Direct this epoch's AERO emissions.
Anyone holding an active Aerodrome position, AERO, or veAERO can take part. Each epoch, participants vote on which direction receives AERO emissions and earn a share of the fees and incentives from the direction they back.
Lock, vote, earn.
Aerodrome is the central liquidity hub of Base. Emissions follow the votes of the people who lock AERO, so the capital that backs the protocol decides where rewards flow.
Lock AERO
Lock AERO for up to 4 years to receive veAERO as an NFT. Longer locks grant more veAERO and more voting weight.
Vote the gauges
Each epoch, point your veAERO at the pools you want to receive AERO emissions. Votes reset weekly at the flip.
Earn fees & incentives
Collect 100% of the trading fees and third-party incentives from every pool you voted for, pro rata to your weight.
Your vote is paid.
Unlike passive staking, a veAERO vote captures the real revenue a pool produces. The flywheel: more votes draw more liquidity, which lifts fees, which rewards the voters who sent the emissions there.
Trading fees
Every swap fee generated by the pools you voted for flows back to your veAERO, in full.
Incentives
Protocols add incentives to steer emissions toward their pools; those go to the voters they attract.
Max lock
The longer the lock, the more veAERO and the larger the share of emissions you can direct.
One week, one vote.
Aerodrome runs on weekly epochs. Everything resets at the Thursday flip, 00:00 UTC.
Epoch flips
The previous epoch's emissions are finalized and the new voting window opens.
Voting window open
veAERO holders direct this epoch's 2.14M AERO across the gauges. Vote any time before the flip.
Snapshot & flip
Votes are snapshotted, emissions are distributed to the winning gauges, and the cycle restarts.
Claim fees & incentives
Voters claim the trading fees and incentives earned from the pools they voted for.
Common questions
What exactly am I voting on?
Which direction this epoch's AERO emissions lead. Participants split their weight across the four directions; the one with the most votes receives the largest share of the 2.14M AERO emitted this week.
Who can vote and how is weight calculated?
Anyone holding an active Aerodrome position, AERO, or veAERO is eligible to take part. veAERO is minted when you lock AERO for up to four years, and longer locks grant more weight; positions and AERO are read at the epoch snapshot. Voting reads your balances and never moves or unlocks tokens.
What do I earn for voting?
You receive 100% of the trading fees and third-party incentives generated by the pools you voted for, distributed pro rata to your veAERO. On top of that, every veAERO holder who votes earns an additional AERO allocation, independent of which direction they back. Voting is how veAERO turns into real revenue.
Do votes carry over between epochs?
No. Votes reset at every Thursday flip. You can re-vote each epoch, or keep the same allocation. Emissions, fees, and incentives are all settled per epoch.