Whitepaper V4.1
13. Tokenomics Constitution
| Allocation | IONON | Share | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAO Treasury & Strategic Reserve | 40,000,000 | 40% | Long-term protocol, security, strategic reserves; includes up to 10M Conditional Network Reserve |
| Phased Network Distribution | 30,000,000 | 30% | Maximum program allocation for staged access; not scheduled circulation |
| Liquidity & Market Operations | 10,000,000 | 10% | Genesis and future DEX/CEX liquidity, market-depth operations and reserves |
| Team, Founders & Advisors | 7,000,000 | 7% | Long-term vesting and future contributor grants |
| Ecosystem & Builders | 6,000,000 | 6% | Integrations, grants, developer programs, strategic ecosystem work |
| Operator Cells Network | 5,000,000 | 5% | Verifiable operator work, node programs and network participation |
| Testnet & Community | 2,000,000 | 2% | Testing, contributor and community programs |
| Total | 100,000,000 | 100% | Fixed economic supply |
13.1 Allocation is not circulation
The 30M distribution allocation is a maximum program envelope, not a promise to sell 30M tokens. Individual tranches may remain dormant indefinitely.
The 10M Conditional Network Reserve is contained inside the 40M DAO Treasury allocation. It is not an eighth bucket and is not a guaranteed “Round 4.”
13.2 gIONON is not additional economic supply
Where IONON is deposited into the Aragon governance wrapper and gIONON is issued 1:1 as a voting representation, the wrapped underlying must not be counted twice in supply, market capitalization or treasury reporting.
13.3 Team vesting
The 7M team/founder/advisor envelope should be held in a dedicated vesting architecture. Unassigned tokens remain in the team vesting vault rather than becoming freely transferable founder inventory. Suggested design targets for review are long cliffs and multi-year linear release for core contributors, with unvested amounts returning to the vault when grants terminate.