Boundless (ZKC)
Unlock Schedule
Boundless (ZKC) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Boundless (ZKC) 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 ZKC 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
ZKC is the native asset of the Boundless network. It serves four core roles:
- Collateral: Provers lock ZKC when claiming requests; missed SLAs can be penalized via slashing, reinforcing reliability.
- Rewards: PoVW mints ZKC each epoch to pay provers in direct proportion to verifiable work performed.
- Staking: Token holders stake to secure reward distribution and earn emissions.
- Governance: Over time, ZKC holders steer network parameters, grants, and marketplace rules. (docs.boundless.network)
Supply launched with a 1 billion ZKC genesis. Emissions follow an algorithmic schedule distributed across two‑day epochs: approximately 7% annualized in Year 1, then tapering by 0.5 percentage points per year to a steady‑state 3% from Year 8 onward. Each epoch’s rewards split between passive staking and work‑tied mining: 25% goes pro‑rata to stakers, while 75% is allocated to stakers who also submit valid proofs during the epoch. This structure binds issuance to real workload and encourages active participation. (docs.boundless.network)
According to the project’s token announcement, initial allocation targets ecosystem growth and long‑term sustainability. Public materials describe categories such as an Ecosystem Fund, a Strategic Growth Fund, Investors, Core Team and Early Contributors, plus a Community Sale & Airdrop bucket, with investors collectively at 21.5% and emissions designed to offset with growing collateral lockups and occasional slashing burns. While exact unlocks vary by category, the common thread is aligning ZKC distribution with real adoption and prover capacity. (boundless.network)
In short, Boundless tokenomics tie ZKC to network usage. More chains and apps using proofs means more ZKC locked as collateral and more rewards flowing to productive nodes—linking utility to the economic life of the token in a straightforward way. (docs.boundless.network)
Assumptions
- Genesis/TGE date assumed as 2025-09-15 (mainnet launch/listings).
Official 'Mainnet is Live' post is dated around Sept 15, 2025; some third-party sources mention an Aug 25, 2025 sale TGE. Using mainnet date for consistency of unlock anchor; shifting by ~21 days would not change total amounts.
- Community sale share within 'Community Token Sale & Airdrop' modeled as ~2.9% of supply.
Kaito Launchpad sale communications and multiple industry posts referenced ~2.9% offered; official blog states combined bucket 8.3% but does not publish exact sale split. We allocate 2.9% to sale (50/50 cliff) and the remainder to airdrops (100% TGE).
- Community Partner Marketing release timing.
Official blog says these tokens are fully unlocked per individual campaigns. We model known Binance HODLer (15M at listing), an additional 5M post-listing, and 15M at ~6 months; remainder spread linearly over 12 months for monthly charting.
- Strategic Growth Fund unlocks linearly over 12 months.
Official/industry descriptions indicate ~12 months tied to milestones; precise tranche dates not published, so a linear proxy is used for visualization.
- Protocol emissions modeled for 10 years; supply is uncapped.
Docs specify inflation schedule: 7% in Year 1 declining by 0.5% yearly until 3% from Year 8 onward. We provide a 10-year schedule (70M, 65M, ..., 30M, 30M) and note emissions continue at ~3% beyond.
- Network issuance consolidated into a single allocation (PoVW + Staking Rewards).
Per instructions, all protocol emissions are aggregated; notes document 25% passive staking and 75% mining split each epoch.
- 1. https://boundless.network/blog
- 2. https://boundless.network/blog/mainnet-is-live
- 3. https://boundless.network/blog/introducing-zk-coin
- 4. https://docs.boundless.network/zkc/staking
- 5. https://docs.boundless.network/zkc/quick-start
- 6. https://docs.boundless.network/zkc/povw-claiming-rewards
- 7. https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/boundless/
- 8. https://www.coincarp.com/events/boundless-new-listing-on-binance-hodler-airdrops/
- 9. https://bingx.com/en/learn/what-is-boundless-network-zkc-and-how-does-it-work
- 10. https://etherscan.io/token/0x000006c2A22ff4A44ff1f5d0F2ed65F781F55555
Allocations
Description
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Boundless is a decentralized protocol that uses zero-knowledge cryptography to connect multiple blockchains, enabling secure, fast data and token movement, scalable computation, and interoperability through its network of independent prover nodes.
| Sector: | Bridges |
| Blockchain: | BNB |