$WLFI is starting to look right to me.
Around Oct 1 they want to roll out governance lockups: unlocked tokens go into an on-chain protocol for at least 180 days, and you have to vote yourself once every 90 days to share the rewards pool.
Delegation doesn’t count. You can’t just sit there and collect. When the lock ends you can roll it again and claim.The pool isn’t some random airdrop. Ecosystem fees feed it — World Liberty Markets, Dolomite, that kind of flow — and they say they’ll top it up every two weeks.
If few people lock early, the first ones get a bigger cut. If a lot of people lock, float gets pulled off the market first. Both sides give the price something to work with.
There’s also a 5% cap on voting power through this protocol, so whales can’t just steamroll it. Everyone still keeps their vote whether they lock or not. Locking is just what unlocks the extra rewards.
The part I like more is the cadence: they committed to at least one governance proposal a quarter. If you want the rewards, you have to show up and vote.
That also means the team can’t go quiet for a whole quarter. Lock, vote, progress — those three things are now tied together.
It’s still a governance token, but it finally has a use: lock it and actually vote. Float tightens first, and the community has to show up every quarter. I like that structure. Waiting on the Oct 1 launch.