World Liberty Financial opens governance vote on 180-day rewards program for WLFI holders

World Liberty Financial kicked off a governance vote on Monday proposing a rewards program that would pay WLFI holders for doing something most token holders notoriously avoid: participating in governance. The catch? You have to lock your tokens for at least 180 days and cast a vote at least once every 90 days. No locking, no voting, no rewards. What the proposal actually requires The program, which targets an October 1 launch date if approved, would require holders to deposit unlocked WLFI into a non-custodial protocol for a minimum of 180 days. During that lockup, participants need to vote directly on at least one ecosystem proposal every 90 days. Delegated votes don’t count. Rewards would come from a dynamically funded pool sourced from ecosystem revenues rather than a fixed emission schedule. That means payouts fluctuate based on how much the protocol is actually generating, the size of the staking pool, and verified participation levels. The reward calculations update every two weeks. Unclaimed rewards get redistributed among active participants. If someone locks tokens but ghosts on governance duties, their share flows to the people who actually showed up. The proposal also c...