If you want to add a gauge for your pool to receive BAL emissions, please create a new topic in this category following the template which will appear upon creating the new topic.
Note that after you create a pool you must create a gauge for it before you start a governance proposal. Include the address of the gauge you deployed in your proposal.
For pools on Ethereum
This is the gauge factory on Ethereum. Simply call thecreate
function with your pool’s contract address. For 2% capped gauge, enter20000000000000000
for relativeWeightCap. For uncapped, enter1000000000000000000
.
For pools on Polygon
- This is the child chain liquidity gauge factory on Polygon. Call
create
function with your pool’s polygon contract address.- This is the Polygon Root Gauge Factory - call
create
using the contract address on polygon you got from the previous step. For 2% capped gauge, enter20000000000000000
for relativeWeightCap. For uncapped, enter1000000000000000000
. The result of this transaction is your polygon root gauge that should be included in your gauge proposal.
For pools on Arbitrum
- This is the child chain liquidity gauge factory on Arbitrum. Call
create
function with your pool’s arbitrum contract address.- This is the Arbitrum Root Gauge Factory - call
create
using the contract address on Arbitrum you got from the previous step. For 2% capped gauge, enter20000000000000000
for relativeWeightCap. For uncapped, enter1000000000000000000
. The result of this transaction is your arbitrum root gauge that should be included in your gauge proposal.
For pools on Optimism
- This is the child chain liquidity gauge factory on Optimism. Call
create
function with your pool’s optimism contract address.- This is the Optimism Root Gauge Factory - call
create
using the contract address on optimism you got from the previous step. For 2% capped gauge, enter20000000000000000
for relativeWeightCap. For uncapped, enter1000000000000000000
. The result of this transaction is your optimism root gauge that should be included in your gauge proposal.
For pools on Gnosis-chain
- This is the child chain liquidity gauge factory on Gnosis. Call
create
function with your pool’s gnosis contract address.- This is the Gnosis Root Gauge Factory - call
create
using the contract address on gnosis you got from the previous step. For 2% capped gauge, enter20000000000000000
for relativeWeightCap. For uncapped, enter1000000000000000000
. The result of this transaction is your gnosis root gauge that should be included in your gauge proposal.
Once you, the proposer, feel sufficient discussion has taken place you must find a delegate with over 200,000 veBAL to post your snapshot for you. The Balancer Maxi’s often provide help with this, so feel free to contact @solarcurve, @Xeonus, @ZenDragon , @zekraken, @Mike_B, @Tritium or @Danko8383 for help posting your snapshot.
More details on the snapshot/governance process can be found in the governance section of the docs
Please note that Balancer protocol has an Emergency subDAO, that empowers a small group to “kill” pools and gauges in the event of malicious activity and/or potential loss of funds. Ultimately, veBAL holders have the collective power over gauges activity, being able to kill gauges at anytime through governance regular voting process.
Gauges for Custom Pools
The following conditions must be met for a custom pool to be added to gauges:
- There must be a analytics dashboard that shows:
- Swap volume over time
- Deposit Balances in LP
- Fees earned
- 50% of all collected fees must be sent to the balancer treasury
- One example of such a trade should exist.