LGE Participation

This page explains how to participate in a Liquidity Generation Event (LGE) on OhShii: the requirements to contribute, the optional sponsor code, the OHSHII token fee and its verification-based exemption, and the governance benefits you unlock by locking OHSHII and voting on proposals.

LGE Participation Requirements

Everything from One Platform

Deposit once, participate everywhere — no external transfers needed.

The full participation flow is integrated within OhShii Launcher. You deposit funds, then complete the LGE requirements directly on the LGE page — there is no need to move assets between external interfaces.

Step 1 — Deposit ICP, Bitcoin, or Solana Deposit ICP directly, or bring in Bitcoin or Solana from the Cross-Chain Gateway (the balances page) — no custodians, no traditional bridges.

Bitcoin — use the Bitcoin tab on the balances page. Bitcoin arrives on the Internet Computer as ckBTC via DFINITY’s chain-key minter, and is then swapped to ICP via ICPSwap.
Solana — send SOL to your Menese-generated address. SOL is automatically swapped to ICP through Menese Protocol’s chain-key execution layer (no off-chain relayers, no wrapped tokens). You can also convert ICP back to SOL at minimal slippage at any time.

Step 2 — Access the LGE Page & Complete Requirements Go to any LGE page and complete the steps: the OHSHII token fee (only if you are not identity-verified). All tools are integrated within the LGE page.

Everything is seamlessly integrated within OhShii Launcher.

What applies when you participate

Most of what shapes a contribution is non-optional and the same for everyone — there is no privileged role that lets some participants contribute on different terms. Two limits always apply to every wallet. On top of them, unverified participants pay a one-time OHSHII fee, and a sponsor code is entirely optional.

Contribution limits (always apply)

Minimum per contribution — each contribution must clear a small floor (about 0.1 ICP, and lower once the LGE is near the end of its bonding curve). Anything below it is rejected.
Maximum per wallet (your participation tier) — every wallet has a per-LGE purchase cap, measured in campaign tokens. Unverified (“Guest”) wallets have the lowest cap. Verifying your identity raises it, and locking OHSHII for Voting Power (while staying an active voter) raises it further — see Unlock Higher Limits below for the exact tiers.

Governance activity — not yield — is what raises your limit. OHSHII is a fixed-supply token: the entire supply existed from day one and no new OHSHII can ever be minted (its minting account is a black-hole address no one controls). Because there is no inflation, OhShii has — by design — no “staking for yield”: paying an APY on locked tokens would require minting new supply, which OHSHII cannot do. So instead of a financial return, OhShii rewards an active community through utility. Locking OHSHII earns Voting Power, and staying an active voter in the ecosystem DAO (ONS) is what lifts your per-LGE purchase cap. Your buyable amount moves up or down with your governance activity — lock and vote to reach a higher tier; stop voting and your tier (and its higher cap) drops back toward the entry level until you vote again. When you unlock you get back exactly the tokens you locked, never more. What you gain is a functional capability (how many campaign tokens you may buy), earned by participating — never a payout.

OHSHII Fee for Unverified Users (Waived by Identity Verification)

This applies only if you are not identity-verified — it is a conditional cost, not a universal requirement. Its purpose is anti-Sybil: the per-wallet cap above only holds if you can’t simply spin up many wallets. Because an unverified (“Guest”) wallet has the lowest cap, someone could try to bypass their limit by buying from a swarm of fresh Guest wallets — so each Guest wallet pays the fee, which makes splitting a large buy across many accounts uneconomic. Verifying your identity removes the fee because a verified wallet is tied to a real, unique person (World ID or DecideID), which already prevents one person from farming many tiers.

EXEMPTION: any identity-verified user (World ID or DecideID) is exempt from the per-LGE OHSHII fee. The fee is charged only to unverified (“Guest”) participants. Voting Power and active-voter status do not affect this fee — they only set your purchase-limit tier.
For unverified users: the first participation in each LGE requires the OHSHII fee (default 30,000 OHSHII, a governance-votable amount) in OHSHII tokens. It is collected and held; on a successful LGE it goes 100% to the OhShii treasury (vil43-piaaa-aaaal-qsibq-cai) — there is no automatic burn — and it is refunded if the LGE fails.
Each LGE also caps how many Guest (unverified) participants it accepts — at most 50 per LGE. This is a second anti-Sybil layer: once an LGE has filled its 50 Guest slots, further unverified wallets cannot join, and identity verification is the way in. Verified participants don’t count against this cap.
Subsequent contributions to the same LGE have no additional cost.

A sponsor code is entirely optional — you can participate without one. You can choose to enter one when you participate; it costs you nothing extra and lets a sponsor earn a small share (0–5%, based on their Voting Power and active-voter status) of a capped referral pool — paid only if the LGE succeeds. Once set, your sponsor code can’t be changed.

See Sponsor & Referral for the full reward tiers, how to become a sponsor (3 ICP), and how/when rewards are paid.

Summary: two limits always apply to everyone — a small minimum per contribution and a per-wallet maximum set by your tier. OhShii pays no yield on locks; instead locking OHSHII and voting raise your tier. The OHSHII fee and the 50-Guest-per-LGE cap are anti-Sybil measures on unverified wallets — both are lifted by identity verification (and the fee is refunded if the LGE fails). The sponsor code is always optional.

Unlock Higher Limits & Governance Benefits

Two independent steps raise what you can do in an LGE — one based on verification, the other on locking OHSHII and voting.

Step A — Verify your identity (World ID or DecideID)

Skip the OHSHII fee — verified users pay no per-LGE OHSHII fee (only unverified Guests do).
4x the purchase limit — your cap rises from 1M tokens (Guest) to 4M tokens (Human).

Step B — Lock OHSHII + vote on proposals

Locking OHSHII earns Voting Power (VP); staying an active voter unlocks the higher purchase tiers and governance power. Both are needed — locking alone is not enough, you must also vote.

Up to 6x the Human limit — buy up to 24M tokens (Whale tier), versus 4M for a verified non-voter (Human).
Governance Power — shape the OHSHII ecosystem and vote on proposals.

1. Lock OHSHII (on the OhShii Locker)

Duration: at least 1.5 months (45 days); shorter locks earn 0 VP.
The more you lock and the longer the duration, the higher your VP: VP = min( √tokens × lock_months, 36,000 ).

2. Vote on Proposals

Count as an active voter by voting on at least 2 of the last 3 ONS governance proposals.
The Fish/Shark/Whale tiers require active-voter status; if you stop voting you are demoted to the Human (4M) tier until you vote again (verification and VP are retained — only the cap drops).

Visit the Proposals page in the launcher to vote.

Voting Power Simulator

Estimate how many OHSHII tokens to lock, and for how long, to reach a target Voting Power. Drag the sliders (or type a value) below:

OHSHII tokens to lock

Lock duration (months)

— estimated Voting Power

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VP = min( √tokens × months, 36,000 ) · minimum lock 1.5 months · capped at 36,000 VP per user

Estimate only. The on-chain calculation uses the net locked amount (after the 1% OhShii platform fee), so actual VP is marginally lower. Tiers above Guest also require identity verification (and Fish/Shark/Whale require active-voter status) — not shown here.

Purchase-limit tiers:

Guest — unverified — 1M token cap (pays the one-time OHSHII fee)
Human — identity-verified — 4M token cap (no fee)
Fish — verified + ≥ 2,000 VP + active voter — 12M token cap
Shark — verified + ≥ 10,000 VP + active voter — 18M token cap
Whale — verified + ≥ 30,000 VP + active voter — 24M token cap

Identity verification (World ID or DecideID) is required for every tier above Guest; the Fish/Shark/Whale tiers additionally require active-voter status. The simulator above estimates Voting Power only — it does not check verification or voting, which are also required to reach a given tier.

Notes:

The VP calculation uses the net locked amount (after the 1% OhShii platform fee), so the simulator’s estimate is marginally higher than the on-chain value.
A minimum lock duration of 1.5 months (45 days) is required for VP eligibility — shorter locks earn 0 VP.

You can vote on proposals on the Proposals page, and create an OHSHII lock on the OhShii Locker.

How Voting Power Works (Technical)

Quadratic Formula

VP = min( sqrt(OHSHII_tokens) × lock_months, 36,000 )

Quadratic scaling: doubling the tokens does not double VP (~1.4x increase) — large holders get sub-linear voting weight.
Linear time multiplier: each month of lock multiplies your base VP.
Cap: maximum 36,000 VP per user — prevents any single wallet from dominating governance.

Built-in defenses (why the system resists gaming)

Quadratic + cap → no whale dominance. Because VP grows with the square root of tokens and is capped at 36,000, buying more and more OHSHII yields progressively less influence; even an unlimited bag tops out at the Whale tier.
Verification → one real person. Tiers above Guest require World ID / DecideID, so you can’t farm high tiers across a fleet of wallets — each unverified wallet is stuck at the Guest cap, and verification ties a wallet to a unique human.
Active-voter rule → capacity is earned, not owned. The Fish/Shark/Whale caps require you to keep voting (on at least 2 of the last 3 ONS proposals). Stop voting and you’re demoted to the Human cap until you resume — the high purchase capacity is rented by ongoing governance work.
Delegation moves votes, not buy-power. If you delegate your vote (liquid democracy), the delegate casts your voting weight — but your LGE purchase tier is always computed from your own locks. A large holder can never lend their purchase tier to followers.

Requirements

Minimum: 1.5 months (45 days) lock duration (governance-votable).
Thresholds (governance-votable): 2,000 VP → Fish (12M), 10,000 VP → Shark (18M), 30,000 VP → Whale (24M). Approximate amounts to clear each tier: ~30k OHSHII × 1yr → ~2,080 VP (Fish); ~180k OHSHII × 2yr → ~10,180 VP (Shark); ~1.6M OHSHII × 2yr → ~30,360 VP (Whale).
Multiple locks: VP from all eligible locks is summed, then capped at 36,000 per user (the cap value is governance-votable) (each lock must be ≥1.5 months).

Which parameters the DAO can change

These values are not fixed in stone — the ONS DAO can change them, but only through a Critical governance proposal (the highest bar: ~65% approval, high quorum, guardian-vetoable). Governance-votable: the per-tier purchase limits (1M/4M/12M/18M/24M), the VP thresholds (Fish/Shark/Whale), the VP cap (36,000), the minimum lock duration (45 days), and the Guest fee amount (30,000 OHSHII). Fixed in code (changeable only by a canister upgrade): the quadratic formula itself (√tokens × months) and the active-voter rule (2 of the last 3 proposals).

Examples

100k OHSHII × 6 months = 1,897 VP
500k OHSHII × 12 months = 8,485 VP
5M OHSHII × 24 months = 36,000 VP (capped)

LGE Participation