💵 How to buy gauge votes
Learn how to purchase votes for your validator on Votex's vote markets.
Votex lets validators buy veV voting power with USDC to direct more of The Vault's gauge stake to themselves, without buying or locking $V.
Buy votes for your validator
Accept the terms
The first time you visit, tick both boxes to accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, then tap I AGREE (Figure 10.3).
Figure 10.3: Votex Terms and Privacy dialog
Open The Vault market
On The Vault card, tap Buy Votes (Figure 10.4).
Figure 10.4: Buy Votes on The Vault card
Review the market
Review the market: total value delegated, the current APR for veV, the $V and veV delegated and the USDC committed this epoch (Figure 10.5).
Figure 10.5: Vault vote market statistics
Select your validator
Tap Buy Votes next to your validator (Figure 10.7).
Figure 10.7: Buy Votes next to the validator
Enter the USDC amount
Enter the USDC amount. The estimated veV you receive and the estimated impact update as you type (Figure 10.8).
Figure 10.8: USDC amount with estimated veV
Approve the purchase
Tap Connect Wallet, choose your wallet and approve the purchase (Figure 10.9).
Figure 10.9: Votex wallet connection
Check when your votes count
Open the What happens after you buy? section for the timing of your purchase. Votes you buy take effect for the next gauge epoch, and each epoch lasts about 7 days. Once that epoch starts, the stakebot moves stake to your validator over the following Solana epochs, so for best results budget for about three weeks (Figure 10.10).
Figure 10.10: What happens after you buy? section