Tokenomics & Governance

What is $SEED?

$SEED, otherwise known as SEED, is the native governance token of our project. By holding this token and staking as part of our governance mechanisms, users can directly take part in the decision-making process. To get your hands on the token, head to one of the many liquidity pools or exchanges on the Polygon Chain. We're huge fans of 1inch.

Inbuilt within the tokenomics of the platform are mechanisms to bring its deflationary nature. This rewards early supporters and has the aim of creating highly incentivized token holders to contribute to the project. The initial distribution of the $SEED token will happen via an NFT sale. Those purchasing the NFT will be airdropped the DAO token. After an initial distribution period of around two months, 72,000 tokens were supplied to the community with 8,000 locked for the founding team.

Token holders of $SEED have a right to create and vote on proposals to the platform as part of its governance system. Tokens can be staked in the governance pool to gain rewards. A portion of the fees paid by our yield farming vault users is then distributed to holders of the $SEED token staked in the pool.

Users do not need to un-stake their tokens to participate in the voting process. This incentivizes much more voter participation as it means users don’t need to default their rewards to vote.

SEED can also be staked in the SEED max vault, which pays out rewards in $SEED. Matic from vault fees are used to purchase $SEED from the open market as the token is non-inflationary and will no longer mint any more tokens. These purchased tokens are then distributed to anyone who has staked in the SEED max vault.

How is the protocol revenue distributed?

All revenue generated on the platform from vault fees is sent to and handled by the RewardPool smart contract in form of Matic. Anyone who stakes their $SEED in either the RewardPool or BIFI Maxi vault receives their proportionate share.

What’s the SEED Maxi vault?

The SEED Maxi vault allows users to stake their $SEED much like in the RewardPool, but receive instead their rewards in $SEED. By staking their $SEED, each participant converts and compounds their share of the protocol’s revenue into more SEED tokens. As no more SEED tokens are to be minted, these are provided to stakers by buying SEED from the open market with Matic.

This Vault is for users that want to convert and compound their share of the protocol's revenue in more SEED tokens. As SEED has no inflation, the strategy market buys SEED with Matic rewards.

Where can I buy $SEED?

$SEED can currently be found in several decentralized exchanges including 1inch. Buying $SEED usually involves exchanging it for another crypto-coin or token through a liquidity pool.

How do I take part in governance?

By simply holding $SEED, even if staked in the governance pool or SEED Maxi vault, a user earns the right to create proposals and vote in them. Voting sway and power are derived from the $SEED holdings of the participant. The reasoning behind this follows that those holding more $SEED are more invested in the project, and therefore have a larger incentive for the platform itself to succeed and prosper. You can see proposals and vote on them yourself by heading to vote.industryplant.app

How do I vote?

Voting requires you to hold $SEED, which can either simply be held in your wallet or staked in the governance pool or SEED Maxi vault. You do not need to remove your stake either to vote. Voting power is based directly on the amount of $SEED each voter holds.

How do I create a proposal?

Proposals can be created by anyone, regardless of if they are a $SEED holder or not. Simply visit https://vote.industryplant.app/#/ and click New Proposal.

Each proposal is made up of a question to pose to the community, along with the option of choices that others can vote on in response to your question. Simply set a start and end date for your proposal and publish it.