Elata Protocol

Smart contracts for app-token launches, bonding-curve distribution, fee routing, staking, and governance in Elata.

Scope: on-chain protocol contracts only. Product/frontend docs live in the separate docs and app repositories.

Mechanism Primitives

The current system is organized around these primitives:

ELTA Token
Fixed-supply ERC20 (77,000,000) minted once at deployment to treasury.

veELTA Staking
Vote-escrow token from locking ELTA (7 to 730 days) with linear boost from 1x to 2x.

App Launch + Bonding Curve
AppFactory launches app stacks. Each launch costs 110 ELTA (100 curve seed + 10 launch fee). App token supply is 10,000,000 split 50/25/25 across curve/vesting/ecosystem. Curve graduation target is 42,000 ELTA.

Fee Pipeline (V2)
FeeCollector accounts by (appId, feeKind, asset), and FeeSwapper routes:

• LAUNCH_FEE -> 100% treasury
• App revenue kinds (TRADING_FEE, TRANSFER_TAX, etc.) -> contributors + treasury (default 80/20)
• Paused app -> 100% treasury

For formal specifications and equations, see docs/PROTOCOL_SUMMARY.md.

Quick Start

Run one command to start a local blockchain with all contracts deployed and seeded with test data:

bash scripts/dev-local.sh

This starts Anvil, deploys all contracts, seeds test users with XP and ELTA, creates sample apps, and generates frontend configuration. Your local environment is ready in about 30 seconds.

Alternatively:

npm run local:up

Next Steps

View deployed contract addresses:

cat deployments/local.json

Connect MetaMask to the local network:

• RPC URL: http://127.0.0.1:8545
  • Chain ID: 31337

See QUICKSTART.md for the complete setup guide.

Repository Structure

src/
├── apps/           # AppFactory, AppToken, AppBondingCurve, modules
├── contributors/   # ContributorSplit contracts
├── core/           # Protocol configuration
├── experience/     # ElataPoints reputation system
├── fees/           # FeeCollector, FeeSwapper, FeeManager, TreasuryUSDCVault
├── governance/     # Governor, Timelock
├── registry/       # AppRegistry
├── staking/        # veELTA time-locked staking
├── vesting/        # App vesting and ecosystem vaults
└── utils/          # Shared utilities/errors

lib/ELTA/           # ELTA token (external dependency)

Core Contracts

Contract	Purpose	Source
ELTA	Fixed-supply ERC20 (77M)	lib/ELTA/src/ELTA.sol
VeELTA	Vote-escrowed staking (7 days to 2 years)	src/staking/VeELTA.sol
ElataPoints	Non-transferable reputation points	src/experience/ElataPoints.sol
AppFactory	App registration + token launch lifecycle	src/apps/AppFactory.sol
AppBondingCurve	Constant-product launch curve + graduation	src/apps/AppBondingCurve.sol
FeeCollector	Fee accounting + permissionless sweeping	src/fees/FeeCollector.sol
FeeSwapper	Final fee routing and optional swaps	src/fees/FeeSwapper.sol
AppRegistry	Canonical app ownership and split registry	src/registry/AppRegistry.sol

How It Works

1. Register app in AppRegistry and deploy ContributorSplit.
2. Launch token for that app: deploy token, curve, vesting, ecosystem vault.
3. Sell on curve while active (x*y=k) until graduation target/deadline.
4. Graduate to Uniswap V2 and lock LP.
5. Route fees through V2 pipeline (FeeCollector -> FeeSwapper) using explicit FeeKind.

Development

Prerequisites

• Foundry (forge, anvil, cast)
• Node.js v18+

Commands

# Install dependencies and set up git hooks
make install

# Build contracts
make build

# Run tests
make test

# Run invariant/fuzz suites (targeted)
forge test --match-path "test/invariants/*.t.sol" -vvv

# Run key recent-change suites (targeted)
forge test --match-path "test/apps/AppFactoryTwoPhase.t.sol" -vvv
forge test --match-path "test/apps/AppRegistry.t.sol" -vvv

# Run tests with gas report
make gas-report

# Format code
make fmt

# Run all CI checks before pushing
make ci

Testing and Validation

The protocol includes comprehensive testing at multiple levels:

Foundry Test Suite: Unit tests, integration tests, fuzz tests, and invariant tests covering all contract functionality.

# Run all tests
forge test

# Run specific contract tests
forge test --match-contract ELTATest

# Run invariant tests
forge test --match-path "test/invariants/*"

# Run with verbose output
forge test -vvv

Agent-Based Simulation: Multi-actor economic simulations powered by AgentForge, running against real contracts deployed on Anvil. Simulations validate fee flows, bonding curve behavior, staking dynamics, and adversarial scenarios.

# Build linked AgentForge + install sim deps
pnpm -C ../agentforge build
cd sim && pnpm install

# Run protocol fast lane (recommended PR validation)
pnpm run protocol:fast
pnpm run results:validate:fast

# Run balanced lane (broad protocol behavior validation)
pnpm run protocol:balanced
pnpm run results:validate:balanced

# Open Studio UI against existing simulation runs
pnpm run sim:studio:open

# LLM gossip exploration (uses OPENAI_API_KEY from env by default)
export OPENAI_API_KEY="..."
export OPENAI_MODEL="gpt-4o-mini"
pnpm run sim:llm:adversarial-rumor

# Run economic scenarios
pnpm run economic:fee-timing

# Full ecosystem simulation with report
pnpm run sim:run

Simulation artifacts are uploaded by CI—see .github/workflows/simulation-ci.yml. For detailed simulation documentation, see sim/README.md.

Simulation runs now include notebook-style Studio reports with markdown narrative, transforms, ML blocks, and charts/tables. To edit user-facing explanations for a scenario, update its studio.report markdown content (typically via createNotebookReport in sim/lib/studio-report.ts).

Deploying to Testnet

# Set environment variables
export ADMIN_MSIG=0xYourGnosisSafe
export INITIAL_TREASURY=0xYourTreasury
export SEPOLIA_RPC_URL=https://eth-sepolia.g.alchemy.com/v2/YOUR_KEY
export ETHERSCAN_API_KEY=YOUR_KEY

# Deploy to Sepolia
npm run deploy:sepolia

See SEPOLIA_DEPLOYMENT_GUIDE.md for detailed deployment instructions.

Documentation

Document	Description
QUICKSTART.md	Local development setup
docs/PROTOCOL_SUMMARY.md	Protocol summaries and system of equations
docs/ARCHITECTURE.md	System design and contract relationships
docs/TOKENOMICS.md	ELTA token mechanics and economics
docs/APP_LAUNCH_GUIDE.md	Building apps on the protocol
docs/LOCAL_DEVELOPMENT.md	Detailed local dev environment
docs/DEPLOYMENT.md	Production deployment procedures
docs/xp-system.md	XP distribution architecture
docs/xp-ops.md	XP operator runbook
CONTRIBUTING.md	Contribution guidelines

Key Parameters

ELTA Supply Cap:     77,000,000 tokens
App Launch Cost:     110 ELTA (100 seed + 10 launch fee)
App Token Supply:    10,000,000 tokens
Launch Allocation:   50% curve / 25% vesting / 25% ecosystem
Graduation Target:   42,000 ELTA
LP Lock Duration:    730 days
Staking Lock Range:  7 days to 730 days (2 years)
Staking Boost:       1x (min lock) to 2x (max lock)
Governance Quorum:   4% of total supply
Proposal Threshold:  0.1% of total supply (~77,000 ELTA)
Voting Delay:        1 day
Voting Period:       7 days (3 days for emergency proposals)
Trade Fee Baseline:  1% (`AppFeeRouter.feeBps`, configurable)
V2 Fee Routing:      LAUNCH_FEE -> 100% treasury; app revenue -> default 80/20 contributors/treasury

Security

The contracts are designed with these principles:

• Non-upgradeable: All contracts are immutable after deployment
• Role-based access: Admin functions require multisig approval
• Supply cap enforcement: ELTA is fixed-supply and minted once
• Time-locked governance: 48-hour delay on governance execution
• LP lock on graduation: liquidity is locked per app on graduation

Security audit status: Pending external audit before mainnet deployment.

For vulnerability reports, see SECURITY.md.

Branches and Releases

Branch	Purpose	Audit Status
main	Stable release	Pending external audit
vNext	Active development	Not audited

Deployment tags: Correspond to on-chain deployments. See deployments/ for addresses.

Versioning: Follows Semantic Versioning. Breaking changes increment major version.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for development workflow, code style, and PR guidelines.

# Quick start for contributors
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/elata-protocol
cd elata-protocol
make install
make ci  # Run all checks before pushing

License

MIT License. See LICENSE.

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