Worklock

Risk-averse supporters face an impossible choice: commit capital early and accept the risk of total loss, or wait until the project proves itself and miss the best opportunities. Traditional crypto asks you to bet everything on unproven teams. Angel investors demand equity and board seats to justify the risk. Most supporters simply walk away.

WorkLock solves this with a simple proposition: deposit USDC, withdraw anytime, earn yield while you wait. Your principal stays liquid. Your interest supports the project. You participate without permanent commitment.

Adverse Selection Gets Inverted

Every failed token launch teaches the same lesson: early supporters take maximum risk for minimum protection. They buy tokens before liquidity exists, before teams prove execution, before product-market fit emerges. When projects collapse, early believers lose everything while founders keep the raised capital.

This creates adverse selection. Risk-tolerant speculators dominate early-stage crypto while cautious supporters with genuine interest stay on the sidelines. Projects attract mercenary capital instead of committed communities. The people who would provide the most long-term value avoid participation entirely.

WorkLock inverts this dynamic. Deposit USDC into Aave V3 through the WorkLock contract. Your principal earns interest through Aave's lending protocol. Withdraw anytime with zero penalty, you always get your full deposit back. But while your capital sits in WorkLock, the accumulated interest converts to project liquidity automatically.

This creates genuine optionality. Believe in the project? Keep your deposit staked and earn compound returns as interest converts to LP tokens with PatronPower rewards. Lose conviction? Withdraw your USDC and walk away with your principal intact plus any unclaimed interest. You participate with downside protection that traditional presales never offer.

From Aave Yield to PatronPower Rewards

When you deposit USDC into WorkLock, the contract immediately stakes it in Aave V3, receiving interest-bearing aTokens that accumulate yield continuously. Your USDC generates returns through Aave's lending markets, typically 2-4% APY, sometimes higher during periods of high DeFi activity.

Periodically, anyone can call the zapInterest function to convert accumulated interest into project liquidity. The contract claims all earned interest from Aave, takes a small treasury fee for protocol sustainability, then automatically zaps the remaining yield into LP tokens through OpalSwap. These LP tokens flow to VaultClaim with permanent lock status, earning maximum PatronPower multipliers.

You never lose access to your principal. Only the interest, the yield you wouldn't have earned otherwise, commits to the project. This creates asymmetric participation: your downside risk is zero (Aave smart contract risk aside), but your upside scales with both Aave interest and PatronPower rewards from the LP conversion.

The Capital Card Advantage

When you stake USDC in WorkLock, you receive a Capital Card (also called Lock Card) representing your deposit. This NFT proves your stake and tracks your accumulated interest. The card itself isn't tradeable like Presale Cards, but it represents real, liquid value you can claim anytime.

Capital Cards create tiered participation without tiered risk. Large depositors earn more because they contribute more interest. Small depositors participate proportionally without minimum commitments. Everyone maintains full liquidity of their principal while supporting the project through passive yield generation.

This turns passive capital into productive support. Your USDC would earn Aave interest anyway. WorkLock channels that interest toward project liquidity while preserving your optionality. Risk-free participation, real contribution, no permanent commitment required.