Beam (BEAM)
Unlock Schedule
Beam (BEAM) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Beam (BEAM) token release schedule, showing when and how tokens enter circulation across investor, team, treasury, and community allocations. Understanding these tokenomics dynamics is critical for evaluating potential supply pressure, inflation impact, and market liquidity over time — key factors that can influence BEAM price performance.
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
The BEAM token sits at the center of the network’s economics and governance. The migration from MC to BEAM (1:100) consolidated roles so one asset could handle gas, governance, and validation. After migration, BEAM became the governance token for DAO decisions and the asset used to pay network fees. That governance role extends to certain levers over DAO‑adjacent entities, with on‑chain and off‑chain checks and balances documented in the project’s governance materials. (medium.com)
Beam tokenomics emphasize utility over speculation. The BEAM token is used to:
- Pay gas on the Beam blockchain for all transactions and contract calls.
- Validate and delegate after Horizon, helping secure the chain in a proof‑of‑stake model.
- Vote on protocol changes and DAO administrative matters where governance is enabled.
- Serve as a medium of exchange across Beam DeFi, NFTs, gaming apps, and marketplace payments. (docs.onbeam.com)
The DAO has also adopted a transparent treasury approach, publishing treasury dashboards and BEAM burn statistics. Over time, a buy‑and‑burn policy has reduced the total supply, and the project keeps an up‑to‑date view of circulating versus total supply on its official pages. The design goal is sustainability: let activity in games and apps fuel fees, which in turn support validators, builders, and long‑term ecosystem growth. (treasury.onbeam.com)
In short, when people talk about “Beam tokenomics,” they are usually referring to this alignment: builders deploy on an EVM chain tuned for games; players use BEAM for transactions; validators stake BEAM to secure the network; and governance uses BEAM to steer upgrades and ecosystem decisions. None of these functions depends on tracking BEAM price day to day, which helps keep the emphasis on utility and adoption. (docs.onbeam.com)
Assumptions
- Modeled PoW emissions as linear within each emission window at monthly granularity.
Actual issuance occurs per block; monthly linearization is required by the output schema.
- Used emission windows aligned to Beam’s halving schedule: Year 1 (2019-01-03 to 2020-01-02), then 4-year windows thereafter.
Matches official tokenomics and the Beam Emission Table which groups totals by these windows.
- Treasury was not split into Investors/Core Team/Foundation sub-allocations in the main allocations.
Official doc gives approximate shares (~35%/~45%/20%) without exact month-by-month amounts; we note the split in unlock notes.
- Total miner emissions sum to 231,263,999.9755249 BEAM across all listed periods.
Halvings every 4 years create a finite geometric series over 32 periods (post-Year-5). Minor rounding versus the theoretical cap (<0.00000001 of supply) is acceptable.
- Block time assumed to be ~1 minute (~525,600 blocks/year).
Stated in official materials and implied by the annual totals in the emission table.