FAQ

1. What is Octant?

   Octant is open public infrastructure for sustainable growth, using DeFi primitives to create regenerative funding streams and allocation mechanisms.

2. What are Octant Funding Vaults (Yield Donating Vaults)?

   Smart contracts that generate yield through DeFi strategies while preserving the principal, with yield directed toward ecosystem growth.

3. What are the benefits of Octant Funding Vaults?

   Vaults provide yield generation, capital preservation, ecosystem funding, and transparent tracking, enabling sustainable growth aligned with community values.

4. What is the difference between Dragon Vaults and Collective Funding Vaults?

   Dragon Vaults are integrated with Safe multisig wallets for large treasuries, while Collective Funding Vaults pool capital from multiple participants, making funding accessible for smaller communities.

5. How can I withdraw my deposited principal?

   Withdrawal depends on the vault type. Standard Vaults allow withdrawals at any time, while Locked Vaults require a cooldown period after initiating a ragequit.

6. What is the Direct Contribution model?

   A model where funds remain in the user's Safe wallet, and users authorize periodic withdrawals to fund initiatives.

7. What is the Regenerative Funding Contribution model?

   A model that allows users to deposit funds into the Octant Vaults, thus creating funding streams through yield-generating strategies.

8. What is the Payment Splitter?

   A component that distributes funds generated by yield strategies to multiple predefined recipients, such as funding rounds, operational expense addresses.

9. What are Allocation Mechanisms?

   Smart contracts that handle allocation of funds based on the encoded algorithms, such as token-weighted voting, quadratic funding, etc.

10. How does Community Staking work?

    Community members stake ecosystem tokens to earn rewards and participate in funding allocation decisions.

11. What are Yield Skimming Tokenized Strategies?

    Strategies that donate yield from yield-bearing tokens like stETH and rETH, while preserving the principal.

12. What are Dragon Tokens?

    ERC20 native community tokens used in Community Staking contracts for earning rewards and participating in allocation decisions.

13. What is a Dragon Vault?

    A DeFi vault integrated with Safe multisig wallets that allows large organizations to generate yield while focusing on the principal preservation.

14. What is a Collective Funding Vault?

    A DeFi vault that pools capital from multiple participants to enable ecosystem funding for smaller communities and individuals.

15. What happens during a funding round?

    In a funding round, community members vote on how funds deposited into an allocation mechanism contract should be distributed to ecosystem projects.

16. What is the Safe Linear Allowance module?

    A Safe integration allowing users to set up linear token transfers to donation addresses over time.

17. How does the ragequit mechanism work?

    Ragequit allows users to withdraw from Locked Vaults by initiating a cooldown period before accessing their funds.

18. What is the role of operational costs (OpEx)?

    OpEx represents a portion of the yield claimed by Capital Providers to cover operational expenses.