Arweave (AR) Tokenomics, Unlock Schedule and Vesting Chart

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Arweave (AR) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule

As of October 21, 2026, 55 million of the 66 million AR (83.33%) have been released. The schedule is ongoing, with no final release date.

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

AR and the storage endowment

AR gives the storage network its payment and reward system. An uploader pays an upfront amount based in part on how much data is being stored. One portion supports the immediate transaction; another goes into a storage endowment, a pool designed to help pay miners over time. Miners also receive block rewards. The model aims to match a one-time upload payment with an ongoing need for storage. (arweave.org)

Arweave’s stated maximum supply is 66 million AR. Its original economic paper says 55 million AR were created at launch, with a further 11 million scheduled for gradual release as mining rewards. AR can also be transferred between wallets, but its main role in the protocol is to pay for storing information and support the people who maintain the weave. (arweave.org)

The upfront fee is calculated using assumptions about storage costs and the amount of data. Arweave’s design relies in part on storage becoming less costly over long periods. The fee for a particular upload is therefore set by the network’s pricing rules rather than by a fixed, universal price per file. Some upload services accept other payment methods from their users and settle the underlying storage transaction in AR. (arweave.org)

Assumptions

Arweave created 55 million AR at genesis and reserves a further 11 million AR for gradually declining mining rewards. Reported team and future-project-use allocations have five annual releases, but their chart dates are estimates; dates for the other genesis allocations were not established. Mining continues under a height-based rule that cannot be charted exactly from the supported inputs here, while endowment payments and two small named reward programs have unresolved payment amounts or dates. The dated chart therefore shows the genesis mint and clearly labeled estimated annual unlocks, not a complete history of circulating supply.

August 2017 Pre-sale: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
May 2018 Public Sale: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
June 2018 Public Sale: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
Private Sale: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
Project Advisors: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
Ecosystem Development: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
Proof-of-Access / PoW Block Rewards: Timing not yet established.
Proof-of-Access / PoW Block Rewards: Emission continues with no published future rate or end date.
Storage Endowment Payments to Miners: New issuance depends on network activity, such as staking, so it cannot be dated in advance.
Weavemail First-User Rewards: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Zapier–Arweave Integration Prize: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.

Sources (8)

Max Supply 66.00M

Unlocked Supply 55.00M

Unlock Progress 83.33%

Genesis Date June 2018

Fully Unlocked Ongoing

Allocations 13

Marketcap Rank (#) 161

Price ($) 3.88 +2.19% (7d)

24h Volume ($) 2.6M -16.62% (7d)

Marketcap ($) 253M

Fully Diluted Value ($) 256M

Circulating Supply 99% HIGH

Perpetuals: 3 markets on Binance, OKX and Hyperliquid · $11.1M open interest

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AR/USDT	2.1M	78K/119K
AR/USDT	959K	1K/1.3K
AR/USDT	887K	15K/60K
AR/USDC	398K	20K/16K
AR/USDT	170K	8.6K/18K
AR/USDT	132K	48K/34K
AR/TRY	129K	7.2K/9K
AR/USDT	122K	46K/45K
AR/USDT	88K	52K/64K
AR/USD	86K	35K/149K
AR/USDT	84K	22K/26K
AR/USDC	55K	46K/34K
AR/USDC	23K	4K/6.1K
AR/USDC	9.1K	18K/18K
AR/EUR	3.8K	4.4K/4.7K
AR/EUR	1.8K	661/633
AR/USDC	166	430/715

Allocations

Genesis Supply

55,000,000 tokens · 8 parts

Parts of this allocation with their own release dates are charted as their own allocations; the chart shows the rest here.

Cliff: Jun 8, 2018 — 100.00% of allocation · 55,000,000 tokens

Sources: Arweave Yellow Paper

Proof-of-Access / PoW Block Rewards

11,000,000 tokens

Timing not yet established (Jun 8, 2018 - Nov 16, 2021): amount unknown

Timing not yet established (Nov 17, 2021 - open): amount unknown

Sources: Arweave Yellow Paperar_inflation.erl: Mainnet inflation schedulear_inflation.hrl: Inflation constants and fork adjustmentar_fork.erl: Mainnet fork heightsArweave HTTP API documentation and example block at height 812970

Storage Endowment Payments to Miners

N/A tokens

Timing not yet established (Jun 8, 2018 - open): amount unknown

Sources: Arweave Yellow Paper

Weavemail First-User Rewards

1,000 tokens

Timing not yet established (Mar 28, 2019 - open): 1,000 tokens

Sources: Hackathon: Showcase part 2

Zapier–Arweave Integration Prize

1,000 tokens

Timing not yet established (Mar 28, 2019 - open): 1,000 tokens

Sources: Hackathon: Showcase part 2

Last Updated: 2026-09-27 17:07:21 UTC

Description

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Arweave is a decentralized platform that enables permanent storage of data on the web. It uses a novel consensus mechanism and a sustainable incentive system to ensure the longevity and security of your information.

Sector:	Storage
Blockchain:	Other L1

2019

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