Distribution & Vesting
ORB distribution is designed to prevent market saturation and align long-term incentives for all participants.
Allocation & Unlock Schedule
Every category, what it is for, and how it enters circulation:
| Category | % | Amount (ORB) | At TGE | Unlock schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecosystem & Treasury | 33% | 330,000,000 | 0% | Locked at genesis. Released for grants, partnerships and integrations against published proposals once on-chain governance is live; until then held under multisig and not deployed. Not on a fixed calendar. |
| Staking Rewards | 30% | 300,000,000 | 0% | Not pre-allocated. Emitted per block as validators and nominators secure the network, over roughly 10 years. |
| Development Team | 15% | 150,000,000 | 0% | 6-month cliff, then linear to month 24. Nothing unlocks before month 6; 6/24 unlocks at the cliff, then monthly. Fully unlocked at month 24. |
| Public Sale | 11.5% | 115,000,000 | 15% | Remaining 85% vests linearly over 12 months. |
| Airdrops & Awards | 5% | 50,000,000 | 8% | Distributed in Seasons. Season 1 (2%, 20,000,000 ORB): 20% unlocks at TGE (4,000,000 ORB), the remaining 80% vests linearly over 6 months. Seasons 2–3 (3%) are post-launch. |
| Seed Sale | 3.5% | 35,000,000 | 10% | Remaining 90% vests linearly over 12 months. |
| Liquidity | 2% | 20,000,000 | 100% | Deployed as initial liquidity at listing, not distributed to any party. |
Seed and Public together are the 15% token sale pool; see Token Sale for pricing and round details. Staking emissions are covered in Staking Rewards.
The 5% pool is released across Seasons to protect early liquidity. Season 1 is pre-mainnet and distributes 2% (20,000,000 ORB) starting at TGE: 20% unlocks at TGE (4,000,000 ORB) and the remaining 80% (16,000,000 ORB) vests linearly over 6 months, fully unlocked at month 6. Every recipient gets the same schedule on their own share. The remaining 3% is reserved for Seasons 2 & 3, after launch.
The snapshot date is announced at least 14 days in advance. See ORB Credits System for the full model.
Supply Curve
Circulating supply grows from 4.5% at TGE to the full 1,000,000,000 ORB over roughly 10 years, driven by three things: the vesting schedules (Season 1 complete by month 6, the sales by month 12, the team by month 24), per-block staking emissions, and proposal-driven Treasury deployment.
Estimates. Staking emissions and Treasury deployment are not fixed schedules, so the curve past month 12 is indicative. Note the time axis is compressed after month 24.
Estimated Circulating Supply
Circulating supply begins at approximately 4.5%, kept deliberately low to avoid immediate sell pressure while still putting part of every allocation in the community's hands on Day 1:
| Source | % of supply | ORB |
|---|---|---|
| Public Sale initial unlock (15% of 11.5%) | 1.73% | 17,250,000 |
| Seed Sale initial unlock (10% of 3.5%) | 0.35% | 3,500,000 |
| Season 1 initial unlock (20% of 2%) | 0.40% | 4,000,000 |
| Initial liquidity | 2.00% | 20,000,000 |
| Total at TGE | 4.48% | 44,750,000 |
Everything else starts at 0% — see the At TGE column above. The other 80% of Season 1 (16,000,000 ORB) enters circulation linearly over the first 6 months.