Chiliz (CHZ) Tokenomics, Unlock Schedule and Vesting Chart

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Chiliz (CHZ) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule

The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Chiliz (CHZ) 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 CHZ 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

Chiliz tokenomics are tailored to an application‑heavy, fan‑facing blockchain. Understanding how CHZ works on‑chain helps explain demand, staking, and what might influence CHZ price over time.

Supply model and inflation

Origin: CHZ originally launched as an ERC‑20 asset on Ethereum with an initial mint of 8,888,888,888 tokens, later mirrored on other networks for interoperability. (bitmart.zendesk.com)
Native on Chiliz Chain: With mainnet live, CHZ is the native gas token.
On‑chain inflation: Chiliz Chain adds a structured inflation schedule that began at 8.80% annually in year one and decays each year until it reaches 1.88% by year 14, where it stabilizes. This supports network security and growth incentives as the ecosystem expands. (docs.chiliz.com)

Distribution of inflation rewards

65% of new issuance goes to validators and delegators for securing the network.
10% is allocated to community liquidity, shared‑security incentives, or similar growth pools.
25% is directed to ecosystem and operational distribution, including network development and dApp support. (docs.chiliz.com)

Utility of the CHZ token

Gas and settlement on the Chiliz blockchain.
Staking and delegation to validators for network governance.
Medium of exchange inside the ecosystem (e.g., Fan Token purchases, NFT activity, and SportFi dApps).
Cross‑chain movement via the official bridge and ChainPort integrations. (docs.chiliz.com)

What can influence CHZ price over time

While we avoid listing live data, several fundamentals can affect the CHZ price in the long run: growth in active users and Fan Token wallets, the number of dApps that choose Chiliz Chain, validator participation and staking, and clarity of rules under frameworks like the EU’s MiCA. Broader crypto market cycles and major sports partnerships can also shape sentiment for CHZ. (chiliz.com)

Assumptions

Genesis allocations were fully unlocked at TGE (2018-10-26).
Messari indicates vesting completed on Oct 26, 2018; no official vesting schedules published in primary docs.
Tokenomics 2.0 start date treated as 2024-05-06 for Year 1 periodization.
Chiliz governance docs state Dragon8 proposal was successful and applied on May 6, 2024; subsequent press noted mainnet hard fork announcement/activation later in May/June.
Inflationary emission modeled gross (pre-burn) and distributed 65% Validators/Delegators, 10% Community Vault/LP/Shared Security, 25% Ecosystem & Operational.
Chiliz Tokenomics 2.0 specifies allocation split and EIP-1559-style fee burn; burn is variable and excluded from unlock model.
Pepper8 one-time PRB integration issuance amount approximated as 148,958,744.4587202 CHZ.
Exact minted amount was not numerically disclosed in docs; derived by summing the delta between Dragon8 and Pepper8 annual inflation outputs for Years 3–7 so that Year 8 initial supply realigns.
Supply is uncapped after Tokenomics 2.0.
Docs state inflation decays to 1.88% annually from Year 14 and persists; net supply can become deflationary depending on fee burn, but no fixed cap exists.
Monthly linear emission within each annual period.
To present monthly granularity, annual inflation totals are spread linearly over each period.

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