vebetterdao-navigators

VeBetterDAO Navigators Feature

Domain knowledge for the Navigators feature: rewards multipliers and navigator delegation system. Both phases ship together in one release.

Phase 1: Rewards Multipliers

Freshness Multiplier (Allocation Voting)

Applied in RoundVotesCountingUtils.countVote() via FreshnessUtils library — modifies reward weight only, NOT on-chain voting power.

Behavior	Multiplier
Updated this round (weekly)	x3 (30000 bp)
Updated within 2 rounds (bi-weekly)	x2 (20000 bp)
No update for >= 3 rounds	x1 (10000 bp)

• "Update" = changing the set of apps voted for (adding/removing/swapping). Weight changes between same apps do NOT count
• Computed via XOR fingerprint of voted app IDs (order-independent, O(n), gas-cheap)
• First-time voters always get x3 (detected by lastFingerprint == bytes32(0))
• Governance-configurable via VoterRewards.setFreshnessMultipliers(tier1, tier2, tier3)
• Values stored as Checkpoints.Trace208 in VoterRewards (snapshotted at round start)
• Navigator-delegated citizens inherit navigator's freshness (citizen fingerprint updated with navigator's preferences at vote time)

Governance Intent Multiplier (Proposal Voting)

Applied in GovernorVotesLogic before registerVote(). Per-proposal at registration time — each proposal independent.

Vote Type	Multiplier
For / Against	x1 (10000 bp)
Abstain	x0.30 (3000 bp)

• Governance-configurable via VoterRewards.setIntentMultipliers(forAgainst, abstain)
• Navigator-delegated citizens inherit navigator's decision multiplier

Multiplier scope

• Freshness scales reward weight for allocation rewards only (in RoundVotesCountingUtils.countVote())
• Intent scales reward weight for governance rewards only (in GovernorVotesLogic before registerVote)
• GM is not stacked with freshness/intent. When the GM pool is funded (v5+ live config), GM accumulates its own separate per-voter weight in cycleToVoterToGMWeight, claimed against the GM pool — it does not multiply the allocation/governance reward weight. The legacy weight * GM path in VoterRewards.registerVote() only runs when gmPoolAmount == 0
• Scale: basis points (10000 = 1x)

Safe upgrade

VoterRewards.initializeV7 creates two checkpoints per multiplier:

1. At round start timepoint → 10000 (neutral) so current round is unaffected
2. At current block → real configured values (takes effect next round)

Phase 2: Navigator System

Core Concepts

• Navigator: User who stakes B3TR to vote on behalf of delegating citizens
• Citizen: User who delegates specific VOT3 amount to a navigator
• Roles are mutually exclusive — navigators cannot be citizens of another navigator
• Citizens retain full VOT3 ownership but delegated portion is locked

Registration

• Permissionless — stake minimum 50,000 B3TR in NavigatorRegistry
• Max stake: 1% of circulating VOT3 (enforced at deposit only, grandfathered)
• 10:1 delegation ratio: stake must be >= 10% of total delegated VOT3. Stake reduction blocked if it would violate ratio
• On-chain metadata URI for profile (same pattern as X2EarnApps)
• On-chain reports optional every round, mandatory at least once every 2 rounds via submitReport(metadataURI)
• Navigators cannot enable auto-voting (mutually exclusive)
• Navigators cannot delegate to other navigators (mutually exclusive roles)

Delegation

• Citizens delegate a specific VOT3 amount (explicit choice, not full balance), minimum 1 VOT3
• VOT3 stays in citizen's wallet, but the delegated portion is locked (cannot transfer or convert to B3TR)
• balanceOf() returns full VOT3 balance (including delegated). Use unlockedBalance() for transferable amount
• VOT3 _update() enforces: balance - delegatedAmount >= transferAmount
• VOT3 reads delegation amounts from NavigatorRegistry via INavigatorRegistry.getDelegatedAmount(from) — no role grant, no mapping on VOT3; VOT3 stores only the registry address
• One navigator per citizen
• Snapshotted at round start — mid-round changes take effect next round
• Partial undelegation allowed (takes effect next round)
• No personhood check to delegate. Personhood validated at vote time (snapshot); non-person citizens are skipped
• Citizens cannot vote manually while delegated — must exit delegation first
• Auto-voting is disabled when delegating (NavigatorRegistry calls XAllocationVoting.disableAutoVotingFor)
• Non-delegated VOT3 is idle (earns nothing)
• Delegation rejected if it would exceed navigator's capacity (10:1 ratio)

Delegation Functions

Function	Purpose	Events
delegate(navigator, amount)	First-time only. Auto-clears stale delegation from dead navigator.	DelegationCreated
increaseDelegation(amount)	Add more VOT3 to existing delegation	DelegationIncreased
reduceDelegation(amount)	Partial or full reduction (full = removes delegation)	DelegationDecreased or DelegationRemoved
undelegate()	Fully remove delegation	DelegationRemoved

Global Citizen Count

NavigatorRegistry tracks delegated citizens globally:

• Checkpoints.Trace208 totalDelegatedCitizens — incremented on delegate, decremented on undelegate
• mapping(address => uint256) navigatorCitizenCount — per-navigator count
• getTotalDelegatedCitizensAtTimepoint(timepoint) — used by XAllocationVoting.startNewRound to compute governanceUsers
• On announceExit() / deactivateNavigator(): navigatorCitizenCount zeroed and totalDelegatedCitizens decremented immediately

Voting Mechanics

Allocation Voting (XAllocationVoting)

Two separate functions (NOT merged):

• castVoteOnBehalfOf(voter, roundId) — existing auto-voting flow (unchanged)
• castNavigatorVote(citizen, roundId) — navigator-delegated citizens:
  • Personhood validated at snapshot — non-person citizens are skipped (not reverted), matching castVoteOnBehalfOf behavior
  • Voting power = delegated amount at round snapshot (checkpointed, NOT full balance)
  • Navigator's app preferences and percentages (custom weight distribution in basis points, must sum to 10000; max 15 apps)
  • Each citizen = separate transaction
  • Includes built-in skip-or-vote logic (see Relayer Integration below)
  • Registers RelayerAction.VOTE for the caller

Navigator setting preferences = their own vote (personal VOT3 balance + staked B3TR converted to VOT3)

Governance Proposal Voting (B3TRGovernor)

castNavigatorVote(proposalId, citizen) — separate function:

1. Citizen must be delegated to a navigator at proposal snapshot
2. Navigator must have set decision (1=Against, 2=For, 3=Abstain)
3. Voting power = delegated amount at proposal snapshot (checkpointed)
4. Intent multiplier applied for rewards
5. Registers RelayerAction.VOTE in RelayerRewardsPool
6. Includes built-in skip-or-vote logic (see Relayer Integration below)

getVotes Reflects Delegation

getVotes(account, timepoint) on both governors:

• If citizen had a live navigator at timepoint: returns delegated amount only (this is the citizen's voting power)
• If no navigator: returns full VOT3.getPastVotes (+ getDepositVotingPower in XAllocationVoting)
• Returns full balance when navigatorRegistry == address(0) (backwards compatible)
• getQuadraticVotingPower calls getVotes internally, so delegation cascades to sqrt(delegated) * 1e9
• View-only: actual castVote reverts with DelegatedToNavigator if citizen had a navigator at snapshot. Navigator votes use getDelegatedAmountAtTimepoint directly

Relayer Integration

Citizens counted in relayer expected actions:

• At round start, XAllocationVoting.startNewRound computes:
  • allocationUsers = autoVotingUsers + totalDelegatedCitizens
  • governanceUsers = totalDelegatedCitizens (citizens only — relayers don't cast governance votes for auto-users)
• Fetches active governance proposals via B3TRGovernor.getActiveProposals()
• Passes all to RelayerRewardsPool.setTotalActionsForRoundWithGovernance(roundId, allocationUsers, governanceUsers, activeProposalIds)
• Expected actions per round: allocationUsers * 2 (vote + claim) + governanceUsers * activeProposals (governance votes)

Skip-or-vote flow:

castNavigatorVote (both allocation and governance) merges vote and skip into a single function:

1. Navigator dead at snapshot → revert NotDelegatedToNavigator (citizen was never delegated)
2. Citizen not a person at snapshot → skip immediately, reduce expected actions (NavigatorVoteSkipped / NavigatorGovernanceVoteSkipped)
3. Navigator dead NOW (exited/deactivated after snapshot) → skip immediately, reduce expected actions
4. Navigator alive + preferences/decision set → vote normally
5. Navigator alive + no preferences/decision + skip window reached → skip, reduce expected actions
6. Navigator alive + no preferences/decision + skip window NOT reached → revert (relayer retries later)

Skip window = 2 hours (~720 blocks) before round/proposal deadline. Constants: CITIZEN_SKIP_WINDOW_BLOCKS (allocation), GOVERNANCE_SKIP_WINDOW_BLOCKS (governance).

Per-user skip tracking (RelayerRewardsPool V3):

• reduceUserAllocationVote(roundId, user) — reduces one allocation vote action for a specific user
• reduceUserGovernanceVote(roundId, user, proposalId) — reduces one governance vote action per user/proposal
• When ALL vote actions for a user are skipped (allocation + all governance proposals), the claim action is auto-reduced
• Prevents double-skip: reverts if already reduced for the same user/round/proposal

Active proposals caching:

• B3TRGovernor.proposalsForRound mapping populated at proposal creation
• getActiveProposals() filters by Active state from current round's proposals
• Cached in RelayerRewardsPool.activeProposalsForRound at round start

Late preferences infraction:

• Navigators must set preferences at least preferenceCutoffPeriod blocks (~24hr) before round deadline
• Setting later is allowed, but marks the round as a minor infraction

Auto-voting disabled on delegation:

• NavigatorRegistry.delegate() calls XAllocationVoting.disableAutoVotingFor(citizen) (privileged call)
• On undelegate: user re-enables auto-voting manually

Preferred relayer:

• Citizens set preferredRelayer manually via relayerRewardsPool.setPreferredRelayer(relayer)
• During early access, only the preferred relayer (if set and registered) can act on the citizen's behalf
• No auto-setting on delegation — citizens must set it manually

Fee ordering for citizens (at claim time):

1. Navigator fee: deducted from gross reward first (goes to NavigatorRegistry fee escrow)
2. Relayer fee: deducted from remainder (goes to RelayerRewardsPool)
3. Citizen receives the rest

• Relayer fee applies to both auto-voters AND citizens
• CLAIM action registered for both

Rewards

Rewards proportional to delegated amount at snapshot only (not full balance). Citizen's own GM level applies.

Fee ordering:

1. Navigator fee = gross reward * navigatorFeePercentage / 10000 (goes to NavigatorRegistry escrow)
2. Relayer fee = relayerRewardsPool.calculateRelayerFee(gross - navigatorFee) (goes to RelayerRewardsPool)
3. Citizen receives the rest

• Relayer fee applies to both auto-voters AND navigator citizens
• Navigator fee applies to citizens only
• Fee deducted at reward claim time in VoterRewards.claimReward()
• Citizens' freshness fingerprints updated with navigator's app preferences at vote time (inheriting freshness)
• Citizens inherit navigator's governance intent multiplier

Fee Escrow

Inside NavigatorRegistry: mapping(navigator => mapping(round => amount))

• Each round's fees claimable 4 rounds later (rolling unlock)
• Major slash takes all unclaimed locked fees

Slashing

Minor (Automatic, 5% of current remaining stake — compounding)

Reportable by anyone via public function. Slashed funds to treasury.

Six infraction types:

1. Missed allocation vote — had citizens, didn't set preferences for a round (requires delegations)
2. Missed governance proposal vote — had citizens, didn't set decision during proposal's voting period (requires delegations)
3. Stale allocation preferences — no update >= 3 rounds (same threshold as freshness multiplier) (requires delegations)
4. Missed report — no report submitted in 2 consecutive rounds (requires delegations)
5. Late preferences — set allocation preferences after preferenceCutoffPeriod (~24hr) before round deadline (requires delegations)
6. Below minimum stake — stake was below minStake at round start AND still below at round end (applies regardless of delegations)

Infraction flags (bit flags in NavigatorSlashingUtils):

• FLAG_MISSED_ALLOCATION = 1 << 0 (1)
• FLAG_LATE_PREFERENCES = 1 << 1 (2)
• FLAG_STALE_PREFERENCES = 1 << 2 (4)
• FLAG_MISSED_REPORT = 1 << 3 (8)
• FLAG_MISSED_GOVERNANCE = 1 << 4 (16)
• FLAG_BELOW_MIN_STAKE = 1 << 5 (32)

Reporting model:

• Minor reporting is per round, not per infraction
• Anyone calls reportRoundInfractions(navigator, roundId, proposalIds) after the round ends
• Contract evaluates all six infraction types on-chain for that round
• Infractions 1-5 only checked when navigator had delegations at the round snapshot
• Infraction 6 (below min stake) checked regardless of delegations — navigators must maintain their stake above minimum at all times
• Below min stake uses a two-checkpoint check: stakeAtRoundStart < minStake AND stakeAtRoundEnd < minStake. This gives navigators one full round to recover after a slash drops their stake.
• If any infraction is true, exactly one minor slash is applied for that round
• If round is still active, report reverts with RoundStillActive

If stake drops below minimum: stays active but can't accept new delegations and will be slashed if not topped up by round end.

Below min stake timing example (minStake = 50K):

Round	Start stake	Event	End stake	belowMinStake?
R3	50K	Slashed 5% for missed duties → 47.5K	47.5K	No (was at min at start)
R4	47.5K	Navigator tops up 3K mid-round	50.5K	No (below at start, recovered by end)
R5	50.5K	—	50.5K	No (above min)

Vs. if navigator does NOT recover:

Round	Start stake	Event	End stake	belowMinStake?
R3	50K	Slashed 5% → 47.5K	47.5K	No (was at min at start)
R4	47.5K	No action	47.5K	Yes (below at start AND end)
R5	45.125K	Slashed again	42.87K	Yes (cascading)

Major (Governance process, up to 100% of stake + locked fees + removal)

For: manipulation, bribery, vote buying, undisclosed compensation. Process: 5 navigators lock stakes to trigger → public findings within 4 rounds → governance vote.

Deactivation

• Via governance proposal (anyone can propose) with on-chain execution
• Proposal includes slash amount (0-100% of stake + locked fees)
• Takes effect next round (current round completes normally)
• Cannot reactivate — must register fresh

Exit

1. announceExit() — event emitted, 1 round notice (governance-configurable)
2. Navigator must continue voting during notice
3. Lazy invalidation: as soon as exit is announced, all citizen delegations become void at the view level
   • isDelegated() returns false, getDelegatedAmount() returns 0
   • VOT3 transfer lock auto-releases (no citizen action needed)
   • castNavigatorVote fails with NotDelegatedToNavigator
   • No new citizens can delegate (NavigatorCannotAcceptDelegations)
4. Citizens can directly re-delegate to a new navigator without calling undelegate() first (stale delegation auto-cleared)
5. After exit notice period passes (deactivation checkpoint reached), withdrawStake() becomes available — stake returned immediately. Locked fees follow their individual 4-round schedules via claimFee(roundId)
6. Re-entry = fresh registration
7. No finalizeExit() — exit is self-enforcing via checkpoint timing

Citizen experience on navigator exit/deactivation

Citizens don't need to take any action — VOT3 automatically unlocked via lazy invalidation:

• getDelegatedAmount(citizen) checks if navigator is dead → returns 0
• VOT3._update() reads getDelegatedAmount → sees 0 → transfer allowed
• Citizen can delegate(newNavigator, amount) directly — old stale checkpoint auto-cleared
• Historical delegation data preserved for reward calculation (getDelegatedAmountAtTimepoint not affected)

Indexer: implicit delegation removal

No DelegationRemoved events emitted when a navigator exits or is deactivated. Indexers must treat ExitAnnounced / NavigatorDeactivated events as bulk removal of all citizen delegations for that navigator.

Staking and Voting Power

Navigators stake B3TR, which is converted to VOT3 under the hood. The staked amount is held by NavigatorRegistry as VOT3 and counts as the navigator's personal voting power (checkpointed via stakedAmount Trace208). NavigatorRegistry self-delegates on VOT3 during initialization so the total voting supply is accurate.

The staked VOT3 only counts for voting power — it cannot be used to support proposals or powered down. It does not earn direct rewards.

Actor	Voting power source	What's NOT counted
Navigator (own vote)	Personal VOT3 balance + staked B3TR (as VOT3)	Delegated VOT3 from citizens
Citizen (navigated vote)	Their delegated VOT3 amount at snapshot	Remaining undelegated VOT3

Delegated VOT3 never leaves the citizen's wallet. Navigator decides what to vote; each citizen's delegated amount is cast as a separate vote.

B3TR↔VOT3 conversion flow: On register()/addStake(): B3TR transferred to contract → converted to VOT3 via VOT3.convertToVOT3(). On reduceStake()/withdrawStake()/slash: VOT3 converted back to B3TR via VOT3.convertToB3TR() → transferred out.

Economics: staked B3TR gives the navigator voting power. They must also attract delegation to earn fees. Example: 50K B3TR staked (= 50K VOT3 voting power) → up to 500K VOT3 delegated → navigator earns 20% fee on rewards generated by those 500K VOT3.

Contract-Level Protections

Protection	Contract	Error
Self-delegation blocked	NavigatorDelegationUtils	SelfDelegationNotAllowed
Delegators can't register as navigator	NavigatorStakingUtils	DelegatorCannotRegister
Citizens can't manual vote (allocation)	XAllocationVoting	DelegatedToNavigator
Citizens can't manual vote (governance)	GovernorVotesLogic	DelegatedToNavigator
Navigators can't enable auto-voting	XAllocationVoting	NavigatorCannotEnableAutoVoting
Citizens can't enable auto-voting	XAllocationVoting	DelegatedToNavigator
Fee deposit restricted to VoterRewards	NavigatorRegistry	UnauthorizedCaller
Lazy invalidation on exit/deactivation	NavigatorDelegationUtils	_isNavigatorDead()

Key Contracts

New

• NavigatorRegistry — UUPS upgradeable facade with 6 libraries: NavigatorStakingUtils, NavigatorDelegationUtils, NavigatorVotingUtils, NavigatorFeeUtils, NavigatorSlashingUtils, NavigatorLifecycleUtils

Modified

• VOT3.sol (V2) — reads delegation lock from NavigatorRegistry, no duplicate storage
• XAllocationVoting.sol (V9) — castNavigatorVote, disableAutoVotingFor, startNewRound with citizens + governance
• B3TRGovernor.sol (V10) — castNavigatorVote, getActiveProposals, proposalsForRound, relayerRewardsPool
• VoterRewards.sol (V7) — multiplier checkpoints, navigator fee deduction, intent multiplier
• RelayerRewardsPool.sol (V3) — per-user skip tracking, setTotalActionsForRoundWithGovernance, activeProposalsForRound

Dependencies (read-only)

• VOT3.sol — circulating supply for max stake cap
• VeBetterPassport — personhood checks (validated at snapshot for navigated citizens; non-persons skipped)
• RelayerRewardsPool — relayer registration check, preferredRelayer, per-user skip tracking
• B3TRGovernor — active proposals query at round start

Codebase Reference

Navigator contracts

• /packages/contracts/contracts/navigator/NavigatorRegistry.sol — main facade
• /packages/contracts/contracts/navigator/libraries/NavigatorStorageTypes.sol — single ERC-7201 namespace
• /packages/contracts/contracts/navigator/libraries/NavigatorStakingUtils.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/navigator/libraries/NavigatorDelegationUtils.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/navigator/libraries/NavigatorVotingUtils.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/navigator/libraries/NavigatorFeeUtils.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/navigator/libraries/NavigatorSlashingUtils.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/navigator/libraries/NavigatorLifecycleUtils.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/interfaces/INavigatorRegistry.sol

Modified contracts

• /packages/contracts/contracts/x-allocation-voting-governance/XAllocationVoting.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/x-allocation-voting-governance/libraries/VotesUtils.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/governance/B3TRGovernor.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/governance/libraries/GovernorVotesLogic.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/governance/libraries/GovernorStorageTypes.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/governance/libraries/GovernorConfigurator.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/VoterRewards.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/VOT3.sol
• /packages/contracts/contracts/RelayerRewardsPool.sol

Not in v1

1. Navigator-configurable fee rates (fixed 20%)