When you hear vBNT, the vote-locked version of the Bent Finance token used for governance and reward boosting. Also known as vote-locked bNT, it's not a separate coin—you can't buy it on exchanges. You earn it by locking up your bNT tokens on Bent Finance’s platform, and in return, you get voting power and higher yields. Unlike regular bNT, which just sits in your wallet, vBNT is locked for a set time—usually up to four years—and it’s designed to align long-term holders with the protocol’s future.
People mix up vBNT with bNT all the time. bNT, the native token of Bent Finance, used for staking, fees, and liquidity mining is what you start with. Once you lock it, it becomes vBNT. That’s it. No new supply. No airdrop. No mystery. The whole system runs on a simple idea: the longer you lock, the more rewards you get—and the more say you have in upgrades. This isn’t just about earning more—it’s about shaping what Bent Finance becomes. And if you’re not locking, you’re not part of the decision-making.
Most of the confusion around vBNT comes from fake airdrops, misleading YouTube videos, and bots pretending to be Bent Finance support. The real platform is only at bent.finance. Everything else? A scam. There’s no vBNT on Binance. No vBNT on Coinbase. No vBNT you can claim without locking bNT first. And if someone tells you otherwise, they’re selling something you don’t need.
What you’ll find below isn’t hype. It’s real talk about what vBNT actually does, how it stacks up against other locked-token systems like veCRV or veSNT, and whether locking your bNT is worth it in 2025. You’ll see posts that break down the math behind the rewards, expose fake claims about vBNT airdrops, and show you exactly how to set it up without getting scammed. No fluff. No guesswork. Just what works—and what doesn’t.
vBNT is the governance token earned by staking BNT on the Bancor Network. It gives holders voting power in the Bancor DAO and represents ownership of staked liquidity pools. Learn how it works, its benefits, risks, and who should use it.