Strategic Launch Program
The Warren Strategic Launch Program gives protocols a way to grow liquidity on Warren from day one. Protocols run incentive campaigns through Warren's vote incentive market, and Warren matches qualifying incentives from the Vote Incentives Matching allocation.
The program is built around early alignment: protocols that commit before Warren's public launch receive boosted vote incentive matching during the launch window.
Matching allocation
WRN starts with an initial supply of 1B tokens, or 1,000,000,000 WRN. Of that initial supply, 95M tokens, or 95,000,000 WRN, are reserved for Vote Incentives Matching.
That reserve represents 9.5% of the initial supply and caps total program matching across all participating protocols.
| Matching program | Eligibility | Match rate | Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard matching | Qualifying incentive campaigns on Warren | 1x | Available at launch, subject to the program cap |
| Launch Protocol matching | Protocols that pre-commit before public launch | 1.5x | First 7 weekly epochs after launch |
After the 7-epoch boosted window, Launch Protocol campaigns are matched at the standard 1x rate, subject to the remaining program allocation.
Boosted vote incentive matching
Every protocol that runs a qualifying campaign on Warren can receive standard 1x vote incentive matching. Launch Protocols receive boosted 1.5x matching instead during the first 7 weekly epochs after launch.
For every $1 in qualifying vote incentives a Launch Protocol deposits during the boosted window, Warren contributes an additional $1.50 of matched incentive value. This improves campaign competitiveness during the launch period, when establishing liquidity matters most.
Vote incentives are deposited through Warren's liquidity rental market. Voters allocate bWRN toward gauges based on expected vote incentives and fees, emissions flow to those gauges, and LPs supply liquidity to earn the resulting rewards.
Points and airdrop incentives
Protocols that run liquidity incentives through a points or airdrop program can still qualify for matching. Warren and the protocol must agree on a fair incentive value for the points-based campaign before it is counted toward vote incentive matching.
The goal is to support protocols that are committed to deploying incentives on Warren, without forcing every campaign to use the same incentive structure.
Launch Protocol benefits
Launch Protocol status adds three support benefits on top of boosted matching:
- Priority campaign placement. Launch Protocol campaigns receive priority placement and enhanced visibility on the Warren platform at launch.
- Launch communications and ecosystem exposure. Launch Protocols can be included in Warren launch announcements, ecosystem updates, and protocol communications.
- Dedicated campaign optimization. Launch Protocols receive direct support on incentive strategy, campaign optimization, performance analysis, and pool deployment.
These benefits are meant to help voters and liquidity providers understand where early incentives are being deployed, and to help participating protocols make their incentive spend more effective.
Launch Protocol commitments
To qualify for boosted matching, a protocol must actively support the Warren ecosystem during launch:
- Commit ahead of launch. The protocol must pre-commit before Warren's public launch.
- Deploy weekly incentives through Warren. The protocol must run incentive campaigns through Warren during the launch window.
- Collaborate on campaign communications. The protocol must work with Warren on launch and campaign communication.
The boosted 1.5x matching benefit is limited to the pre-launch cohort and closes at Warren's public launch.