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Tokenomics
PIVAH supply, allocation, vesting schedule and utility — with a full allocation chart and unlock timeline.
1. Supply
PIVAH has a fixed total supply of 1,000,000,000 (one billion) tokens, minted once at deployment. The token contract has no minting function — supply can never be inflated after launch, only distributed from what already exists.
2. Allocation
The distribution is designed around a deliberately low initial circulating supply — exactly 20% of total supply is liquid at the Token Generation Event (TGE), coming entirely from the Liquidity allocation and half of the Sale allocation. Every other category, including the team, is 0% unlocked at TGE.
| Category | % Supply | Tokens | % at TGE | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Treasury / DAO Reserve | 25% | 250,000,000 | 0% | Protocol development, grants, future governance |
| Staking Rewards Pool | 20% | 200,000,000 | 0% (emission) | Funds continuous NFT-staking emissions |
| Community & Ecosystem | 20% | 200,000,000 | 0% | Testnet rewards, airdrops, growth incentives |
| Liquidity (DEX + Exchanges) | 15% | 150,000,000 | 15% | Seeds DEX pools and exchange listings at launch |
| Private / Public Sale | 10% | 100,000,000 | 5% | Early backers and public participants |
| Team & Founders | 5% | 50,000,000 | 0% | 12-month cliff, then linear vesting over 36 months |
| Advisors & Partners | 5% | 50,000,000 | 0% | 6-month cliff, then linear vesting over 18 months |
3. Vesting & Unlock Schedule
- Liquidity — 100% at TGE (15% of total supply) — needed to seed DEX pools and exchange listings from day one
- Private/Public Sale — 50% at TGE (5% of total supply), remainder linear over 6 months
- Team & Founders — 0% at TGE; 12-month cliff, then linear release over 36 months (48 months total)
- Advisors & Partners — 0% at TGE; 6-month cliff, then linear release over 18 months
- Community & Ecosystem — 0% at TGE, linear over 24 months as the ecosystem grows
- Treasury/DAO Reserve — 0% at TGE, released on a DAO-paced schedule over 36 months, not a lump sum
- Staking Rewards — No TGE unlock at all; released continuously by the staking contract's emission rate
Important: this schedule is illustrative. At mainnet, cliff and vesting enforcement should be implemented as on-chain vesting contracts — not manual transfers — so the schedule is independently verifiable by anyone.
4. Utility
- Staking rewards: staking any NFT — from any collection, on Pivah or elsewhere — earns continuous PIVAH emissions from the vault's reward pool.
- Planned: governance rights over treasury allocation and protocol parameters as the DAO framework comes online.
- Planned: fee discounts or revenue-sharing for stakers, sourced from DEX and Marketplace protocol fees.
5. Emission Mechanics
The staking vault (PivahNftStakingVault.sol) pays out PIVAH at a fixed rate per second, split evenly across every currently staked NFT regardless of collection. On testnet, this is seeded with 1,000,000 PIVAH and set to 1 PIVAH/second — both are adjustable by the contract owner and should be recalibrated deliberately before mainnet, based on the actual Staking Rewards Pool allocation and desired runway.
6. Disclaimer
PIVAH is a utility token for the Pivah Protocol ecosystem. Nothing in this document is an offer to sell securities or investment advice. All figures are proposals for the founding team's review and are subject to change before any public token distribution.