1. Abstract
Streaming Programmatic Rewards (SPR) has, over four seasons, successfully decentralised SUP ownership and supported the growth of the Superfluid ecosystem. As the ecosystem matures, Season 5 continues distribution of SUP to ecosystem applications and their users, while refining allocation methodology, reducing reward concentration, easing onboarding for new projects, and improving alignment with long-term protocol health.
2. Type
Non-Constitutional
3. Motivation
SPR has been instrumental in supporting established ecosystem applications and enabling new projects to launch and scale. As usage patterns have evolved, the DAO has an opportunity to refine how SPR emissions are deployed in order to:
- Support the continued growth of established applications
- Increase the spread and reduce concentration of rewards among ecosystem users
- Make it easier for new projects to onboard and experiment
- Improve the effectiveness and longevity of SUP emissions
4. Rationale
Season 5 introduces targeted process and parameter refinements to address the above objectives by:
- Continuing support for established ecosystem applications
- Encouraging broader and more sustainable user participation
- Lowering friction for new projects entering the ecosystem
- Improving alignment between incentives and sustained usage
- Involving experienced ecosystem builders more directly in stewardship
These changes strengthen SPR while remaining fully compatible with existing mechanics and governance processes.
5. Key Terms
- Streaming Programmatic Rewards (SPR): DAO mechanism for distributing SUP to users of ecosystem applications and projects.
- Ecosystem Campaigns: Application or project specific incentive programs funded via SPR.
- Established Project Campaigns: Campaigns managed by ecosystem applications already established in SPR [currently includes: Banger, Degen Dogs, FlowState, Gardens, Giveth, GoodDollar, Nerite, Streme, SuperBoring]
- New Project Campaigns: Campaigns managed by projects new to SPR or recently launched.
- Community Campaigns: Campaigns focused on broad Superfluid community engagement, managed by Superfluid Foundation Marketing team.
- Ecosystem Steering Group: A new steering group to be established by the Superfluid Foundation, comprising representatives from established ecosystem projects, supporting review and onboarding of new projects and advising on the broader ecosystem. The group will act in an advisory capacity only and will support the Foundation by reviewing New Project Campaign submissions and helping identify promising new integrations. The group does not control budget allocation or make binding decisions. Participation is voluntary and intended to recognise the experience and contributions of long-standing ecosystem builders.
6. Specifications
a. Established Project Campaigns
- Budget: 10,000,000 SUP
- Invitation to submit Campaign Ideas: To be issued by Foundation team, lasting 1 week
- Eligible Campaign Ideas: Those submissions deemed to have provided sufficient information to indicate the project/app/team is ready to integrate with the SPR system and manage a successful campaign. Submissions not deemed eligible in this round are welcome to resubmit in future rounds when they have developed further.
- Campaign Selection Process: An implementation-level DAO vote to be held, lasting around 1 week. Campaign Selection Process voting are implementation level votes conducted under the authority granted by this SIP, and do not constitute a separate DAO proposals or require independent SIP approval.
- Weighted Voting Strategy: DAO members and Delegates can spread their voting power across the Eligible Campaigns. % share of vote for each would then be applied to the Budget. The total SUP allocated to Season 5 SPR Campaigns shall not exceed the budget approved in this proposal.
- 3% cut-off: Eligible Campaigns with less than 3% of each vote will not be included in Season and SUP votes for them will be redistributed to the successful campaigns on a pro-rata basis.
- Sub-campaigns: Campaigns which are granted SUP Allocations for Season 5 can then determine distribution of their SUP allocation to their sub-campaigns where applicable.
- Campaign Start and End dates: Campaigns which are granted SUP Allocations for Season 5 must begin during Season 5, otherwise they will forfeit their allocation and the DAO will retain the allocation. Campaigns should last no longer than 6 months.
- 5% cap on Campaign earn rate per user: To encourage broad participation and reduce excessive concentration of rewards to only a few earners, a 5% cap will be applied to each users’ share of each Campaign flow rate, subject to feasibility.
- Insider Participation: To ensure fair and effective use of Ecosystem Campaigns, project and campaign leads are expected not to participate in their own campaigns in ways that generate points or rewards. This includes creating or using accounts, contracts, or donation flows under their control to route activity back to themselves for the purpose of earning campaign rewards. Campaign incentives should be directed toward genuine external users and ecosystem activity.
b. New Project Campaigns
- Budget: 2,000,000 SUP
- Invitation to submit Campaign Ideas: To be issued by Foundation team and lasting until the budget for New Project Campaings has been allocated.
- Eligible Campaign Ideas: Foundation will consult with the Ecosystem Steering Group to select Eligible Campaign Ideas for New Project Campaigns and allocate a portion of the budget, considering the project onboarding (complexity and effort) and impact (users and other benefits).
- Rolling Onboarding: Eligible New Project Campaigns may be onboarded on a rolling basis throughout Season 5
c. Community Campaigns
- Budget: 3,000,000 SUP
- Implementation: Superfluid Foundation Marketing team to develop and launch these during Season 5
7. Steps to Implement and Timelines
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DAO vote on this proposal - 26 January > 8 February
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Established Project Campaigns
– Invitation to submit Campaign Ideas: 16 February - 22 February
– Eligibility assessment: 23 February
– Campaign Selection Vote: 23 February - 1st March
– Season 5 Start & End Date: expected March > May -
New Project Campaigns: Invitation to submit Campaign Ideas, Eligibility assessment, Rolling Onboarding from 16 February
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Community Campaigns: from 16 February
8. Overall Cost
- DAO SUP emissions: up to 15,000,000 SUP
- Operational Costs: covered by existing Foundation resources
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