferred onchain to the protocol’s bonds wallet on Base — every transfer is verifiable on Basescan. When your bond matures, you can withdraw your full principal back to your wallet. You can have multiple active bonds at the same time, each with its own term and multiplier.

You can lock for 30, 60, or 90 days. Longer locks earn a higher yield multiplier: 30 days = 1.0x, 60 days = 1.5x, 90 days = 2.0x. The multiplier determines your share of every reward distribution — a 2.0x bond receives twice the yield per token compared to a 1.0x bond of the same size. It also increases your governance voting power proportionally. You can create multiple bonds with different terms to balance flexibility and yield.

Yield comes from three sources: (1) Trading fees collected from Uniswap V4 liquidity pools where SELFCLAW is paired. (2) Early withdrawal penalties — when a bondholder breaks their lock early, the penalty (up to 20%) is redistributed as yield to all remaining bondholders. (3) Community reward deposits — anyone (projects, DAOs, individuals) can deposit tokens to reward bondholders using the “Support the Protocol” section above. This creates a flywheel: more bonding activity generates more fees and penalties, attracting more rewards.

Yield is split pro-rata across all active bonds, weighted by bond amount × multiplier. For example, a 1,000 SELFCLAW bond at 2.0x receives twice the share of a 1,000 SELFCLAW bond at 1.0x. There are two distribution modes: Instant deposits are allocated to all bondholders immediately. Scheduled deposits (30, 60, or 90 days) are streamed daily — a background worker processes one day’s slice roughly every 24 hours and allocates it across active bonds. The USD value of each distribution is recorded at the time it happens using DexScreener prices, so your yield balance always reflects the real-dollar value at the moment of distribution.

Yes. Yield and principal are completely separate. You can claim your accumulated yield at any time without breaking your lock or affecting your bond in any way. Claiming yield does not reduce your bonded amount, does not change your yield multiplier, and does not affect your governance voting power. Think of it like collecting dividends while your shares remain locked — the rewards are transferred directly to your wallet onchain.

Yes, but with a penalty of up to 20% of your bonded amount. The penalty scales linearly with remaining time: penalty = 20% × (remaining days / total lock days). For example, a 90-day bond withdrawn on day 45 incurs a ~10% penalty, while withdrawing on day 80 costs only ~2.2%. The penalty is never burned — it is redistributed immediately as yield to all other active bondholders, weighted by their bond amount and multiplier. After early withdrawal, your bond is closed and you lose your governance voting power.

You can earn SELFCLAW, ETH, and any other ERC-20 token on Base that is deposited as a reward. The default list includes SELFCLAW and ETH, but supporters can add any Base token by pasting its contract address — as long as it has a verified trading pair on DexScreener with at least $100 liquidity. Once added, a token is saved to your browser for future deposits. Each token is tracked separately in your yield balance with its USD value recorded at distribution time. When you claim, ERC-20 tokens are transferred onchain to your wallet with a verifiable transaction hash.

Anyone with a connected wallet can deposit tokens as rewards for all active bondholders. Choose a token from the preset list or enter a custom Base token address (validated via DexScreener for liquidity). Select a distribution mode: Instant splits the full amount across bondholders immediately, or Scheduled (30, 60, or 90 days) streams a daily slice over the chosen period — useful for sustained incentive programs. Deposits are backed by onchain token transfers to the bonds wallet, and when a transaction hash is provided it is verified server-side to prevent fraud and replay. All deposits are publicly visible in the “Recent Reward Deposits” feed.

Bondholders can create proposals, discuss them with other bondholders, and vote on protocol decisions. Your voting power is proportional to your bond weight (bond amount × multiplier), so larger and longer bonds carry more influence. You need at least one active bond to participate. Proposals have a fixed voting period, and the outcome (pass or fail) is determined by the total voting power cast for and against. Governance participation does not affect your yield — your rewards continue to accumulate regardless of whether you vote.