Core (CORE) Tokenomics, Unlock Schedule and Vesting Chart

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Core (CORE) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule

As of October 26, 2026, 1.5 billion of the 2.1 billion CORE (71.50%) have been released. The remaining 19.19 million CORE, all estimated, come from Contributors and are worth about $0.34 million at today's price (1.28% of the market cap). Today's release is an estimated 8.75 million CORE from Contributors. CORE is fully unlocked in December 2026; after that date the schedule has no further dated releases.

The chart shows gross modeled releases of every allocation: vesting unlocks, new issuance and reserve distributions, each allocation counted once. These have different meanings; a scheduled release is not evidence that tokens entered circulation or were sold. Review the coverage, sources and assumptions below.

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 and distribution

CORE has a stated maximum supply of 2.1 billion coins. The published allocation assigns about 40% to long-term node and consensus rewards, 25% to users, 15% to contributors, 10% to reserves, 9.5% to the treasury, and a small remainder to relayer rewards. The consensus allocation is scheduled to be distributed over 81 years, with its annual issuance rate declining by 3.61%. These figures describe how coins are allocated and released, rather than how many people hold CORE. (docs.coredao.org)

The coin has several connected jobs. It pays gas fees when someone sends a transaction or uses an app. Holders can delegate CORE to support a validator and receive a share of eligible rewards. CORE also has a governance role in decisions about the network. In Dual Staking, a Bitcoin holder who stakes CORE alongside BTC can qualify for a higher share of the Bitcoin staking reward pool; the required ratios can change through governance. (whitepaper.coredao.org)

Core’s economic model also includes rules for handling fees and rewards. Its governance documentation lists the transaction-fee burn percentage as a parameter that can be adjusted. For a reader, the main distinction is between the fixed supply ceiling and the decisions about how network activity, rewards, and fees are distributed within that ceiling. (docs.coredao.org)

Upcoming CORE Releases

Period	Allocation	Type	Amount	Value	% of supply
Oct 26 – 31, 2026	Contributors	Vesting, estimated	1.7M	$29.6K	0.08%
Nov 2026	Contributors	Vesting, estimated	8.8M	$153K	0.42%
Dec 2026	Contributors	Vesting, estimated	8.8M	$153K	0.42%
Total			19.2M	$335.5K	0.91%

Values at $0.017 per CORE (October 26, 2026), today's price, not a forecast. Estimated amounts are modeled from the schedule's rules rather than dated by a source; see the Assumptions below. Releases without dates are listed under Allocations.

Assumptions

Core publishes six budgets totaling its 2.1 billion CORE maximum. Its initial user airdrop had an opening unlock and a two-year monthly plan, contributors had a one-year lock followed by monthly vesting, and consensus rewards were intended to run for approximately 81 years. Reserve, treasury, relayer and named prize payments lack usable CORE-denominated dates or amounts; a 2026 reward-accounting incident further complicates the consensus schedule. The chart can display the estimated genesis creation and planned user and contributor unlocks on separate accounting views, but it cannot present a reconciled actual circulating-supply history.

Node Mining: Consensus Block Rewards: New issuance depends on network activity, such as staking, so it cannot be dated in advance.
Node Mining: Consensus Block Rewards: Timing not yet established.
Users and Community Airdrop: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Foundation Reserves: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
Ecosystem Treasury: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
Relayer Rewards: New issuance depends on network activity, such as staking, so it cannot be dated in advance.
S-Prize #1: Bring Your DeFi: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
S-Prize #2: Gaming on Core: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.

Sources (16)

Max Supply 2.10B

Unlocked Supply 1.50B

Unlock Progress 71.50%

Genesis Date January 2023

Fully Unlocked December 2026

Allocations 9

Marketcap Rank (#) 705

Price ($) 0.017 +1.16% (7d)

24h Volume ($) 832K +212.57% (7d)

Marketcap ($) 26M

Fully Diluted Value ($) 37M

Circulating Supply 71% HIGH

Perpetuals: 1 market on OKX · $1.4M open interest

Spot

Perp


CORE/USDT	846K	20K/26K
CORE/USDT	82K	3.3K/4.8K
CORE/USDT	58K	3.8K/6.3K
CORE/USDT	47K	5.1K/5.9K
CORE/USDT	42K	8.3K/12K
CORE/USD	39K	6K/9.8K
CORE/USDC	2.7K	25K/26K
CORE/TRY	2.1K	12K/12K
CORE/USDT	1.9K	122/186
CORE/EUR	1.4K	25K/24K

Allocations

Genesis CORE Creation TBD

2,100,000,000 tokens · 6 parts

Parts of this allocation with their own release dates are charted as their own allocations; the chart shows the rest here.

Not yet scheduled: 579,342,288.506 tokens of its parts have no release date yet. The chart shows them as TBD from today, not as unlocked.

Cliff: January 2023 — 100.00% of allocation · 2,100,000,000 tokens

Sources: CORE TokenomicsCore Genesis ContractsMainnet is Live

S-Prize #1: Bring Your DeFi

N/A tokens

Timing not yet established (May 2023 - September 2023): amount unknown

Sources: S-Prize #1 — Bring Your DeFi

S-Prize #2: Gaming on Core

N/A tokens

Timing not yet established (May 2023 - September 2023): amount unknown

Sources: S-Prize #2 — Gaming on Core

Last Updated: 2026-09-30 17:54:14 UTC

Description

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Core is a blockchain network built on the Satoshi Plus consensus. It focuses on providing a secure, scalable, and developer-friendly platform that supports the Ethereum Virtual Machine.

Sector:	Layer 2
Blockchain:	Bitcoin

2023