# Qi Locking **aveQI Overview** Advanced voting escrowed QI, or aveQI for short, introduces QI-ETH LP locking on Balancer’s Ethereum deployment. Users that lock QI-ETH will be able to boost their voting power over QiDao as well as their share of weekly revenue distributions from the DAO. A user’s voting power and distribution share will be a function of how much QI-ETH they lock and for how long. A minimum of 28 days is needed for new locks, with a maximum of 4 years. QI-ETH LP tokens from Balancer can be locked via the [Mai Finance UI](https://app.mai.finance/). Once locked, tokens cannot be removed until the unlock date is reached. Locking can also be done directly via the protocol’s [aveQI smart contract](https://etherscan.io/address/0x1BFFaBc6dFcAfB4177046db6686e3F135E8Bc732). Using QI-ETH instead of QI for QiDao’s new locking mechanism will allow the DAO to maintain liquidity for QI without the need for inflationary rewards. Only tokens earned through the operations at QiDao will be used to incentivize aveQI.
**Token Flow Framework** *1. Revenue earned* QiDao is the most widely used CDP stablecoin project in DeFi, with over 10,000 active minters on several chains. Revenue from operations on these chains is constantly collected by revenue contracts. *2. Consolidation* Revenue is consolidated weekly from all chains on Optimism. If token balances are too low to be transferred, they are held in the chain where they were earned until token balances are sufficient. Token transfer costs cannot exceed 10% of the value being transferred. *3. Incentivization* Every two weeks, 50% of accumulated revenue from all chains is used to incentivized QI-ETH’s gauge on Balancer. This is done via voting markets. veBAL holders that vote for QI-ETH will receive token rewards from QiDao’s revenue. After Balancer’s biweekly gauge ends, QI-ETH’s votes will result in BAL rewards being allotted to QI-ETH. Only users that lock QI-ETH in aveQI will be eligible for BAL rewards as it is this locking mechanism that was approved by Balancer governance for distributions. If the ROI on voting markets is less than 1x, meaning voting incentives exceed expected BAL incentives, then revenue is distributed directly by QiDao to aveQI lockers. *4. Claiming* aveQI lockers will be able to claim tokens distributed on the Boost page at mai.finance or directly through the contract. Users that lock for longer or with a greater amount will have a greater boost in their share of weekly distributions.

tokenomics overview

**Bridging** QI is now native to Ethereum. Bridging to other chains will be handled through a token standard that maintains token sovereignty at QiDao and not a bridge. Whitelisted crosschain messaging protocol will be able to bridge QI between chains. The standard being used for QI tokens outside of Ethereum is Layer Zero’s OFT. Stargate, a bridge built on top of Layer Zero, is the first bridge that will facilitate crosschain transfers for QI. **Active DAO Participation** QiDao has always relied on the efforts of its entire community to thrive. Active community members, QI holders, QiDao users, and DAO contributors play an active role in developing new ideas and products. If you want to get involved, join our Discord and get started! --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.mai.finance/tokenomics-1/qi-staking.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.