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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% | Rewards for early participants, 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. The current rate is calibrated to a 20,000,000 PIVAH Year 1 budget — 2% of total supply, the smallest of the four years, deliberately conservative since liquidity is thinnest immediately after launch. Both the rate and the vault's funding are adjustable by the contract owner as the protocol matures.
6. Disclaimer
PIVAH is a utility token for the Pivah Protocol ecosystem. All contracts described here — including the token and staking vault — are live on Base mainnet and independently audited. Public token distribution has not yet occurred; the full supply remains held in treasury pending a deliberate Token Generation Event. This document is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice, nor an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any asset. Figures are subject to change before any public token distribution.