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Mezo Earn — Gauge Voting

Designing a voting system that lets Bitcoin holders direct protocol revenue without requiring DeFi expertise.

Role Product Design Lead
Timeline 2025
Impact Powered pre-TGE growth
Mezo Earn — Gauge voting interface overview
The Problem

Ve-tokenomics is powerful but hostile to newcomers. Most BTC holders entering Mezo have never interacted with gauges, epochs, or vote-weight allocation. A voter who doesn't understand what they're allocating — or who skips an epoch — forfeits all active rewards.

The Goal

Make vote allocation feel as intuitive as setting a budget. Progressive disclosure to hide protocol complexity. Visible consequences before every transaction. Recoverability — votes reset each epoch, reducing the anxiety of "getting it wrong."

Mezo Earn gauge voting interface overview
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Mezo Earn interface detail
Mezo Earn voting flow detail
Mezo Earn component detail
Mezo Earn component detail
Design Approach
From protocol mechanics to user mental models
Progressive disclosure
Surface only what users need at each step — hide protocol complexity behind clear actions
Visible consequences
Before any transaction is signed, show exactly what will happen — estimated rewards, allocation breakdown, epoch deadline
Outcomes
22%
of BTC locked as veBTC — users actively participating in governance
$20M TVL
at initial launch phase
3 weeks
from concept to production
Next project
Mezo Red Envelope