Why Bootstrap Mode Exists

Axiom’s governance model relies on:

• A large base of stakers

• Stable snapshot data

• Active participation from top 50 percent stakers

• Fresh resolution voters

• Distributed proposer activity

At launch, none of this exists. There are:

• No stakers

• No one in the top 50 percent

• No one eligible to create markets

• No one eligible to resolve outcomes

• No governance infrastructure operating at scale

This creates the classic cold start problem. Without governance, there are no markets. Without markets, there is no yield. Without yield, there is no incentive to stake.

Bootstrap mode solves this by temporarily allowing a controlled, transparent group to create markets and resolve outcomes until organic participation is large enough.