Bribes & Delegation

Delegates can focus on bribes, ecosystem growth, or may stay inactive. Your rewards depend on their approach, so choose delegates whose strategy matches your priorities.

In Aquarius, market votes can be incentivized with bribes — extra rewards offered by projects, or by the protocol itself on highly traded markets, to attract ICE votes to specific pools.

When you delegate your upvoteICE to a delegate:

• Bribes always flow back to you, the delegator, never to the delegate.

• Your earnings depend on how your delegate chooses to vote.

There are no bribes or rewards connected to governICE delegation. Governance votes are about protocol decisions, not direct incentives.

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Why Delegation Helps

Bribes are not static — they change week by week. To maximize rewards on your own, you would need to check markets regularly and update votes on time. Delegation solves this by letting an active delegate handle these updates for you.

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Delegate Strategies and Impact

Different delegates may follow different approaches:

• Bribe-focused – aiming to maximize short-term rewards by voting on markets with the highest bribes.

• Ecosystem-focused – prioritizing long-term protocol health or liquidity depth, which may not always align with the top bribe markets.

• Inactive delegates – if a delegate does not use the delegated ICE, no bribes are earned.

As a delegator, your bribe income can vary widely depending on the delegate’s voting style. Review their activity and choose the delegate whose priorities align with yours.

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