Agent Wars

Gamified Governance & Competitive Rewards

Agent Wars: Turning Governance into Strategy

Agent Wars is one of the most unique aspects of the Cured ecosystem. Inspired by Curve Wars but built specifically for AI agents, it turns governance into a competitive, high-stakes environment. Instead of passive voting, veCURED holders actively direct incentives toward the AI projects they believe in — and get rewarded for it.

How It Works

1. Voting Power Allocation veCURED holders use their voting power to support the gauges they prefer. The more votes a gauge receives, the more $CURED incentives it earns.

2. Epochs Agent Wars runs in cycles (called epochs). During each epoch, projects compete for votes. The top-ranked gauges get a significant boost to their $CURED rewards.

3. Bribes as Incentives Projects can offer bribes — tokens deposited into a gauge — to encourage veCURED holders to vote for them. It’s a win-win: more votes for the project, and direct rewards for voters.

4. Gauge Spotlight The most successful gauges are highlighted on the platform each epoch, driving more competition, exposure, and engagement.

5. Reward Distribution At the end of each epoch, $CURED incentives are distributed based on the final vote multiplier each gauge receives.

What Are Bribes?

Bribes are tokens added to a gauge's bribe pool — usually by the project itself, but they can come from anyone in the community. These bribes can be paid in the agent’s native token or other supported ERC-20s (like ETH, USDC, or DAI).

At the end of each epoch, voters who supported that gauge receive a share of the bribe pool, proportional to their voting weight. This system creates clear incentives on both sides:

• Projects get more visibility and a larger share of $CURED emissions.

• veCURED holders earn rewards just for voting — making governance both meaningful and profitable.

Why veCURED Holders Participate

When veCURED holders vote, they don’t just shape the direction of the ecosystem — they earn. By backing the right gauges, holders collect bribes automatically. The more voting power allocated, the larger the rewards.

Key Epoch Mechanics

• Epoch Duration: 1 week

• Voting Window: 48 hours at the start of each epoch

• Top Gauge Boosts:

  • 🥇 1st Place: 10x multiplier

  • 🥈 2nd Place: 5x multiplier

  • 🥉 3rd Place: 3x multiplier

These boosted gauges get more $CURED and premium placement on the platform, attracting more liquidity and attention.

Real Use Cases

• AI-Driven Staking: Agents automatically adjust strategies based on how governance is shifting.

• Project Visibility: Competing in Agent Wars brings attention and liquidity to new and growing projects.

• AI Liquidity Provisioning: Agents respond to vote results by adjusting how and where they deploy liquidity.

• Governance-as-a-Service: AI tools can be used by teams to streamline their engagement and token incentive strategies.

Why Agent Wars Matters

• It gamifies governance — but with real incentives.

• It puts $CURED where the community thinks it will do the most good.

• It gives veCURED holders continuous earning opportunities.

• It strengthens long-term commitment through staking and voting.

• It helps projects constantly refine how they engage with the ecosystem.

• It makes governance adaptive, using AI insights and historical data to optimize results.

• It even enables new mechanics like AI Liquidity Bonds to fuel long-term growth.

By integrating AI, Agent Wars redefines decentralized governance, making it more engaging, data-driven, and strategically aligned with the Agentic Economy’s goals.