Distribution & Vesting
ORB distribution is designed to prevent market saturation and align long-term incentives for all participants.
Allocation Table
| Category | Percentage | Amount (ORB) | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecosystem & Treasury | 40% | 400,000,000 | Network growth, partnerships, and grants. |
| Staking Rewards | 30% | 300,000,000 | Rewards for validators and nominators (NPoS). |
| Pre-sale | 15% | 150,000,000 | Initial development funding and liquidity. |
| Development Team | 10% | 100,000,000 | Incentives for the core team and future contributors. |
| Airdrops & Awards | 5% | 50,000,000 | Community incentives and early adopters. |
Unlock Schedules (Vesting)
To ensure healthy ecosystem growth, we have implemented strict unlock schedules:
Development Team
- Cliff: 6 months.
- Vesting Period: 1 year linear after the cliff.
- Fully unlocked 18 months post-launch.
Pre-sale
- TGE (Launch): 15% immediate unlock.
- Vesting Period: 1 year linear for the remaining 85%.
- Encourages retention while providing initial liquidity.
Community & Airdrops
- No cliff or linear vesting. Distribution is tied directly to mainnet launch — ORB does not exist before the network goes live.
- Credits (ORB Credits) accumulate during testnet phases. At a pre-mainnet snapshot, balances are frozen and converted proportionally from the Airdrops & Awards pool.
- Tokens are fully unlocked at distribution. No post-launch lockup applies to airdrop recipients — the pre-mainnet waiting period itself acts as the vesting mechanism.
- Snapshot date announced at least 14 days in advance.
- See ORB Credits System for the full model.
Supply Curve & Roadmap
The following chart illustrates the estimated circulating supply growth over 10 years (120 months), accounting for all vesting, reward emissions, and ecosystem deployment.
*Data points are estimates based on active rewards and vesting schedules.
The distribution of ORB tokens follows a multi-year roadmap designed to align early network bootstrapping with long-term ecosystem maturity.
- Initial Circulation: 2.25% of total supply enters the market.
- Validator Onboarding: Strategic activation of the initial validator set.
- Community Incentives: First round of airdrops for early protocol adopters.
- Vesting Completion: Pre-sale and Team reach full liquidity (M18).
- Treasury Deployment: Strategic grants for dApps and infrastructure.
- Staking Dominance: High reward period to maximize decentralization.
- Emission Stabilization: Convergence to a steady state reward curve.
- Sustainability: Transaction fees are shared between validators and the Treasury to maintain the network.
- Full DAO Autonomy: On-chain management of remaining reserves.
Estimated Circulating Supply
Circulating supply will begin at approximately 2.25% (1.5% from pre-sale + 0.75% from initial airdrops) and will grow in a controlled manner as staking rewards are issued and vesting periods are met.