AltLayer (ALT)

Tokenomics & Utility

Supply and distribution

ALT has a maximum supply of 10 billion tokens. Its announced allocation divides that supply among the treasury at 21.5%, protocol development at 20%, investors at 18.5%, the team at 15%, ecosystem and community programs at 15%, advisors at 5%, and Binance Launchpool at 5%. These are allocation shares of the total supply, rather than a measure of how many tokens are available at any particular moment. (binance.com)

The distribution schedule includes gradual releases for several groups. AltLayer announced a six-month pause after a July 25, 2024 unlock. Monthly vesting resumed on January 25, 2025, with different schedules for investors and partners and for the team, treasury, and other groups. The schedule is part of how the project planned to distribute tokens over time. (t.me)

What ALT does

ALT’s stated roles are an economic bond, a governance token, a way to reward operators, and a payment token for services within the protocol. An economic bond gives an operator something at stake while performing a network task. Governance gives holders a role in protocol decisions. In AltLayer’s staking system, users can stake ERC-20 ALT on Ethereum and convert their staked position into reALT, a token used in its restaking process. (binance.com)

ALT’s protocol role is distinct from the everyday transaction fee on every rollup AltLayer helps launch. Rollups can have their own settings and fee arrangements. Keeping that distinction in mind makes it easier to understand ALT as a token for AltLayer’s shared infrastructure, rather than as a single fee token for all applications built with its tools. (docs.altlayer.io)