> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.elata.bio/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# How Elata Works

> Current protocol architecture and value flow

## Architecture

Three practical layers:

1. **Launch layer**: `AppFactory`, `AppRegistry`, `AppBondingCurve`, `AppToken`
2. **Fee layer**: `FeeCollector`, `FeeSwapper`, `ContributorSplit`
3. **Governance layer**: `ELTA`, `VeELTA`, `ElataPoints`, governor/timelock/config

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## App Lifecycle

1. Register app and contributor split.
2. Launch token stack (`10,000,000` app supply).
3. Run active curve distribution (`x*y=k`).
4. Graduate to LP at target/deadline.
5. Continue app-level fee routing post-graduation.

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## Fee Flow

```mermaid theme={null}
graph LR
    A[LaunchAndTradingAndTransferFees] --> B[FeeCollector]
    B --> C[FeeSwapper]
    C --> D[Treasury]
    C --> E[ContributorSplit]
```

Routing policy:

* launch fee -> treasury
* app-revenue fee kinds -> contributors + treasury (default `80/20`)
* paused app -> treasury

For full details on fee kinds, routing, and configuration, see the [Fee Flow for Apps](/apps/design/fee-flow) reference.

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## XP and veELTA

* XP gates early buys during launch windows (default `100 XP`, `6h`).
* veELTA provides time-weighted voting power via ELTA locks (`7-730` days, `1x-2x` boost).

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## Security Posture

* fixed ELTA supply (`77,000,000`)
* explicit curve lifecycle states
* LP lock on graduation
* explicit fee-kind taxonomy
* per-app fee accounting (no unbounded global sweeps)