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Merkl is a DeFi incentive platform that connects liquidity providers with protocols looking to boost activity and engagement.
- For Protocols: Launch, manage, and customize growth campaigns to attract liquidity, track user engagement, and distribute incentives without the usual operational burden.
- For Users: Earn rewards or points by participating in incentive campaigns.
At its core, Merkl operates on an offchain engine that processes both onchain and offchain data to compute rewards and points for campaigns.
- 🚀 Launch Complex Incentives in Minutes: Start a fully customized incentive campaign in less than 3 minutes—no need for weeks of development.
- 📈 Comprehensive Coverage: Merkl supports incentives on top of various DeFi activities across multiple chains:
- Liquidity Incentives: Reward LPs in concentrated (CLAMM) and constant product pools.
- Airdrops: Retroactive token distributions based on snapshots or custom criteria.
- Lending/Borrowing: Campaigns for lenders and borrowers of various types of lending protocols like Aave, Compound, Morpho, and more.
- Token Balance: Reward token holders based on relative balances over time.pools.
- 🛠 Unmatched Flexibility: Run multiple campaigns per asset with customizable distribution methods:
- Customizable Distribution Types: Define how rewards are distributed to eligible addresses—whether through a fixed or variable reward rate that adapts to participant behavior, or via a custom, smart distribution logic tailored to your needs
- Crosschain Incentives: Incentivize an asset on one chain while distributing rewards on another.
- Reward Boosts: Increase rewards for users holding specific ERC20 tokens.
- Blacklist / Whitelist Controls: Restrict eligibility based on addresses (e.g., compliance lists or protocol-specific criteria).
- Recover Unclaimed Rewards: Reallocate unclaimed rewards to any destination of your choice, ensuring they remain effectively utilized.
- Control, Monitor, Update your Emissions: Dynamically adjust and refine your reward campaigns even after launch, allowing you to dynamically manage incentives for maximum ROI and performance.
- ⚡ Smart Rewards Forwarding: Automated detection of smart contracts & staking pools ensures rewards are correctly distributed even if users interact via third-party contracts.
- 📊 Advanced Analytics: Gain deep insights into incentive performance, including reward distribution, liquidity source breakdowns, and engagement trends.
- 🔌 Effortless Integration: Use the Merkl API for seamless data integration (APRs, rewards, analytics) or rely on the Merkl App for a ready-to-use interface.
- 💰 Maximize Earnings with Competitive APRs: Access multiple campaigns for the same asset to stack incentives and boost returns.
- 🔓 No Staking Required: Simply participate in eligible activities—no need to lock up assets or take on extra smart contract risks.
- ⛽ Gas-Efficient Rewards: Batch claim rewards in a single transaction, saving gas fees.
- 🌍 A One-Stop Hub for DeFi Incentives: With 20,000+ campaigns, Merkl provides a centralized dashboard to track earnings and discover the best opportunities.
Merkl is a non-custodial solution. You retain full control over your assets—Merkl only processes reward claims. There is no additional smart contract risk beyond what’s already involved in your DeFi activities.
- Learn how Merkl works under the hood: Technical Overview
- Explore available the versatility of Merkl incentive mechanisms, including its Campaign Types, Distribution Types, its Customizability Hooks or the additional features it offers.
- Start your first campaign on the Merkl App using our Guides
- Discover active campaigns & start earning: Live Campaigns
- Learn how to use Merkl: User Guide
Merkl is constantly evolving with new features and integrations.
If you have specific use cases (e.g., perpetual DEX incentives, borrower-specific rewards, yield aggregator campaigns), or need guidance on your incentive or points program, contact us on Discord (BD Ticket).