New Terminology for a New Era

With the launch of Aero, the internal terminology of the system will be updated.

The biggest change is that Aero will use “staking” where Aerodrome used “locking,” and “allocating” where Aerodrome used “voting.”

The goal of these changes is to make the language used more accessible to a broader audience. This updated terminology will sunset imprecise language as well as terms with inaccurate associations and/or that no longer reflect how the system works (e.g. a “lock” sounds like something that cannot be traded or transferred, and “ve” is a legacy artifact from the previous era).

Stake / Staking

With Aero, tokenholders who want to participate in the system will be able to stake their AERO for a set term.

Not: Lock, escrow, vote-escrow

sAERO / Staked AERO

The token you receive when you stake AERO; represents your right to allocate AERO rewards to liquidity pools and earn exchange revenue in return.

Not: veAERO, Lock, veNFT

Staker / sAERO holder / token operator

A person who holds sAERO.

Not: voter, locker, sAERO voter

Staking Period

The duration of a Stake; longer periods generate more weight.

Not: lock period, vesting time, lock duration

sAERO Weight / Staking Weight

The allocation power of your sAERO.

Not: voting power, voting weight

Allocate / Allocating

What sAERO holders do with their positions: allocate AERO rewards to pools.

Not: vote / voting

AERO Rewards

AERO distributed to liquidity providers, as allocated by sAERO holders

Note: “emissions” will still be used in places

Exchange Revenue / Protocol Revenue

What sAERO holders earn in exchange for allocating AERO rewards.

Not: voting rewards, voter rewards