{"version":1,"id":"alandale","title":"Alandale","summary":"Alandale is a decentralized MetaDEX protocol on Robinhood Chain that routes trading fees and emissions to lockers via a ve(3,3)-style vote-escrow model to incentivize liquidity and voting with its LUTE token.","content":"**Alandale** is a [decentralized exchange (DEX)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-exchange) protocol that describes itself as a \"MetaDEX,\" defined in its documentation as \"one venue where every [trading fee](https://iq.wiki/wiki/trading-fee), every emission, and every vote flows through the same flywheel.\"[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq) The protocol is live on [Robinhood Chain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/robinhood-chain), a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) the site reads from as \"chain 4663.\"[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq)[[2]](#cite-id-54qdoyjxf0) Alandale is built as a [fork](https://iq.wiki/wiki/fork) of Fenix Finance, which its documentation traces in lineage to the Solidly, Chronos, and Thena protocols.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq) Its stated purpose is \"to be the liquidity hub the whole chain routes through,\" and it markets itself under the banner \"Outlaw Liquidity. The Robinhood-Chain liquidity hub.\"[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq)[[2]](#cite-id-54qdoyjxf0)\n\nThe protocol presents a disclaimer stating that it \"is an independent interface, not affiliated with or endorsed by Robinhood Markets, Inc.\" and warns users to \"interact at your own risk.\"[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq)\n\n## Overview and the MetaDEX Model\n\nAlandale combines spot trading, liquidity provision, token locking, and governance voting into a single venue where fees, emissions, and votes are designed to reinforce one another. The protocol describes this unified design as a MetaDEX, distinct from a conventional exchange in that trading revenue is explicitly channeled back to participants who commit the protocol's native token to governance. Its central slogan, repeated across both its documentation and its public site, is \"Steal from the swaps, give to the lockers,\" a phrasing that captures the mechanism by which [trading fees](https://iq.wiki/wiki/trading-fee) are redistributed.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq)[[2]](#cite-id-54qdoyjxf0)\n\nThe protocol supports five primary user actions. Users can swap any listed token, with trades routed through either a classic [automated market maker (AMM)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/automated-market-maker) or through [Algebra](https://iq.wiki/wiki/algebra) concentrated-liquidity pools.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq) They can provide liquidity by depositing into Classic (v2) pools or into concentrated ranges, in both cases earning LUTE emissions in return.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq) They can lock LUTE to mint veLUTE, the protocol's vote-escrow token; vote each epoch to direct emissions to specific pools and collect those pools' trading fees and bribes; and manage a portfolio that tracks open positions and locks and allows users to claim everything owed to them.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq)\n\nAn AMM is a system that lets users trade against pooled liquidity rather than a traditional order book, while concentrated liquidity—the model used in Alandale's Algebra pools—allows [liquidity providers](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquidity-providers) to focus their capital within specific price ranges for greater efficiency. By offering both the classic pooled model and the concentrated-range model side by side, Alandale routes each trade through whichever venue is available for a given token pair.\n\n## The ve(3,3) Flywheel\n\nAlandale's economic design is built on the ve(3,3) model, a token-locking and voting framework inherited from its Solidly-descended lineage. The protocol describes it as \"the ve(3,3) flywheel, told plainly.\"[[2]](#cite-id-54qdoyjxf0) The \"ve\" refers to vote-escrow, in which users lock the native token for a period of time in exchange for governance power, and the \"(3,3)\" refers to the game-theoretic incentive for participants to lock rather than sell.\n\nThe documentation lays out the flywheel as a closed loop: protocols bribe voters, veLUTE holders vote, emissions flow to the pools those voters favor, [liquidity providers](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquidity-providers) in those pools earn, liquidity deepens, traders receive better prices, fees and bribes then flow back to voters, and the resulting rewards raise demand to lock more LUTE.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq) On its public site the same mechanism is summarized as \"Emissions follow the votes. The liquidity follows the emissions,\" with the protocol stating that \"the more the outlaws lock, the tighter the loop pulls.\"[[2]](#cite-id-54qdoyjxf0)\n\nThe redistribution of revenue is the core of this loop. Under a heading titled \"The redistribution loop,\" the site states that \"fees are taken from the trades and handed to the lockers,\" and it prominently claims \"100% fees to lockers.\"[[2]](#cite-id-54qdoyjxf0) The protocol frames the proposition to users directly: \"Lock, vote, and the protocol routes its own revenue to you.\"[[2]](#cite-id-54qdoyjxf0) Each voting period is organized as an epoch, during which veLUTE holders direct the flow of new emissions and in turn collect the [trading fees](https://iq.wiki/wiki/trading-fee) and bribes generated by the pools they support.\n\n## LUTE and veLUTE\n\nLUTE is Alandale's native token and the unit around which its incentive system turns. The token is emitted to [liquidity providers](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquidity-providers) as a reward for depositing into the protocol's Classic and concentrated pools, and it is the asset that users lock to participate in governance.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq) The public site displays metrics for \"LUTE [circulating supply](https://iq.wiki/wiki/circulating-supply)\" alongside the amount \"locked & voting,\" reflecting the split between freely held tokens and those committed to the vote-escrow system.[[2]](#cite-id-54qdoyjxf0)\n\nWhen a user locks LUTE, the protocol mints veLUTE, a non-transferable vote-escrow token that confers voting power.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq) Holders of veLUTE direct where weekly emissions are allocated and are the recipients of the [trading fees](https://iq.wiki/wiki/trading-fee) and bribes that the flywheel routes back. The site summarizes this redistribution bluntly, stating that Alandale \"routes every trading fee to the people who lock LUTE and vote.\"[[2]](#cite-id-54qdoyjxf0) This design positions LUTE locking as the central act through which a participant captures the protocol's revenue, aligning long-term token holders with the protocol's trading activity.\n\n## Name and Branding\n\nThe name Alandale is a reference to Alan-a-Dale, the minstrel of Robin Hood's band of outlaws, and the project's visual mark is described as his lute—a tie-in to the LUTE token's name.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq) This Robin Hood theme runs throughout the protocol's identity, which styles itself \"the outlaw liquidity market\" and casts its participants as \"outlaws.\"[[2]](#cite-id-54qdoyjxf0) The motif reinforces the redistribution concept at the heart of the protocol: like the legendary outlaw who took from the rich to give to the poor, Alandale's slogan promises to \"steal from the swaps\" and \"give to the lockers.\"\n\nThe branding also plays on its host chain. The site describes the project as \"Alandale Protocol Est. on Robinhood\" and uses the line \"Outlaw Liquidity. The Robinhood-Chain liquidity hub,\" positioning the protocol as the central routing venue for liquidity across [Robinhood Chain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/robinhood-chain).[[2]](#cite-id-54qdoyjxf0) Despite the naming, the protocol's disclaimer makes clear it operates independently of Robinhood Markets, Inc.\n\n## Documentation and Agent Interface\n\nAlandale's documentation is published through GitBook, a documentation platform the project notes is \"designed so that both humans and [AI agents](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ai-agents) can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively.\"[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq) The documentation is structured to serve several entry points, directing newcomers to a Getting Started guide, readers seeking to understand the economics to the \"What is a MetaDEX?\" and \"The ve(3,3) Flywheel\" pages, and developers looking for deployed contract addresses to a Contracts page.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq) Markdown versions of its pages are available by appending \".md\" to page URLs, and the site exposes an index file at llms.txt.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq)\n\nThe documentation describes a dynamic query mechanism aimed at AI agents. An agent can perform an HTTP GET request against the current page URL using an \"ask\" query parameter containing a natural-language question, together with an optional \"goal\" parameter describing the broader end goal of the inquiry.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq) The request returns a direct answer to the question along with relevant excerpts and sources drawn from the documentation, allowing automated systems to reason over the protocol's technical content.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq)\n\nThe protocol maintains a public application at app.alandale.xyz for interacting with the exchange on [Robinhood Chain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/robinhood-chain), a marketing site at alandale.xyz, and a code repository under the GitHub organization Alandale-xyz.[[1]](#cite-id-5kga29jpiq)","categories":[{"id":"projects-and-protocols","title":"projects-and-protocols"}],"tags":[{"id":"DeFi"},{"id":"Infrastructure"}],"images":[{"id":"QmPJo2yq3FTffQ3bC2Gw7u6VaFUygj1zagcffMfUB8oco2","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"media":[],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"5kga29jpiq\",\"url\":\"https://alandale.gitbook.io/alandale\",\"description\":\"MetaDEX self-description\",\"timestamp\":1791819208647},{\"id\":\"54qdoyjxf0\",\"url\":\"https://alandale.xyz/\",\"description\":\"Reading live from chain 4663\",\"timestamp\":1791819208647}]"},{"id":"main-image-origin","value":"{\"imageId\":\"QmPJo2yq3FTffQ3bC2Gw7u6VaFUygj1zagcffMfUB8oco2\",\"originalId\":\"QmPJo2yq3FTffQ3bC2Gw7u6VaFUygj1zagcffMfUB8oco2\"}"},{"id":"github_profile","value":"https://github.com/Alandale-xyz"},{"id":"website","value":"https://alandale.xyz/"},{"id":"discord_profile","value":"https://discord.gg/DT6kEY9kz"},{"id":"telegram_profile","value":"https://t.me/alandalexyz"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://x.com/alandalexyz"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"Create Alandale wiki"}],"events":[],"linkedWikis":{"founders":[],"blockchains":[],"speakers":[]},"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0x07f51b61cf92afB2AB1D9d27FCc6343f16742868"},"language":"en","operator":{"id":"0x07f51b61cf92afB2AB1D9d27FCc6343f16742868"}}