Convex Finance · interactive mechanism simulation

CRV holders deposit into Convex's Booster, which locks CRV as veCRV forever and mints liquid cvxCRV + pro-rata CVX. CVX holders time-lock it as vlCVX to steer how Convex's veCRV votes on Curve's gauge-weight elections — and outside protocols pay bribes to rent those votes. Edit the parameters and watch the meta-governance flywheel run.
CRV / LP holders deposit CRV or Curve LP tokens, receive liquid claim Convex Booster mints cvxCRV + CVX pro-rata on CRV claimed veCRV vault (locked forever) ~0% of veCRV controlled Bribe market (Votium) outside protocols pay to steer gauge votes vlCVX lockers 0 CVX locked (16+ wks) Curve gauge vote bi-weekly emissions election CRV emissions routed by weight
Deposits simulated
0
CRV locked as veCRV (cumulative)
0 CRV
CVX minted
0 / 100,000,000 cap
vlCVX locked
0 CVX
Bribes paid this round
0 ETH-equiv
Parameters — edit me
1.0/s
25%
45%
40
7s
Failure mode (illustrative)
Controls

Illustrative simulation. Defaults mirror the researched Convex mechanism (CRV locked forever as veCRV, pro-rata cvxCRV/CVX minting toward a ~100M cap, vlCVX vote-locking, and a Votium-style bribe market for gauge votes), but deposit sizes, timing, and the veCRV-share curve are randomized for visualization — not live onchain data. Drag the sliders to explore how the flywheel responds. Part of The Onchain Experiment Atlas.