Extend a lock.
Unlock dates move in one direction. You can always push a lock further out, never pull it in, and the contract is what enforces that rather than a policy.
Why it only moves one way#
extend requires the new timestamp to be strictly greater than the current one. There is
no function that shortens a lock, so a team cannot quietly bring a date forward when it becomes
inconvenient, and nobody has to take their word for it.
That is what makes an unlock date meaningful as a commitment rather than a preference. See the contract reference for the exact check.
Extend it#
- Open My locks. Go to the app with the wallet that owns the lock.
- Find the lock and choose Extend.
- Pick a later date. Anything earlier than the current unlock time is rejected before it reaches your wallet.
- Confirm. One transaction, gas only — extending is free.
The proof page updates immediately. Anyone holding the old link sees the new date the next time they open it, so there is nothing to re-share.
The strategy worth understanding#
Most teams set one long lock at launch and never touch it. Extending repeatedly is the better play, and the reason is about evidence rather than mechanics.
| Approach | What a reader sees |
|---|---|
| One 12-month lock set at launch | A decision made once, before anything was proven |
| A 3-month lock extended three times | A team that kept choosing to stay, on the record, after each milestone |
The second costs the same — extending is free, and produces a history rather than a single data point. It also avoids the trap of a long lock set optimistically at launch that the team later resents.
How long should you lock liquidity works through choosing the first duration.
Before the date arrives#
An unlock date that passes without comment is read as a countdown that ended. If you intend to stay locked, extend before it expires, not after — a lock that lapses for a week and is then re-created is a different fact from one that never lapsed, and holders who are watching will notice which one happened.
Nothing happens automatically at expiry. See when a lock expires.
What extending does not change#
- The amount. To lock more, create a second lock. Locks are independent records.
- The owner. Ownership transfers separately, and the tokens stay where they are.
- Vesting schedules. Those are irrevocable and have no extend function — the dates are fixed at creation.