Tokenomic
$LAIKA is the coordination asset of the Super App.
It mints veLAIKA (governance power), fuels protocol incentives, and captures value generated across LaunchOS, StakeOS, GovernOS and ShillOS.
1) Current state & supply
Legacy context (pre-pivot):
Historical max supply: 100,000,000 LAIKA
Circulating supply (Aug 2025): ~66,000,000 LAIKA
Minting: paused during the L2 → Super App transition
New cap (post-pivot):
Hard cap: 80,000,000 LAIKA
Remaining to issue: 14,000,000 (to bootstrap governance and incentives)
↝ During Phase 1 (see below), no liquid $LAIKA is emitted.
↝ Emissions are distributed as veLAIKA only (non-transferable governance power).
↝ Until DogeOS mainnet, the Ethereum-based $LAIKA remains the canonical token.
2) Two-layer token model
$LAIKA — liquid utility
Required to mint veLAIKA (by locking)
Accepted for protocol fees, DAO operations, and bribes
Target of buybacks funded by protocol revenue (per governance policy)
veLAIKA — vote-escrowed governance power
Minted by locking $LAIKA for 30–1,460 days
Non-transferable
Governs emission routing, protocol parameters, LaunchOS curation
Earns a share of protocol revenues and posted bribes
ve-power grows with both amount and duration (convex curve; capped at ~5× at 4-year locks). See StakeOS for the formula and examples.
3) Emission schedule
Phase 1 — veLAIKA distribution (bootstrap; ~6 months)
Total allocation: 14,000,000 (distributed as veLAIKA, not liquid $LAIKA)
Vesting: distributed weekly and vested over 12 months (non-transferable)
Mechanism: weekly gauge voting determines distribution across pools/recipients
Start: Super App launch (Epoch 0)
Epoch cadence: 7 days
Intent: bootstrap an active base of long-term, governance-aligned participants before any liquid issuance resumes.
Phase 2 — governance-controlled
At the end of Phase 1, veLAIKA holders vote on the next regime:
Continue veLAIKA-only emissions, or
Introduce liquid $LAIKA emissions (with caps/decay), or
Pause/adjust emissions, or adopt a new model
4) Value capture & routing
Protocol revenues (module fees, DEX/infra fees, campaign fees, etc.) are routed per on-chain policy:
Buybacks → (a) distribute to veLAIKA, (b) send to treasury, or (c) burn
Ecosystem budgets → grants, incentives, creator programs (via GovernOS templates)
Reserves → safety buffers and runway
Bribes are permissionless deposits used to influence gauge votes (StakeOS). They are paid pro-rata to veLAIKA voters who supported the targeted pool in that epoch.
5) How incentives reach users
veLAIKA allocates weekly emissions across StakeOS pools (gauges).
Each pool distributes rewards to veTOKEN holders (users who locked the project’s token).
Projects can bribe veLAIKA to attract more emissions to their pool.
Protocol revenues (e.g., in $DOGE) may top up rewards per policy.