Choose a lock
There is no correct answer here, and Plouto deliberately does not suggest one. What follows is the trade-off, stated plainly.
The three options
| Lock | Multiplier | Multiplier per day locked |
|---|---|---|
| 7 days | 1× | 0.143 |
| 30 days | 1.5× | 0.050 |
| 90 days | 2.5× | 0.028 |
The right-hand column is the one most people miss: per day committed, the shortest lock carries the most weight. The longer terms pay more in total but less per unit of time.
What you are actually trading
- Choosing 7 days
Maximum optionality. You can leave, re-price, or re-commit every week. You hold the lowest weight, so your share of any distribution is smallest per token. You pay gas most often.
- Choosing 90 days
Maximum weight per token. You cannot exit for three months under any normal circumstance. If the market goes quiet, you wait it out locked. If it becomes very active, you hold 2.5× weight throughout.
- Choosing 30 days
The middle. 1.5× weight, monthly exit points.
Questions worth asking yourself
Do I need this capital in the next 90 days? If there is any chance the answer is yes, the answer is 7 days. There is no early exit outside a formally declared emergency, and taking that path forfeits unclaimed rewards.
Am I confident there will be trading volume? Rewards are a share of fees that may not exist. A long lock during a quiet market earns nothing and cannot be abandoned.
How much am I paying in gas relative to my stake? Rolling a 7-day position twelve times costs thirteen transactions. On a small stake that can exceed the weight advantage of simply locking longer.
What is my share likely to be? Your reward is yourGravity / totalGravity. If total Gravity is small today it may not be tomorrow — the preview is labelled "if opened now" for exactly this reason.
Splitting across terms
Nothing stops you holding several positions with different locks. A wallet can hold any number, and they are tracked independently.
This is a reasonable way to keep some capital liquid while committing the rest, and it costs only the extra gas of opening each position.
What no term gives you
- A guaranteed return. There is no rate anywhere in the system.
- Protection against price movement. Locked PLOUTO is still PLOUTO.
- Transferability. Positions cannot be sold or moved.
- Early exit. Maturity is enforced on chain, not by policy.