0G Labs (0G)

Tokenomics & Utility

Supply, distribution, and network roles

0G’s announced supply at its token generation event was one billion tokens. The published allocation assigned 56% to the community and ecosystem: 28% for ecosystem growth, 15% for AI Alignment Node rewards, and 13% for community rewards. The other 44% was divided equally between the team, contributors and advisers, and early backers. Ecosystem funds are intended to support work such as developer grants, research, and infrastructure. (0g.ai)

Those allocations do not all enter use at once. The project’s release schedule stated that 21.32% of total supply would unlock at launch, drawn from community and ecosystem categories. Team and backer allocations have a 12-month lock-up after the token generation event, followed by vesting over 36 months. This schedule spreads token distribution across several years. (0g.ai)

The native coin pays gas, the fee for transactions on 0G Chain. It can also be delegated to validators, which help secure the chain. Storage providers can earn network rewards for maintaining accessible data, while 0G Private Computer uses the token to settle AI inference requests. AI Alignment Nodes have a separate reward allocation tied to their role in the project’s verification infrastructure. These uses connect the token to both ordinary blockchain activity and the AI services built around it. (docs.0g.ai)