Bonk (BONK)
Unlock Schedule
Bonk (BONK) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Bonk (BONK) 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 BONK 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
Supply, allocation, and burns
BONK launched with a 100 trillion maximum supply and a strong community tilt: 50% of the supply was airdropped broadly to active parts of the Solana ecosystem. Public materials (including an early “bonkpaper” summary) outline a detailed breakdown that sent significant shares to NFT communities, OpenBook traders, artists/collectors, developers, and the BONK DAO, while 20% went to early contributors vesting linearly over three years (starting late 2022). BONK uses Streamflow for transparent vesting, which helps keep long-term distribution predictable. (capital.com)
Over time, BONK’s circulating and total supply have trended down from the 100T genesis thanks to token burns. Exchange listings and project pages have referenced a reduced supply in the low-90T range due to these burns—an outcome driven by community burn events and app-linked burn mechanics. One constant burn source is BonkBot: 10% of its 1% trading fee is used to buy and burn BONK automatically. (ascendex.com)
Utility in practice
- Currency for apps: BONK is accepted across Solana dApps for payments, tipping, NFT mints/purchases, and in-game rewards.
- DeFi building block: liquidity pools, swaps, and yield strategies often include BONK pairs, giving traders and LPs a fast, low-fee meme asset to work with.
- Governance and community funding: through the BONK DAO, the community funds integrations, burns, events, and public goods for the Solana ecosystem. Community-approved burns and campaigns like “BURNmas” show how governance can be used to shape token supply and culture. (coinmarketcap.com)
What drives BONK price?
In simple terms: more real usage (apps, games, marketplaces), more listings and integrations, and continued burns can support demand relative to supply. On the flip side, overall crypto market cycles and meme coin sentiment can create big moves in either direction.
Assumptions
- Airdrop allocations are modeled as fully unlocked at genesis (2022-12-25).
Official channels and third-party summaries indicate the initial airdrop began on Dec 25, 2022 with claims continuing into early January 2023; for charting simplicity we treat them as a single genesis cliff.
- Early Contributors vesting modeled as monthly linear from 2023-01-01 to 2026-01-01.
Streamflow case study/press materials indicate a 3-year linear vest beginning around 2022-12-31/2023-01-01 for 22 early contributors.
- Total supply shown as initial 100T minted at genesis; later burns are not modeled as they reduce supply rather than add to circulation.
DAO-approved burns and buyback-and-burn from BonkBot reduce max/total supply post-launch but are not issuance mechanisms; percentages in allocations reflect the original 100T genesis supply.
- No ongoing PoW/PoS issuance or protocol inflation.
BONK is an SPL token with mint authority disabled; supply was minted at genesis and is fixed aside from burns.
- 1. https://linktr.ee/bonk_inu
- 2. https://bonkcoin.com/
- 3. https://streamflow.finance/bonk/
- 4. https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/609923814/bonk-solana-s-doge-themed-community-coin-utilizes-streamflow-for-token-vesting
- 5. https://messari.io/project/bonk/token-unlocks
- 6. https://www.mexc.co/en-GB/price/BONK/tokenomics
- 7. https://x.com/bonk_inu
- 8. https://www.chaincatcher.com/en/article/2108207
- 9. https://solana.stackexchange.com/questions/8727/how-to-check-if-program-contract-ownership-was-renounced
- 10. https://www.fxstreet.com/cryptocurrencies/news/bonk-defies-market-dip-soars-more-than-12-after-community-approves-token-burn-202404242205
Allocations
Description
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Bonk is a community-driven meme coin and utility token on Solana, supporting staking, liquidity, governance, and web3 activities. It features LetsBonk, a decentralized launchpad for creating and trading meme coins without coding.
| Sector: | Launchpads |
| Blockchain: | Solana |