Bitcoin SV (BSV)
Unlock Schedule
Bitcoin SV (BSV) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
As of October 15, 2026, 20.1 million of the 21 million BSV (95.70%) have been released. Over the next ten years the schedule releases 748,761 BSV (all estimated), worth about $13.76 million at today's price (3.73% of the market cap). Of these, 157,528 BSV release over the next 12 months, from PoW Block Subsidies. Today's release is an estimated 450 BSV from PoW Block Subsidies. BSV is fully unlocked on May 22, 2140; after that date the schedule has no further dated releases.
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 miner incentives
BSV has a maximum supply of 21 million coins. Its supply schedule follows the Bitcoin model: miners earn new coins through block subsidies, and that subsidy halves roughly every four years. Fees form the other part of a miner’s block reward. As the subsidy falls over time, the project’s economic model places growing importance on fees paid for useful transactions. (coingecko.com)
A BSV coin can be divided into smaller units called satoshis. These units make small payments possible. BSV is also used to pay miners to include transactions that carry application data. Fees commonly depend on how much transaction data a user sends, and miners can set their own fee policies. This connects the coin’s utility to activity on the ledger: payments, contracts, and data records all require transactions. (docs.bsvblockchain.org)
Upcoming BSV Releases
| Period | Allocation | Type | Amount | Value | % of supply |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15 – 31, 2026 | PoW Block Subsidies | Issuance, estimated | 7.6K | $140.2K | 0.04% |
| Nov 2026 | PoW Block Subsidies | Issuance, estimated | 13.5K | $247.5K | 0.06% |
| Dec 2026 | PoW Block Subsidies | Issuance, estimated | 13.9K | $255.7K | 0.07% |
| Jan 2027 | PoW Block Subsidies | Issuance, estimated | 13.9K | $255.7K | 0.07% |
| Feb 2027 | PoW Block Subsidies | Issuance, estimated | 12.6K | $231K | 0.06% |
| Mar 2027 | PoW Block Subsidies | Issuance, estimated | 13.9K | $255.7K | 0.07% |
| Total, next 12 months | 157.5K | $2.9M | 0.75% | ||
Values at $18.38 per BSV (October 15, 2026), today's price, not a forecast. Releases continue after September 2027. Estimated amounts are modeled from the schedule's rules rather than dated by a source; see the Assumptions below.
Assumptions
Bitcoin SV's supply comes from proof-of-work mining on a ledger it inherited when it split from Bitcoin Cash. Its block subsidy halves every 210,000 blocks; there is no separate token mint or allocation at the split. The chart models the permitted subsidies, including the inherited mining history, rather than measured coins actually claimed by miners. Monthly timing between the cited blocks and all future timing are estimates.
- 1. https://wiki.bitcoinsv.io/index.php/Satoshis
- 2. https://wiki.bitcoinsv.io/index.php/Miner_subsidy
- 3. https://wiki.bitcoinsv.io/index.php/Bitcoin_Satoshi_Vision
- 4. https://github.com/bitcoin-sv/bitcoin-sv/blob/master/src/chainparams.cpp
- 5. https://github.com/bitcoin-sv/bitcoin-sv/blob/master/src/amount.h
- 6. https://github.com/bitcoin-sv/bitcoin-sv/blob/master/LICENSE
- 7. https://bananablocks.com/block/1
- 8. https://bananablocks.com/block/940112
- 9. https://bananablocks.com/block/963287
- 10. https://wiki.bitcoinsv.io/index.php/Target
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
Perpetuals: 2 markets on Binance and Hyperliquid · $2.5M open interest
Allocations
Dates past the last dated anchor are projected at 601.61 seconds per block, the observed mean between the last two dated anchors, instead of the 600-second target block interval
Description
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Bitcoin SV is a cryptocurrency that emerged from a hard fork of Bitcoin Cash in 2018. Bitcoin SV claims to be the original Bitcoin as envisioned by Satoshi Nakamoto in his white paper. Bitcoin SV aims to achieve massive scalability, security, and efficiency for real-world use cases.
| Sector: | Payments |
| Blockchain: | Other L1 |
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
Perpetuals: 2 markets on Binance and Hyperliquid · $2.5M open interest