Question 1

What is RESOLV, and how does it differ from USR and RLP?

Accepted Answer

RESOLV is the utility and governance token of the Resolv protocol; it is neither the dollar-pegged USR nor the RLP that bears the protocol’s residual risk. RESOLV holders can stake their tokens as stRESOLV to receive protocol-defined staking rewards and incentive-program boosts, and to participate in governance within the scope that is live. The three have different economic roles. USR is a stablecoin targeting a US dollar peg, which the protocol seeks to maintain with crypto-native collateral combined with delta-neutral strategies; RLP is the liquidity and risk-absorption layer, designed to bear residual risks such as funding-rate volatility; RESOLV does not represent a direct redemption right to USR, RLP, collateral-pool assets, or issuer profits. Holding RESOLV itself also does not mean holding a position in those products.

Question 2

What do users receive after staking RESOLV, and how are returns generated?

Accepted Answer

After staking RESOLV, users receive stRESOLV; this status is the basis for eligibility for staking rewards, incentive-program point boosts, and participation in current governance voting. Unstaked RESOLV can be transferred through the standard token process on its underlying chain, but merely holding unstaked tokens does not automatically enroll a user in these staking-related mechanisms. Rewards or boosts come from protocol-set reward and incentive programs, rather than an inherent fixed interest rate on the token. The protocol determines the reward pool, eligibility requirements, allocation rules, and campaign duration for each specific program; therefore, the reward scale or boost multiplier of one campaign cannot be extrapolated as a long-term yield commitment. Staking provides eligibility to participate, while the amount actually received still depends on the rules in force at the time and whether the user meets their conditions.

Question 3

How can RESOLV holders participate in governance?

Accepted Answer

Participation in Resolv’s current governance requires holding staked RESOLV, namely stRESOLV. Governance began rolling out in phases on November 19, 2025: proposals are first discussed on the Discord forum, questioned, and refined; only after discussion is complete do they move to Snapshot, where stRESOLV holders cast gas-free off-chain votes. The initial scope does not cover every protocol matter. It includes points-campaign parameters, reward allocations for stRESOLV holders, grant-program updates, and collateral-pool composition, fees, and risk parameters. In the initial stage, the core team submits proposals to establish quality standards, while community-led proposal submission belongs to a later phase. Therefore, holding or staking tokens does not mean a user can bypass the discussion process, nor does it mean they can vote on matters outside the governance scope.

Question 4

How do Resolv’s protocol fees work, and what is their relationship to RESOLV?

Accepted Answer

Resolv’s protocol fee has been progressively activated on daily profits since July 2025: 2.5% of positive daily profit is charged in the first week, 5% in the second week, 7.5% in the third week, and 10% in the fourth week and thereafter. This fee is not charged when daily returns are zero or negative. “Profit” here means positive yield generated by the protocol, not blockchain gas fees paid when users transfer RESOLV. The protocol uses retained revenue for integrations, ecosystem grants, product development, buybacks, and other token-related measures; this indicates that fees may be part of the protocol’s value operations, but it does not provide for every fee to be automatically and equally distributed to RESOLV holders based on their holdings. The whitepaper also states explicitly that holding RESOLV does not create a claim on issuer profits, dividends, or assets.

Question 5

What do RESOLV’s supply cap and unlock schedule mean?

Accepted Answer

RESOLV has a fixed maximum supply of 1 billion tokens, and the whitepaper states that no new tokens will be minted. This cap limits total issuance; it does not equal the circulating supply, the quantity immediately tradable, or the balance that a given address can freely transfer at a particular time. Understanding supply also requires considering the allocation and vesting arrangements. The whitepaper lists: 36.9% for the ecosystem and community, with up to 10% unlocked at TGE and the remainder unlocking over 24 months; 26.7% for the team and contributors, subject to a one-year cliff followed by 30 months of linear vesting; 22.4% for investors, subject to a one-year cliff followed by 24 months of linear vesting; 10% for the Season 1 airdrop; and at least 4% for the Season 2 airdrop. Vesting, the end of lockups, and unlocks can change the potential tradable supply without changing the 1 billion-token cap, so a fixed supply alone cannot be used to infer price or the market outcome of a single unlock.

Question 6

How did the 2026 security incident affect the Resolv ecosystem and RESOLV?

Accepted Answer

The security incident on March 22, 2026 involved anomalous minting of USR, not additional issuance of RESOLV. After an attacker obtained unauthorized access to signing infrastructure used by the protocol’s off-chain services, the attacker used the Counter smart contract to carry out two anomalous operations, minting 50 million and then 30 million USR, and withdrew approximately $25 million worth of ETH through swaps across numerous decentralized exchanges. The Counter’s normal minting process originally had two steps: a user first submits collateral and a mint request on-chain, then an authorized off-chain service confirms the parameters and completes the mint. The attacker obtained the signing authority required for the latter step and was therefore able to complete anomalous minting outside the normal authorization purpose. After the incident, the protocol stopped its backend services and paused relevant contracts with pause functionality to contain risk; this can affect assessments of the availability of USR, RLP, and protocol operations, but the anomalous supply of USR must not be described as a change in RESOLV’s supply.

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