Chia (XCH)
Unlock Schedule
Chia (XCH) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Chia (XCH) 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 XCH 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
Emission schedule and rewards
Aside from an initial strategic reserve (see below), all XCH enters circulation through farming rewards. At launch, rewards were 2 XCH per block and are programmed to halve every three years four times, after which a trailing emission of 0.125 XCH per block continues indefinitely. This design maintains a steady security budget without relying entirely on transaction fees. (docs.chia.net)
Strategic Reserve and company assurances
At genesis, 21 million XCH were pre‑farmed into a Strategic Reserve controlled by Chia Network, Inc. The company has stated policies around this reserve, including commitments such as providing public notice long before any deployment and not farming or paying employees with reserve XCH. The reserve is intended for ecosystem liquidity, potential lending to institutions, or other corporate purposes once the company becomes public. (docs.chia.net)
What XCH does on the network
XCH pays transaction fees and incentivizes farmers for securing the chain. It also serves as a base asset in Offers and provides the unit of account for on‑chain applications, including CAT2 tokens, NFTs, and DataLayer‑linked smart transactions. Developers often denominate programmatic amounts in “mojos,” the smallest unit of XCH. (docs.chia.net)
Assumptions
- Supply is uncapped; 0.125 XCH per block continues indefinitely after the fourth halving.
Official docs specify perpetual tail emission after year 12.
- Modeled tail emissions through 2071-03-19 (50 years post-genesis).
Allocation tokens must be finite for charting; chose a 50-year horizon to capture long-run dynamics while acknowledging uncapped supply.
- Halving transitions are height-based; dates are approximations for monthly linear schedules.
Docs define halving heights as multiples of 32*6*24*365*3; calendar dates are approximate.
- Blocks per year modeled as 32*6*24*365 = 1,681,920 blocks (ignores leap days).
Matches official halving-height formula; ensures consistent token totals per period.
- No ICO/investor/team token allocations outside the 21M prefarm.
FAQ and whitepaper indicate no ICO; first block prefarm of 21M XCH controlled by Chia Network Inc; all other issuance is farming rewards.
Allocations
Description
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Founded by Bram Cohen, the inventor of the BitTorrent network, Chia Network is building a better blockchain and smart transaction platform which is more decentralized, more efficient, and more secure.
| Sector: | Layer 1 |
| Blockchain: | Other L1 |