Deploy Synapse to Kava EVM Layer-1

Chinopaisa

Kava proposes deploying Synapse on the Kava Network to earn a significant share of developer incentives and establish itself as the #1 cross-chain protocol throughout the Cosmos/IBC ecosystem.

Summary

Kava will help drive value to the SYN token and its users by extending Synapse to Kava EVM and therefore eventually all major Cosmos blockchains and fueling growth with Kava’s $750M Kava Rise developer incentive which Synapse should take a significant portion of with it’s usage.

Kava’s mainnet has been live since early 2018 with no downtime or exploits, demonstrating proven resiliency and scalability via its native suite of top-tier DeFi products. In that time, Kava has onboarded 1.9M+ unique addresses and processed more than $2B in cross-chain transactions without issue.

The Kava Network has built on that foundation by merging the industry’s two most used permissionless ecosystems — Ethereum and Cosmos — in a single, developer-optimized Layer-1 network. Kava implements a unique co-chain architecture (like Avalanche c-chains) that allows for seamless interoperability between the two environments.

Kava’s Ethereum co-chain has successfully launched and the massive $750M Kava Rise developer incentive program is now LIVE.

60+ EVM DeFi protocols like Curve & SushiSwap have now onboarded. This is an exciting opportunity for Synapse to deploy onto the Kava EVM and gain access to both the EVM and Cosmos ecosystems.

Incentives

With the Kava Rise Program, the Kava Network is implementing a unique and transparent on-chain incentive model for developers and ecosystem projects. The Kava Rise program will programmatically distribute $750M in Kava over 4 years to projects based on TVL.

The groundwork has already been set, all that’s left is for Synapse to deploy onto Kava and start earning programmatic rewards every month which will accrue value to the SYN holder and user.

Grant upon deployment

The Kava ecosystem has agreed to contribute a $40K grant to Synapse upon successful deployment on the Kava EVM chain, and listing on DefiLlama under Kava. This grant will be paid out in $KAVA tokens. A 30-day moving average of $KAVA will be used to calculate price.

Kava and Synapse are aligned in together bringing Synapse to Kava’s co-chain ecosystem and the Cosmos ecosystem broadly, with the goal of cementing Synapse as the crosschain protocol of choice across the Cosmos and driving value to the Synapse community for years to come.

Kava community statistics:

Twitter Followers (@Kava_Chain): 200K+
Telegram Members: 29K+
Learn more about the Kava Network: https://www.kava.io/

Googly

Makes sense to me. A few projects are already deployed on KAVA and some have reached out to Synapse and asked Synapse to deploy there.

Having a grant obviously helps. While the $ number for deployment isn't huge, it is important to consider that Synapse would also become eligible for additional incentives under the Kava Rise program which should lead to incremental incentives.

So yes for me

666

Tell them to add another 0 this isn’t Walmart.

0xbottomseller

proposal makes sense to me, and I'm generally in favor.

Volume into KAVA from other EVMs does not seem high enough to justify incentives from Synapse in the form of SYN token. Would be in favor of a liquidity pool that does not receive emissions. Lack of incentives might stop individuals from providing liquidity, so in favor of using maybe 100k Protocol-owned-stables matched by the same amount from Kava's side to initiate a stablecoin liquidity bridge pool.

overall, yes.

Chinopaisa

Hi team - this is Tommy from Kava Labs - saw that the snapshot proposal had passed; just wondering when you'll be able to have Synapse support the Kava EVM?

Thank you!