Conflux (CFX)
Unlock Schedule
Conflux (CFX) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Conflux (CFX) 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 CFX 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
Genesis Allocation and Governance
CFX had 5 billion tokens at genesis, distributed to long‑term stakeholders and the ecosystem: 40% to the Ecosystem Fund, 36% to the Genesis Team (with four‑year release), 12% to private investors (released over two years), 8% to the Community Fund, and 4% to the Foundation (plus any unsold from earlier categories). A Conflux DAO can adjust key parameters through on‑chain votes. (doc.confluxnetwork.org)
Issuance and Burns
New CFX enters circulation from two sources: PoW block rewards and PoS staking rewards. PoS issuance uses a formula tied to the share of CFX staked, with the base rate set by DAO vote. To counterbalance issuance, Conflux burns a portion of base fees and also burns some CFX when storage sponsorship converts into storage points (CIP‑107). Network parameter updates and periodic community burn decisions have aimed to keep Conflux tokenomics healthy over time. (doc.confluxnetwork.org)
What CFX Does
- Gas and storage: CFX pays transaction gas and collateral for on‑chain storage in Core Space. (doc.confluxnetwork.org)
- Staking and security: Holders stake CFX to participate in PoS and earn protocol rewards for helping secure the network. (doc.confluxnetwork.org)
- Governance: The community can vote to change base rewards, interest rates, and burn ratios. (doc.confluxnetwork.org)
- Sponsorship: Projects can deposit CFX to sponsor user gas and storage so newcomers can use dApps without first buying tokens. (doc.confluxnetwork.org)
The result is a practical design: the CFX token is tied to network use, and network settings—like fee burns—feed back into Conflux tokenomics. Many observers track these fundamentals, along with platform growth, when considering the CFX price over time. (doc.confluxnetwork.org)
Assumptions
- Supply is uncapped; network issuance via PoW and PoS continues and is adjustable by DAO votes.
Official docs describe ongoing PoW/PoS issuance with on-chain parameter voting and no max supply defined.
- Genesis investor and foundation amounts modeled as 12% and 4% respectively; any 'unsold' investor tokens added to foundation are assumed 0 due to lack of disclosed figures.
Docs note '4% plus unsold tokens' but do not publish the unsold amount. Using the stated percentages yields exact 5B genesis allocation.
- Community and Ecosystem Fund unlocks modeled as linear over four years.
Docs state 'unlocked within four years' without a granular schedule; linear monthly approximation is used for charting. Known burns from these pools reduce circulating supply but are not unlocks and are not modeled as releases.
- PoW block rewards modeled with 2 blocks/second continuously within each parameter period.
Conflux uses ~0.5s block time; forum calculations also assume 2 blocks/sec. Exact activation occurs at specific heights; monthly linearization is acceptable for charting.
- PoS issuance before 2025-04-12 and after 2025-08-10 is estimated using the official APY formula with representative circulating and staked values.
Exact time-varying stake and circulation are not centrally published historically; used documented snapshots (e.g., Aug 2023 ~342M staked, ~44M/yr issuance; Feb–Aug 2025 ~710M staked) and applied the formula to estimate totals; monthly linearized.
- Model horizon for ongoing issuance set to 2030-12-31.
Supply is uncapped; for a renderable cumulative chart we bound future emissions with current parameters and note that DAO may change them.
- 1. https://doc.confluxnetwork.org/es/docs/general/conflux-basics/economics
- 2. https://forum.conflux.fun/t/topic/4342
- 3. https://forum.conflux.fun/t/topic/4249
- 4. https://f2pool.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/15803989805977-Upcoming-CFX-block-reward-reduction
- 5. https://github.com/Conflux-Chain/CIPs/blob/master/CIPs/cip-94.md
- 6. https://forum.conflux.fun/t/conflux-announces-new-round-of-cfx-burn-and-staking-plan/22022
- 7. https://forum.conflux.fun/t/announcement-on-the-voting-results-for-conflux-network-key-parameters-round-16/22207
- 8. https://doc.confluxnetwork.org/es/docs/general/hardforks/v2.0
- 9. https://doc.confluxnetwork.org/docs/general/conflux-basics/consensus-mechanisms/proof-of-stake/pos_overview
- 10. https://forum.conflux.fun/t/topic/3780
Allocations
Description
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Conflux is a high throughput layer-1 blockchain that utilizes a unique Tree-Graph consensus algorithm, enabling the parallel processing of blocks and transactions for increased throughput and scalability.
| Sector: | Layer 1 |
| Blockchain: | Cosmos |