# \[BIP-120\] Cleanup Unused Gauges

**URL:** <https://forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-120-cleanup-unused-gauges/4043>\
**Category:** General Proposal\
**Created:** [November 23, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-120-cleanup-unused-gauges/4043 "2022-11-23T00:42:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![solarcurve](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.balancer.fi/solarcurve/32/1487_2.png) [@solarcurve](https://forum.balancer.fi/u/solarcurve)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-120-cleanup-unused-gauges/4043/1 "2022-11-23T00:42:14Z")

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### Introduction

The Balancer gauge space has become quite cluttered. This BIP proposes to remove a number of gauges that have been around for a while but are not receiving any votes. The purpose of this governance is not to remove a gauge that is in use by a DAO, but simply to clean up gauges that seem to be abandoned. Any DAO managing one of the tokens in the gauges listed below is welcome to request it is removed from the list of gauges to be removed so long as there is a clear plan to either obtain vote weight to trigger emissions from it or promote significant volume in the near future.

### Specification

This BIP recommends the the removal of gauges for the following pools, all of which have received 0 or very minimal voting in recent rounds, and also are not generating significant activity in the form of trading volume or fees. Note the accompanying gauge address for each pool.

WETH/NOTE 50/50 → `0xC5f8B1de80145e3a74524a3d1a772a31eD2B50cc`  
D2D/BAL → `0xc43d32BC349cea7e0fe829F53E26096c184756fa`  
HAUS/WETH → `0xa57453737849A4029325dfAb3F6034656644E104`  
DPX/RDPX/WETH → `0xc77E5645Dbe48d54afC06655e39D3Fe17eB76C1c`  
PICKLE/WETH → `0x899F737750db562b88c1E412eE1902980D3a4844`  
CRE8R/WETH → `0xACFDA9Fd773C23c01f5d0CAE304CBEbE6b449677`  
BAL/TEL → `0xC6FB8C72d3BD24fC4891C51c2cb3a13F49c11335`  
wbtc/renBTC (polygon) → `0xd27cb689083e97847Dc91C64Efc91C4445d46D47`  
WBTC/WETH (polygon) → `0x211C27a32E686659566C3CEe6035c2343D823aab`  
TEL/USDC/BAL → `0x397649FF00de6d90578144103768aaA929EF683d`  
TEL/DFX/USDC → `0xEad3C3b6c829d54ad0a4c18762c567F728eF0535`  
LINK/WETH/BAL/AAVE → `0xA80D514734e57691f45aF76bb44d1202858FD1F0`  
LINK/WETH/BAL/AAVE/USDC → `0x5A3970E3145Bbba4838D1a3A31C79bcD35A16A9E`  
TCR/DAI → `0xE273d4aCC555A245a80cB494E9E0dE5cD18Ed530`  
wbtc/renBTC/sBTC → `0x57d40FF4cF7441A04A05628911F57bb940B6C238`  
REN/WETH → `0xD6E4d70bdA78FBa018c2429e1b84153b9284298e`  
LINK/WETH → `0x31e7F53D27BFB324656FACAa69Fe440169522E1C`  
MATIC/WETH → `0x4e311e207CEAaaed421F17E909DA16527565Daef`  
COMP/WETH → `0xAFc28B2412B343574E8673D4fb6b220473677602`

If approved, the DAO Multisig `0x10A19e7eE7d7F8a52822f6817de8ea18204F2e4f` will interact with the `AuthorizerAdaptor` at `0x8F42aDBbA1B16EaAE3BB5754915E0D06059aDd75` and call `performAction` using `0xab8f0945` for the `data(bytes)` argument and the above list of contracts for the `target(address)` argument. Each contract will be its own transaction, thus there will be a total of **19** transactions.

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**Author:** ![Punkgod](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.balancer.fi/punkgod/32/1929_2.png) [@Punkgod](https://forum.balancer.fi/u/Punkgod)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-120-cleanup-unused-gauges/4043/2 "2022-11-23T05:34:18Z")

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I support this proposal, tbh it is the right thing to do at this point.

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**Author:** ![Xeonus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.balancer.fi/xeonus/32/3621_2.png) [@Xeonus](https://forum.balancer.fi/u/Xeonus)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-120-cleanup-unused-gauges/4043/3 "2022-11-23T07:25:13Z")

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Absolutely necessary for UX. In full support

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**Author:** ![Tritium](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.balancer.fi/tritium/32/2011_2.png) [@Tritium](https://forum.balancer.fi/u/Tritium)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-120-cleanup-unused-gauges/4043/4 "2022-11-23T10:35:45Z")

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Speaking of UX, anyway to clean up all the expired gauges on veBAL voting. It’s getting quite intense 🙂

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**Author:** ![zekraken](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.balancer.fi/zekraken/32/823_2.png) [@zekraken](https://forum.balancer.fi/u/zekraken)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-120-cleanup-unused-gauges/4043/5 "2022-11-23T18:07:05Z")

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@Tritium I’ve given this feedback again to the front end team last week. I’ve seen a mockup of a solution, but dont know the timeline for the change being made.

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**Author:** ![Xeonus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.balancer.fi/xeonus/32/3621_2.png) [@Xeonus](https://forum.balancer.fi/u/Xeonus)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.balancer.fi/t/bip-120-cleanup-unused-gauges/4043/6 "2022-11-30T18:15:07Z")

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[https://snapshot.org/#/balancer.eth/proposal/0x055c6c52d390f50e1ffc2c7eb83be4fd0189eebf854f9a18d97beb90b6883a69](https://snapshot.org/#/balancer.eth/proposal/0x055c6c52d390f50e1ffc2c7eb83be4fd0189eebf854f9a18d97beb90b6883a69)