1inch (1INCH)
Unlock Schedule
1inch (1INCH) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The chart shows gross modeled releases of every allocation: vesting unlocks, new issuance and reserve distributions, each allocation counted once. These have different meanings; a scheduled release is not evidence that tokens entered circulation or were sold. Review the coverage, sources and assumptions below.
Each color segment in the chart corresponds to a specific allocation group described in the Allocations section below. Underlying assumptions and data models used to reconstruct this schedule are explained in detail under Assumptions, while broader utility insights and token use cases are covered in Tokenomics & Utility.
Tokenomics & Utility
Supply and distribution
The maximum supply of 1INCH is 1.5 billion tokens. They were created at launch, with most initially locked under a release schedule. The planned allocation was 30% for community incentives, 14.5% for network growth, 22.5% for core contributors and the team, and 33% for backers. The 1inch Foundation removed the token contract’s ability to mint more tokens in April 2022, and the original release schedule finished in December 2024. (1inch.com)
Governance and delegation
Holders can lock 1INCH in a governance staking contract to receive Unicorn Power, a measure of voting influence that changes as the lock period runs down. This lets participants vote on DAO proposals or delegate their voting influence. Unicorn Power can also be delegated to Fusion resolvers, helping determine which resolvers can fill orders. Resolver incentive programs may reward that delegation. These functions link the token to decisions about the network and to part of its swap system. (1inch.com)
The token has also been used for ecosystem incentives. For example, 1inch announced a 1INCH incentive program alongside Aqua, its shared-liquidity protocol. Such programs are separate from the token’s ongoing governance and resolver roles. (1inch.com)
Assumptions
The Foundation says it minted 1.5 billion 1INCH at launch, then placed most tokens under vesting for community incentives, network growth, contributors and backers through 2024. It also announced liquidity-mining rewards, user and resolver refunds, a DeNet grant, delegation rewards and 2026 Aqua incentives using existing tokens. Several budgets and broad vesting windows are documented, but their actual payment or spendability dates are not, so those portions are listed without invented monthly chart points. Genesis issuance, vesting unlocks and later distributions are different views of the same supply and must not be stacked together.
- Community incentives — 30% of maximum supply: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Network growth and development fund — 14.5% of maximum supply: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Core contributors and team — 22.5% of maximum supply: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Backers — 33% of maximum supply: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Launch liquidity-mining program — 0.5% of maximum supply: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- January 2021 liquidity-mining program — 1% of maximum supply: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- BNB Chain launch liquidity-mining program: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- DeNet development grant: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Original user gas-refund program: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Additional user gas-refund budget: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Fusion resolver gas-refund program: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- Unicorn Power delegation incentive program: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Aqua direct volume rewards: New issuance depends on network activity, such as staking, so it cannot be dated in advance.
- Aqua partner co-incentives funded in 1INCH: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
- 1. https://1inch.com/blog/post/1inch-token-is-released
- 2. https://1inch.com/blog/post/1inch-token-pioneering-defi-governance-and-utility
- 3. https://1inch.com/tokens/bsc/1inch
- 4. https://help.1inch.com/en/articles/5766159-how-to-claim-vested-1inch-tokens
- 5. https://1inch.com/blog/post/1inch-launches-new-liquidity-mining-program
- 6. https://1inch.com/blog/post/1inch-foundation-distributes-more-1inch-tokens
- 7. https://1inch.com/blog/post/1inch-network-expands-to-binance-smart-chain
- 8. https://1inch.com/blog/post/1inch-foundation-launches-a-3-million-grant-program
- 9. https://1inch.com/blog/post/introducing-1inch-grant-recipients-denet
- 10. https://1inch.com/blog/post/the-1inch-foundation-compensated-gas-costs-to-1inch-dapp-users-in-august
- 11. https://1inch.com/blog/post/the-1inch-foundation-extends-the-gas-refund-program
- 12. https://1inch.com/blog/post/1inch-foundation-launched-the-1inch-resolver-incentive-program
- 13. https://1inch.com/blog/post/1inch-incentivizes-unicorn-power-delegation
- 14. https://1inch.com/blog/post/1inch-incentive-program-for-aqua
- 15. https://app.tokenomics.com/tokenomics/1inch-network/unlocks
Allocations
Description
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1inch is a decentralized exchange aggregator that sources liquidity from various protocols and platforms to offer users the best rates and lowest slippage. 1inch also has its own protocols for liquidity provision, limit orders, and governance.
| Sector: | DEX |
| Blockchain: | Ethereum |