Staking BIO

Staking BIO is a fundamental way to participate in the Bio Protocol's governance and earn BioXP. By locking your BIO tokens in the staking contract, you receive veBIO (vote-escrowed BIO), which represents your voting power in the ecosystem.

While veBIO will accrue BioXP from the moment your BIO is staked, BIO and vBIO remain the governance tokens of the protocol until veBIO gains sufficient adoption and a formal governance proposal is passed.

How it Works

The amount of veBIO you receive is determined by both the amount of BIO you stake and the duration of your lock-up period. The longer you commit to locking your tokens, the more governance power you have.

Lock Duration

You can choose to lock your BIO for any duration between 2 weeks and 2 years.

veBIO Calculation

The calculation for veBIO is based on the remaining time in your lock. For every BIO you stake, you receive a proportional amount of veBIO based on the following logic:

veBIO per BIO = Number of Weeks Remaining in Lock / 104

This means your veBIO balance will linearly decrease as your lock approaches its end date.

Auto MAX Renewal

To maintain a consistent veBIO balance and to avoid your voting power and BioXP earning power degrading over time, you can use the Auto MAX Renewal feature. By toggling this on, the protocol will re-lock your position for the protocol's maximum possible lock period at each renewal.

For example, if the protocol's max lock time is 2 years, at each renewal your locked position resets back to the full 2-year lock. This approach maximizes your voting power and maximizes the rewards you receive. If you toggle auto-renewal off, your veBIO will begin to decay and from that moment, your lock will run for the 2-year period of time the lock was originally set.

Chain Availability

Initially, veBIO staking will only be available on the Base network. Support for other chains (Solana and Ethereum Mainnet) will be added in the future.