# How it works? *Cast Strategically, Reap Rewards* > 🚀 Bribe Market 2.0 is in the works! Keep an eye out for exciting updates... ## 🧠 The Concept Bribe Market is an innovative platform crafted to boost both individual and protocol engagement by offering incentives for strategic gauge voting. This mechanism steers reward inflation in veTokenomics protocols, playing a pivotal role in enhancing pool liquidity. Born from the strategies seen in the Curve Wars, this approach has been embraced by various veTokenomics systems. ## 🛠 Operational Framework * Bribe Market operates via smart contracts, with dedicated contracts for each veToken protocol. It monitors the underlying gauge voting contract to track user votes in the current cycle. Reward distribution is based on the incentivizer's set vote value and the number of remaining cycles. * The system runs in weekly cycles, concluding every Thursday at 00:00 UTC. Users can collect their rewards at cycle turnover, with amounts determined by voting activity and capped by the maximum per-vote reward. > ⚠️ Note: Given the constraints of the underlying `voting` contracts, weekly reward claims are mandatory. This is a consequence of Bribe Market's fully on-chain nature. ## 💎 Prime Features * **Blockchain-Based:** All incentive voting transactions are on-chain, fostering composability and automation. * **Adaptable:** Reward providers can adjust their incentives, including modifying parameters for existing bounties after the initial week. * **Incentive Control:** Providers can establish a maximum reward price for optimal voting. * **Extended Planning:** Providers can pre-set multiple cycles, eliminating the need for weekly replenishments. * **Exclusion Capability:** Providers can designate addresses ineligible for rewards, preventing self-monopolization of incentives. ## 💰 Economic Model Each Bribe Market contract (protocol-specific) carries its own fee structure. Fees are deducted upon reward claims, with a portion allocated to Stake DAO. These fees support Bribe Market's weekly operational costs and ongoing protocol maintenance. ## 📊 Process Overview ### Phase 1 Reward provider establishes a voting incentive on Bribe Market, specifying the **gauge**, **cycle count**, **reward asset**, **quantity**, and **exclusion list**. ### Phase 2 Participant submits a vote for the designated **gauge** for the upcoming cycle. ### Phase 3 *Post-cycle* Participant **claims** rewards via Bribe Market. Bribe Market consults the core voting contract and applies the fee to the claimed amount. --- # 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.fusionx.finance/products/vefsx/bribes-vote-incentives/how-it-works.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.