In Web3 decentralized governance, the voting rights conferred by staking are the core of community participation, but traditional low-weight mechanisms struggle to reflect users' real influence. WalletConnect Anchor positions itself as the 'governance cornerstone', breaking the weight imbalance predicament through technological innovation and mechanism optimization, injecting lasting decision-making momentum into the on-chain UX ecosystem, and reshaping a new pattern of digital economy governance.
Its cornerstone value stems from a clear iterative path and impressive data:
- Governance framework and performance: In August 2025, the staking governance framework was officially launched, having completed optimization in July—compressing the voting weight calculation delay to 120 milliseconds, all running on the Optimism Mainnet, significantly improving governance efficiency.
- User and asset scale: The 'Governance Rise' program in June 2025 attracted 280,000 users, with total locked $WCT reaching 55 million coins; as of August on-chain data, the TVL (Total Value Locked) is close to $370 million, with a governance proposal approval rate as high as 85%, highlighting community consensus and governance effectiveness.
- Experience and participation upgrades: In July 2025, partnered with WalletConnect to optimize the Snapshot voting experience, with monthly transaction volume surpassing $27 million; after the system upgrade in June, 90 new addresses were supported for real-time governance participation, with API call volume reaching 90 million times, lowering participation barriers while enhancing system capacity.
- Weight mechanism design: The core advantage lies in the stakeweight design—by August 2025, the longest lock-up period is set to 105 weeks, corresponding to a 25% increase in voting impact; in July, dynamic adjustment rules were added to reduce weight decay by 10%, balancing 'long-term lock-up incentives' with 'weight stability'.
- Ecosystem and developer support: In June 2025, the 'Anchor Boot' event invested $450,000, providing rewards for 140 developers, focusing on supporting the development of governance tools; August on-chain analysis showed that this initiative boosted governance participation by 20%, with transaction depth increasing by 18%, improving the ecological closed loop.
Currently, the stability of the cornerstone still faces challenges: data from the test network in July 2025 shows that 7% of users chose to exit due to the long lock-up period, reflecting a need for improved flexibility in the mechanism. In the future, if WalletConnect Anchor can optimize the lock-up rules and strengthen community education, it is expected to further consolidate its core governance position.
As a key infrastructure for Web3 governance, every iteration of WalletConnect Anchor deepens the potential for blockchain governance. This 'cornerstone' not only carries the current governance consensus but will also provide ongoing support for the decentralized future of the digital economy, making its subsequent ecological prosperity worth looking forward to.
