# Carbon Gauges

Carbon Gauges are the heart of the protocol. These determine how the bridging, staking, and LP rewards are distributed to the users. 

Each gauge has a weight system, which determines the rewards allocated. The amount of rewards are determined by how many veC3 is voted on that gauge. The larger the % share, the more rewards is distributed to that specific token. 

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This allows for the market to determine itself how much liquidity (and therefore bandwidth) is allocated for each pair. This allows the reward process to be largely hands-off, and for the most utilized carbon tokens 

As time goes on, we expect the weights to deviate heavily as more liquidity and demand comes on-chain. This creates a natural self-regulating emission distribution where the most LTV is given to the most demanded pair. 


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