Base Network · Axelar ITS
Lock any approved token. Earn $VCLM. It cannot be bought — only earned.
Origin of the name
Latin · Classical · n.
Historically, the term described a physical fastening or chain used to hold parts together, ensuring stability through connection. In a broader sense, it represents a commitment that links independent actors into a coordinated whole.
Within Vinculum Protocol, the term describes a decentralized mechanism through which participants voluntarily bind assets, commitments, and incentives into a shared network that grows stronger through collective participation.
Vinculum represents the chain of commitment that transforms independent participants into a unified economic system.
About the Protocol
Vinculum is a commitment vault protocol built on Base. Lock any supported asset for a minimum of seven days and earn $VCLM — the protocol's native token. It is tradable. It is scarce. It cannot be purchased at launch, pre-allocated, or airdropped.
The only path to $VCLM is through commitment.
Not even the team holds $VCLM. We stake to earn it just like you.
How it works
Three steps
Select from 101 approved tokens across every major blockchain. ETH, BTC, SOL, USDC, XRP, SHIB, LUNC, TigerOG, WKC, and many more. Every asset earns at the same rate — dollar for dollar, no multipliers.
Lock for a minimum of 7 days. A 5% protocol fee is taken from your committed asset at the moment of lock — the remaining 95% stays in the vault and is returned to you when the lock expires. Your VCLM reward is calculated on your full committed amount, not the post-fee balance. On a $100 commitment you pay $5 to the treasury and still earn as though you committed $100.
The moment you lock, your VCLM arrives in your wallet. Not at the end of the lock period. Right now — instantly, at the moment of commitment. At the $0.10 launch price, a $100 commitment earns 1,000 VCLM sent to your wallet immediately. You are essentially paying $5 to the treasury for instant access to 1,000 VCLM. The emission rate decays 1.667% every month — permanently. The sooner you commit, the more you earn.
The Tokens
Three. Each with a purpose.
Vinculum is not a single-token protocol. VCLM will be the foundation, earned through commitment. CHONX will expand participation at scale. SYNTH will be the deepest expression of conviction — minted only by burning the other two.
Every supply cap will be enforced on-chain. Immutable. No vote or admin action can ever change them.
The primary token. Earned by locking assets. Launching on day one. VCLM will be tradable. Its value comes from scarcity — hard-capped at 10 billion, decaying emission rate, and the only way to get it is to earn it. Cannot be purchased at launch, airdropped, or pre-allocated. Every VCLM will be earned by someone who committed real value and waited.
Will launch when VCLM supply reaches 10,000,000 tokens. A high-volume token with a 100 billion hard cap. CHONX will be tradable and will power broader community participation in the protocol. Its larger supply makes it accessible while the same commitment-based distribution model keeps it earned, not purchased.
The scarcest token in the protocol. SYNTH cannot be earned by locking — it will only come into existence when someone burns 1,000 VCLM and 10,000 CHONX. Every SYNTH minted permanently reduces the supply of both other tokens. Hard-capped at 10 million. SYNTH will be tradable. Will launch when CHONX supply reaches 100,000,000 tokens.
Supported Assets
101 tokens · One $VCLM · Minted on Base
Every one of these 101 tokens will earn the same $VCLM — minted on Base the moment you lock.
Your asset stays on its native chain. No bridging. No third-party custody. Your $LUNC stays on Terra Classic. Your $DGB stays on DigiByte. Your $XRP stays on the XRP Ledger. The moment you lock — $VCLM arrives on Base. 101 communities. One token. One shared interest in its success. That coalition has never existed before in crypto.
And 85 more — view all supported assets → · All $VCLM minted on Base · Assets stay on their native chain · No bridging required
The Token
It will be tradable from the moment it launches. Its value is rooted in genuine scarcity — hard-capped at 10 billion, decaying emission, and no way to acquire it except by earning it.
No presale. No premine. No VC allocation. No insider round. Every $VCLM that will ever exist will be minted by someone who committed real value and waited.
Every commitment vault contributes a 5% fee to the protocol treasury — controlled by token holders. That fee is taken from your committed asset, but your VCLM is calculated on your full committed amount. You pay $5 on a $100 commitment and still receive 1,000 VCLM in your wallet the instant you lock. Your asset is returned at 95% when the lock expires. The fee costs you nothing in token earnings.
When $CHONX launches, VCLM holders who stake for CHONX will earn 1.5× more CHONX than someone staking the equivalent dollar value of any other token. That is the incentive to acquire and hold VCLM — it will give you a better rate when CHONX arrives.
The emission rate will decay 1.667% every single month from day one. The longer you wait to start, the less you will earn when you do. Early believers are mathematically privileged forever.
Governance Council
Three tiers
Vinculum does not have validators in the traditional sense. Base handles the chain. What we have instead are Governance Council members whose responsibility is to ensure this protocol never goes quiet, never drifts, and is always ready to react, propose, and improve.
The chain keeps the contracts alive. The Council keeps the protocol alive.
Not appointed. Not purchased. Earned — by staking tokens and committing to the system.
Stake 1 SYNTH. Voting weight 7× per seat. The most exclusive governance tier. SYNTH can only be minted by burning 1,000 VCLM and 10,000 CHONX, making every Tier 1 seat a permanent record of deep commitment to the protocol.
Stake 5,000 CHONX. Voting weight 2.5× per seat. The participation layer of governance. Accessible once CHONX launches, enabling the broader community to take an active role in protocol direction and proposals.
Stake 1,000 VCLM. Voting weight 1× per seat. Active Tier 3 seat holders will receive 50% of every treasury reward pool distribution — the largest share of any tier — split pro-rata by VCLM holdings. When $CHONX launches, VCLM holders will also earn 1.5× more CHONX than any other token staker. Available from day one.
All seats are time-locked for 10 days · Governance will vote on treasury reward pool distributions · 50% to Tier 3 / 30% to Tier 2 / 20% to Tier 1 · New assets and protocol changes decided by token holders
One token. Every chain.
$VCLM is minted on Base. Only on Base. It does not matter which chain you locked your asset on — your VCLM will arrive in your wallet on Base. Lock $DGB on DigiByte. Lock $XRP on the XRP Ledger. Lock $LUNC on Terra Classic. Your VCLM lands on Base every time.
Your asset never moves. It locks on its native chain and stays there until your lock expires. Only a cryptographic proof of that lock travels to Base, where your VCLM is minted. No bridging your asset. No third-party custody. No risk of it ending up on another platform. Your asset stays where it lives. Your VCLM arrives on Base.
Where we are
Built. Being hardened.
All 23 smart contracts written and compiled in a single auditable file. 134 tests passing across unit, integration, and end-to-end suites. LockVault, VCLMToken, CHONXToken, SYNTHToken, ProtocolRegistry, GovernanceLock, Governor, and 16 more. Complete.
Deploying the full contract suite to Base Sepolia. Real proof submissions. Real VCLM minting on testnet. Interaction testing across all 101 supported assets before any mainnet deployment.
Full independent audit of all 23 contracts. No mainnet deployment until the audit is complete and all findings are resolved. Funding being secured now.
All 101 approved assets live. Commitment vaults open. First $VCLM earned by the people who were here from the start — at the highest emission rate this protocol will ever have. These will be the most valuable VCLM ever minted.
GovernanceLock activated. All three tiers open for staking. First on-chain proposals. Governance dashboard showing live seat availability across Tier 1, 2, and 3. The protocol belongs to the people who committed to it.
VCLM registered as a canonical Axelar Interchain Token. LockVault deployed on additional chains. One unified VCLM supply across all chains. Base remains the canonical home chain. Additional chains added through governance vote.
The Vinculum Manifesto
Capital gets you started.
Commitment gets you $VCLM.
The longer you wait to start,
the less you earn when you do.