BIO Protocol (BIO)
Unlock Schedule
BIO Protocol (BIO) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the BIO Protocol (BIO) 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 BIO 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
BIO’s starting supply is 3,320,000,000 tokens. The supply is technically uncapped: future mints for network growth would require community approval and deploying a replacement token contract. The initial distribution, per BIO’s documentation, is: Community 56% (20% community auction, 6% airdrop, 25% ecosystem incentives, 5% Molecule Ecosystem Fund); Early Backers 13.6%; Early Contributors 21.2%; Advisors 4.2%; Molecule 5%. Unlocks for contributors and investors generally occur over multi‑year schedules, often with a one‑year cliff. (docs.bio.xyz)
Beyond base distribution, BIO has earmarked a portion of supply for bio/acc milestone rewards. Notably, networks like VitaDAO reported receiving BIO allocations through this program for their early contributions to DeSci, demonstrating how the incentive layer can recognize past and future impact across the ecosystem. (bio.xyz)
BIO’s main utilities include:
- Governance and curation via veBIO, including voting on program parameters and which BioDAOs enter the launch pipeline. (docs.bio.xyz)
- Access to early rounds on the launchpad, often using a points system (BioXP) tied to staking and participation. (docs.bio.xyz)
- Liquidity coordination, where BIO pairs may be used to seed or stabilize BioDAO token markets managed by the protocol’s liquidity tooling. (panewslab.com)
- Meta‑governance over network treasuries, since the protocol holds diversified baskets of BioDAO assets. (panewslab.com)
- Emerging AI utility through BioAgents, where BIO can be staked to operate agents and access services. (ai.bio.xyz)
Assumptions
- Genesis (TGE) date set to 2024-08-08.
Official BIO blog post announces 'BIO Genesis is Live' on Aug 8, 2024; vesting schedules are anchored to this date.
- Community Auction unlocks aggregated to Round 1 end date (2024-08-22).
Genesis comprised multiple rounds (incl. Round 2 and 2.5). Exact per-round token splits and end dates are not fully itemized in docs; we aggregate using Round 1 completion date and apply the documented 50% immediate/50% 1-year linear rule.
- Community Airdrop split: 99.6M BIO via Binance Launchpool; remaining 99.6M BIO vests with 1-year cliff + 6-year linear.
Docs specify 6% airdrop; Launchpool allocation publicly disclosed at 3% of genesis supply (99.6M). Remaining half is assigned to bioDAOs/genesis members per docs’ vesting terms.
- Interpretation of '1yr cliff - 6yr vest' and '1yr cliff - 4yr vest'.
Modeled as no unlock during the first year, then linear release over 6 years (team/advisors) or 4 years (investors) respectively. Documentation does not explicitly state whether the vesting duration is inclusive of the cliff; this is the conservative interpretation.
- Supply is uncapped; model covers the 3.32B genesis supply only.
Docs state supply is uncapped and could increase via governance by deploying a new token contract. No such increase is modeled here.
- Potential 2025 governance change to team/advisor cliff handling is not reflected.
Media reported a proposal to postpone and smooth the team/advisor cliff unlock starting Nov 2025; unable to verify final on-chain governance outcome from primary sources at time of access.
- 1. https://docs.bio.xyz/bio/introduction/bio-token/basic-token-information
- 2. https://docs.bio.xyz/bio/introduction/concepts/bio-protocol
- 3. https://www.bio.xyz/blog-posts/bio-genesis-is-live-let-liquid-science-flow
- 4. https://app.bio.xyz/genesis
- 5. https://www.btcc.com/en-US/academy/research-analysis/what-is-bio-protocol-bio-binance-adds-bio-protocol-bio-on-its-launchpool
- 6. https://www.chaincatcher.com/en/article/2139581
- 7. https://www.theblockbeats.info/en/news/56311
- 8. https://docs.bio.xyz/bio/introduction/bio-token/bio-acc-rewards