Incentives
Abstract
Incentives module provides general interface to give yield to stakers.
The yield to be given to stakers are stored in gauge
and it is distributed on epoch basis to the stakers who meet specific conditions.
Anyone can create gauge and add rewards to the gauge, there is no way to take it out other than distribution.
There are two kinds of gauges
, perpetual and non-perpetual ones.
- Non perpetual ones get removed from active queue after the the distribution period finish but perpetual ones persist.
- For non perpetual ones, they distribute the tokens equally per epoch during the
gauge
is in the active period.
- For perpetual ones, it distribute all the tokens at a single time and somewhere else put the tokens regularly to distribute the tokens, it's mainly used to distribute minted MOKI tokens to LP token stakers.
Contents
- Concept
- State
- Messages
- Events
- Hooks
- Params
- Transactions
- Queries
Concepts
The purpose of incentives
module is to provide incentives to the users
who lock specific token for specific period of time.
Locked tokens can be of any denomination, including LP tokens (gamm/pool/x), IBC tokens (tokens sent through IBC such as ibc/27394FB092D2ECCD56123C74F36E4C1F926001CEADA9CA97EA622B25F41E5EB2), and native tokens (such as ATOM or LUNA).
The incentive amount is entered by the gauge creator. Rewards for a given pool of locked up tokens are pooled into a gauge until the disbursement time. At the disbursement time, they are distributed pro-rata (proportionally) to members of the pool.
Anyone can create a gauge and add rewards to the gauge. There is no way to withdraw gauge rewards other than distribution. Governance proposals can be raised to match the external incentive tokens with equivalent Moki incentives (see for example: proposal 47).
There are two kinds of gauges: perpetual
and non-perpetual
:
-
Non-perpetual
gauges distribute their tokens equally per epoch while the gauge is in the active period. These gauges get removed from the active queue after the distribution period finishes
-
Perpetual gauges
distribute all their tokens at a single time and only distribute their tokens again once the gauge is refilled (this is mainly used to distribute minted MOKI tokens to LP token stakers). Perpetual gauges persist and will re-disburse tokens when refilled (there is no "active" period)
State
Incentives management
All the incentives that are going to be provided are locked into
IncentivePool
until released to the appropriate recipients after a
specific period of time.
Gauge
Rewards to be distributed are organized by Gauge
. The Gauge
describes how users can get reward, stores the amount of coins in the
gauge, the cadence at which rewards are to be distributed, and the
number of epochs to distribute the reward over.
enum LockQueryType {
option (gogoproto.goproto_enum_prefix) = false;
ByDuration = 0; // locks which has more than specific duration
ByTime = 1; // locks which are started before specific time
}
message QueryCondition {
LockQueryType lock_query_type = 1; // type of lock, ByLockDuration | ByLockTime
string denom = 2; // lock denom
google.protobuf.Duration duration = 3; // condition for lock duration, only valid if positive
google.protobuf.Timestamp timestamp = 4; // condition for lock start time, not valid if unset value
}
message Gauge {
uint64 id = 1; // unique ID of a Gauge
QueryCondition distribute_to = 2; // distribute condition of a lock which meet one of these conditions
repeated cosmos.base.v1beta1.Coin coins = 3; // can distribute multiple coins
google.protobuf.Timestamp start_time = 4; // condition for lock start time, not valid if unset value
uint64 num_epochs_paid_over = 5; // number of epochs distribution will be done
}
Gauge queues
Upcoming queue
To start release Gauges
at a specific time, we schedule distribution
start time with time key queue.
Active queue
Active queue has all the Gauges
that are distributing and after
distribution period finish, it's removed from the queue.
Active by Denom queue
To speed up the distribution process, module introduces the active
Gauges
by denom.
Finished queue
Finished queue saves the Gauges
that has finished distribution to keep
in track.
Module state
The state of the module is expressed by params
, lockable_durations
and gauges
.
// GenesisState defines the incentives module's genesis state.
message GenesisState {
// params defines all the parameters of the module
Params params = 1 [ (gogoproto.nullable) = false ];
repeated Gauge gauges = 2 [ (gogoproto.nullable) = false ];
repeated google.protobuf.Duration lockable_durations = 3 [
(gogoproto.nullable) = false,
(gogoproto.stdduration) = true,
(gogoproto.moretags) = "yaml:\"lockable_durations\""
];
}
Messages
Create Gauge
MsgCreateGauge
can be submitted by any account to create a Gauge
.
type MsgCreateGauge struct {
Owner sdk.AccAddress
DistributeTo QueryCondition
Rewards sdk.Coins
StartTime time.Time // start time to start distribution
NumEpochsPaidOver uint64 // number of epochs distribution will be done
}
State modifications:
- Validate
Owner
has enough tokens for rewards
- Generate new
Gauge
record
- Save the record inside the keeper's time basis unlock queue
- Transfer the tokens from the
Owner
to incentives ModuleAccount
.
Adding balance to Gauge
MsgAddToGauge
can be submitted by any account to add more incentives
to a Gauge
.
type MsgAddToGauge struct {
GaugeID uint64
Rewards sdk.Coins
}
State modifications:
- Validate
Owner
has enough tokens for rewards
- Check if
Gauge
with specified msg.GaugeID
is available
- Modify the
Gauge
record by adding msg.Rewards
- Transfer the tokens from the
Owner
to incentives ModuleAccount
.
Events
The incentives module emits the following events:
Handlers
MsgCreateGauge
Type |
Attribute Key |
Attribute Value |
create_gauge |
gauge_id |
{gaugeID} |
create_gauge |
distribute_to |
{owner} |
create_gauge |
rewards |
{rewards} |
create_gauge |
start_time |
{startTime} |
create_gauge |
num_epochs_paid_over |
{numEpochsPaidOver} |
message |
action |
create_gauge |
message |
sender |
{owner} |
transfer |
recipient |
{moduleAccount} |
transfer |
sender |
{owner} |
transfer |
amount |
{amount} |
MsgAddToGauge
Type |
Attribute Key |
Attribute Value |
add_to_gauge |
gauge_id |
{gaugeID} |
create_gauge |
rewards |
{rewards} |
message |
action |
create_gauge |
message |
sender |
{owner} |
transfer |
recipient |
{moduleAccount} |
transfer |
sender |
{owner} |
transfer |
amount |
{amount} |
EndBlockers
Incentives distribution
Type |
Attribute Key |
Attribute Value |
transfer[] |
recipient |
{receiver} |
transfer[] |
sender |
{moduleAccount} |
transfer[] |
amount |
{distrAmount} |
Hooks
In this section we describe the "hooks" that incentives
module provide
for other modules.
If there's no usecase for this, we could ignore this.
AfterCreateGauge(ctx sdk.Context, gaugeId uint64)
AfterAddToGauge(ctx sdk.Context, gaugeId uint64)
AfterStartDistribution(ctx sdk.Context, gaugeId uint64)
AfterFinishDistribution(ctx sdk.Context, gaugeId uint64)
AfterDistribute(ctx sdk.Context, gaugeId uint64)
Parameters
The incentives module contains the following parameters:
Key |
Type |
Example |
DistrEpochIdentifier |
string |
"weekly" |
Note: DistrEpochIdentifier is a epoch identifier, and module distribute
rewards at the end of epochs. As epochs
module is handling multiple
epochs, the identifier is required to check if distribution should be
done at AfterEpochEnd
hook
Transactions
create-gauge
Create a gauge to distribute rewards to users
mokitad tx incentives create-gauge [lockup_denom] [reward] [flags]
::: details Example 1
I want to make incentives for LP tokens of pool 3, namely gamm/pool/3 that have been locked up for at least 1 day.
I want to reward 100 AKT to this pool over 2 days (2 epochs). (50 rewarded on each day)
I want the rewards to start dispersing on 21 December 2021 (1640081402 UNIX time)
mokitad tx incentives create-gauge gamm/pool/3 10000ibc/1480B8FD20AD5FCAE81EA87584D269547DD4D436843C1D20F15E00EB64743EF4 \
--duration 24h --start-time 1640081402 --epochs 2 --from WALLET_NAME --chain-id mokita-1
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::: details Example 2
I want to make incentives for ATOM (ibc/27394FB092D2ECCD56123C74F36E4C1F926001CEADA9CA97EA622B25F41E5EB2) that have been locked up for at least 1 week (164h).
I want to reward 1000 JUNO (ibc/46B44899322F3CD854D2D46DEEF881958467CDD4B3B10086DA49296BBED94BED) to ATOM holders perpetually (perpetually meaning I must add more tokens to this gauge myself every epoch). I want the reward to start dispersing immediately.
mokitad tx incentives create-gauge ibc/27394FB092D2ECCD56123C74F36E4C1F926001CEADA9CA97EA622B25F41E5EB2 \
1000000000ibc/46B44899322F3CD854D2D46DEEF881958467CDD4B3B10086DA49296BBED94BED --perpetual --duration 168h \
--from WALLET_NAME --chain-id mokita-1
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add-to-gauge
Add coins to a gauge previously created to distribute more rewards to users
mokitad tx incentives add-to-gauge [gauge_id] [rewards] [flags]
::: details Example
I want to refill the gauge with 500 JUNO to a previously created gauge (gauge ID 1914) after the distribution.
mokitad tx incentives add-to-gauge 1914 500000000ibc/46B44899322F3CD854D2D46DEEF881958467CDD4B3B10086DA49296BBED94BED \
--from WALLET_NAME --chain-id mokita-1
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Queries
In this section we describe the queries required on grpc server.
// Query defines the gRPC querier service.
service Query {
// returns coins that is going to be distributed
rpc ModuleToDistributeCoins(ModuleToDistributeCoinsRequest) returns (ModuleToDistributeCoinsResponse) {}
// returns Gauge by id
rpc GaugeByID(GaugeByIDRequest) returns (GaugeByIDResponse) {}
// returns gauges both upcoming and active
rpc Gauges(GaugesRequest) returns (GaugesResponse) {}
// returns active gauges
rpc ActiveGauges(ActiveGaugesRequest) returns (ActiveGaugesResponse) {}
// returns scheduled gauges
rpc UpcomingGauges(UpcomingGaugesRequest) returns (UpcomingGaugesResponse) {}
// RewardsEst returns an estimate of the rewards at a future specific time.
// The querier either provides an address or a set of locks
// for which they want to find the associated rewards.
rpc RewardsEst(RewardsEstRequest) returns (RewardsEstResponse) {}
// returns lockable durations that are valid to give incentives
rpc LockableDurations(QueryLockableDurationsRequest) returns (QueryLockableDurationsResponse) {}
}
active-gauges
Query active gauges
mokitad query incentives active-gauges [flags]
::: details Example
mokitad query incentives active-gauges
An example output
- coins: []
distribute_to:
denom: gamm/pool/99
duration: 604800s
lock_query_type: ByDuration
timestamp: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
distributed_coins: []
filled_epochs: "0"
id: "297"
is_perpetual: true
num_epochs_paid_over: "1"
start_time: "2021-07-03T12:27:09.323840990Z"
- coins: []
distribute_to:
denom: gamm/pool/99
duration: 1209600s
lock_query_type: ByDuration
timestamp: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
distributed_coins: []
filled_epochs: "0"
id: "298"
is_perpetual: true
num_epochs_paid_over: "1"
start_time: "2021-07-03T12:27:09.323840990Z"
pagination:
next_key: BwEAAAAAAAAAHTIwMjEtMDctMDNUMTI6Mjc6MDkuMzIzODQwOTkw
total: "0"
...
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active-gauges-per-denom
Query active gauges per denom
mokitad query incentives active-gauges-per-denom [denom] [flags]
::: details Example
Query all active gauges distributing incentives to holders of gamm/pool/341
mokitad query incentives active-gauges-per-denom gamm/pool/341
An example output:
- coins: []
distribute_to:
denom: gamm/pool/341
duration: 604800s
lock_query_type: ByDuration
timestamp: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
distributed_coins: []
filled_epochs: "0"
id: "1033"
is_perpetual: true
num_epochs_paid_over: "1"
start_time: "2021-09-06T22:42:52.139465318Z"
- coins: []
distribute_to:
denom: gamm/pool/341
duration: 1209600s
lock_query_type: ByDuration
timestamp: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
distributed_coins: []
filled_epochs: "0"
id: "1034"
is_perpetual: true
num_epochs_paid_over: "1"
start_time: "2021-09-06T22:42:52.139465318Z"
pagination:
next_key: BwEAAAAAAAAAHTIwMjEtMDctMDNUMTI6Mjc6MDkuMzIzODQwOTkw
total: "0"
...
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distributed-coins
Query coins distributed so far
mokitad query incentives distributed-coins [flags]
::: details Example
mokitad query incentives distributed-coins
An example output:
coins:
- amount: "27632051924"
denom: ibc/0954E1C28EB7AF5B72D24F3BC2B47BBB2FDF91BDDFD57B74B99E133AED40972A
- amount: "3975960654"
denom: ibc/0EF15DF2F02480ADE0BB6E85D9EBB5DAEA2836D3860E9F97F9AADE4F57A31AA0
- amount: "125999980901"
denom: ibc/1480B8FD20AD5FCAE81EA87584D269547DD4D436843C1D20F15E00EB64743EF4
- amount: "434999992789"
denom: ibc/1DC495FCEFDA068A3820F903EDBD78B942FBD204D7E93D3BA2B432E9669D1A59
- amount: "3001296"
denom: ibc/27394FB092D2ECCD56123C74F36E4C1F926001CEADA9CA97EA622B25F41E5EB2
- amount: "1493887986685"
denom: ibc/3BCCC93AD5DF58D11A6F8A05FA8BC801CBA0BA61A981F57E91B8B598BF8061CB
- amount: "372218215714"
denom: ibc/46B44899322F3CD854D2D46DEEF881958467CDD4B3B10086DA49296BBED94BED
- amount: "1049999973206"
denom: ibc/4E5444C35610CC76FC94E7F7886B93121175C28262DDFDDE6F84E82BF2425452
- amount: "11666666665116"
denom: ibc/7A08C6F11EF0F59EB841B9F788A87EC9F2361C7D9703157EC13D940DC53031FA
- amount: "13199999715662"
denom: ibc/9712DBB13B9631EDFA9BF61B55F1B2D290B2ADB67E3A4EB3A875F3B6081B3B84
- amount: "1177777428443"
denom: ibc/D805F1DA50D31B96E4282C1D4181EDDFB1A44A598BFF5666F4B43E4B8BEA95A5
- amount: "466666567747"
denom: ibc/EA3E1640F9B1532AB129A571203A0B9F789A7F14BB66E350DCBFA18E1A1931F0
- amount: "79999999178"
denom: ibc/F3FF7A84A73B62921538642F9797C423D2B4C4ACB3C7FCFFCE7F12AA69909C4B
- amount: "65873607694598"
denom: umoki
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gauge-by-id
Query gauge by id
mokitad query incentives gauge-by-id [id] [flags]
::: details Example
Query the incentive distribution for gauge ID 1:
mokitad query incentives gauge-by-id 1
gauge:
coins:
- amount: "16654747773959"
denom: umoki
distribute_to:
denom: gamm/pool/1
duration: 86400s
lock_query_type: ByDuration
timestamp: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
distributed_coins:
- amount: "16589795315655"
denom: umoki
filled_epochs: "182"
id: "1"
is_perpetual: true
num_epochs_paid_over: "1"
start_time: "2021-06-19T04:30:19.082462364Z"
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gauges
Query available gauges
mokitad query incentives gauges [flags]
::: details Example
Query ALL gauges (by default the limit is 100, so here I will define a much larger number to output all gauges)
mokitad query incentives gauges --limit 2000
An example output:
- coins:
- amount: "1924196414964"
denom: umoki
distribute_to:
denom: gamm/pool/348
duration: 604800s
lock_query_type: ByDuration
timestamp: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
distributed_coins: []
filled_epochs: "0"
id: "8"
is_perpetual: true
num_epochs_paid_over: "1"
start_time: "2021-10-04T13:59:02.142175968Z"
- coins:
- amount: "641398804181"
denom: umoki
distribute_to:
denom: gamm/pool/348
duration: 1209600s
lock_query_type: ByDuration
timestamp: "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z"
distributed_coins: []
filled_epochs: "0"
id: "9"
is_perpetual: true
num_epochs_paid_over: "1"
start_time: "2021-10-04T13:59:02.142175968Z"
pagination:
next_key: null
total: "0"
...
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rewards-estimation
Query rewards estimation
// Error: strconv.ParseUint: parsing "": invalid syntax
to-distribute-coins
Query coins that is going to be distributed
mokitad query incentives to-distribute-coins [flags]
::: details Example
mokitad query incentives to-distribute-coins
An example output:
coins:
- amount: "20000000"
denom: gamm/pool/87
- amount: "90791948076"
denom: ibc/0954E1C28EB7AF5B72D24F3BC2B47BBB2FDF91BDDFD57B74B99E133AED40972A
- amount: "10000"
denom: ibc/1480B8FD20AD5FCAE81EA87584D269547DD4D436843C1D20F15E00EB64743EF4
- amount: "1000"
denom: ibc/27394FB092D2ECCD56123C74F36E4C1F926001CEADA9CA97EA622B25F41E5EB2
- amount: "10728832013315"
denom: ibc/3BCCC93AD5DF58D11A6F8A05FA8BC801CBA0BA61A981F57E91B8B598BF8061CB
- amount: "627782783496"
denom: ibc/46B44899322F3CD854D2D46DEEF881958467CDD4B3B10086DA49296BBED94BED
- amount: "450000026794"
denom: ibc/4E5444C35610CC76FC94E7F7886B93121175C28262DDFDDE6F84E82BF2425452
- amount: "38333333334884"
denom: ibc/7A08C6F11EF0F59EB841B9F788A87EC9F2361C7D9703157EC13D940DC53031FA
- amount: "46800000284338"
denom: ibc/9712DBB13B9631EDFA9BF61B55F1B2D290B2ADB67E3A4EB3A875F3B6081B3B84
- amount: "2822222571557"
denom: ibc/D805F1DA50D31B96E4282C1D4181EDDFB1A44A598BFF5666F4B43E4B8BEA95A5
- amount: "2533333432253"
denom: ibc/EA3E1640F9B1532AB129A571203A0B9F789A7F14BB66E350DCBFA18E1A1931F0
- amount: "366164843847"
denom: umoki
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upcoming-gauges
Query scheduled gauges (gauges whose start_time
has not yet occurred)
mokitad query incentives upcoming-gauges [flags]
::: details Example
mokitad query incentives upcoming-gauges
Using this command, we will see the gauge we created earlier, among all other upcoming gauges:
- coins:
- amount: "10000"
denom: ibc/1480B8FD20AD5FCAE81EA87584D269547DD4D436843C1D20F15E00EB64743EF4
distribute_to:
denom: gamm/pool/3
duration: 86400s
lock_query_type: ByDuration
timestamp: "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"
distributed_coins: []
filled_epochs: "0"
id: "1914"
is_perpetual: false
num_epochs_paid_over: "2"
start_time: "2021-12-21T10:10:02Z"
...
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