Laika Super App

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 staking)
  • 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 staking $LAIKA, with no lock or a 15, 30, 45, 60 or 90-day lock on mainnet
  • Non-transferable
  • Governs emission routing, protocol parameters, LaunchOS curation (initially veLAIKA-only; opening to all ecosystem veTOKENs soon)
  • Earns a share of protocol revenues and posted bribes

On mainnet, each LAIKA staked gives 1× veLAIKA without a lock, 1.5× for 15 days, 2× for 30 days, 2.5× for 45 days, 3× for 60 days and 4× for 90 days. Fixed-term voting power stays flat during the lock, and locks cannot be exited early. No-lock stakes can be unstaked at any time. See StakeOS for the full rules.

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
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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#

  1. veLAIKA allocates weekly emissions across StakeOS pools (gauges).
  2. Each pool distributes rewards to veTOKEN holders (users who staked the project’s token).
  3. Projects can bribe veLAIKA to attract more emissions to their pool.
  4. Protocol revenues (e.g., in $DOGE) may top up rewards per policy.