Emission schedule and unlocks
4.19 User Rewards emission curve
The User Rewards rail (64.35 billion INT) is released over a 15-year horizon. Daily emission is metered by a stepwise function that scales with monthly active users (MAU).
The daily emission pool grows stepwise across MAU bands (from the smallest early-stage band up to a peak band), so the pool expands as the active user base grows rather than continuously. The MAU band boundaries and the per-band daily pool values are calibrated in production and not published.
After the peak band, additional MAU growth raises per-user contribution density rather than total emission. The stepwise shape avoids cliff effects when activity oscillates near a band boundary. The User Rewards budget (64.35 billion INT) is sized for a 15-year emission horizon; early-stage bands emit well below peak, extending the effective horizon further.
4.20 Unlock schedule by rail
| Rail | Unlock mechanism | Timing |
|---|---|---|
| User Rewards (65%) | Emission curve (4.19) → off-chain bINT accrual → weekly settlement → claim from distributor (4.4) | Continuous over 15 years |
| Liquidity (5%) | Initial: fully unlocked at TGE. Reserve: community-governed | TGE + governed schedule |
| Airdrop (5%) | Periodic, participation-based marketing distributions | Multiple periods across years |
| Referral (5%) | Event-driven per successful invite | Ongoing |
| Staking (10%) | Released into the staking reward pool once staking activates (4.6) | Later phase, over 5-year horizon |
| Proof of Contribution (10%) | Periodic impact-scored distributions with vesting (4.13) | Multi-year vesting per recipient |
Decided unlock parameters
- Liquidity — 1,000,000,000 INT fully liquid at TGE to seed exchange pairs. LP position locked 12 months. The remaining 3,950,000,000 INT is held in reserve.
- Airdrop — released over multiple periods across years as participation-based marketing distributions, not in a single event. Each distribution is surprise-timed yet transparently provable: the recipient set is committed on-chain before tokens move. Each share is claimed in full with no vesting lock, through a dedicated distributor separate from the weekly user-reward settlement. Distribution sizing scales with participation and is governed in the operations layer.
- Referral — a qualifying invite triggers a unit unlock; the qualification threshold is calibrated in production and not published. No time-based vesting.
Design-space items (parameters to be published at TGE)
The following items are part of active token-design work. The shapes are described here; specific parameters will be published when finalized.
- User Rewards emission curve shape. The stepwise bands above set the daily ceiling. The exact transition behavior between bands and the ramp-up schedule during early growth are calibrated against observed user-growth data.
- Proof of Contribution distribution cadence. Tied to contribution metrics (volume and quality of verified Proof of Expense, leaderboard standing) at periodic snapshots. Cliff and vesting durations are policy and documented per distribution.
- Staking pool release schedule. Designed in conjunction with the real-yield architecture to align long-term holders with platform revenue.
4.21 TGE circulating supply estimate
At the Token Generation Event, circulating supply is seeded by initial liquidity:
| Source | Amount (INT) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Initial liquidity | 1,000,000,000 | Fully liquid at TGE |
| TGE circulating | ~1,000,000,000 | ~1.01% of total supply |
The remaining ~98.99% of supply is locked across emission schedules, vesting contracts, staking pools, governed reserves, and the multi-period airdrop program. Airdrop distributions enter circulation gradually over years as participation-based marketing events rather than at TGE. This low initial float reflects the protocol's design preference for gradual supply expansion tied to real contribution.