Gate (GT)
Unlock Schedule
Gate (GT) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Gate (GT) 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 GT 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
GT’s role is twofold: on‑chain utility on GateChain and broad utility across Gate’s products.
Supply history and burns: Gate initially mapped out a 1B issuance schedule, distributed partly via the platform in 2019. The plan later consolidated the cap at 300M. Since GateChain’s mainnet went live in 2019, GT has run a steady burn program (buyback‑and‑burn plus on‑chain auto-burn of part of gas fees). By 2025, Gate reported cumulative on‑chain burns above 170M GT across multiple quarters, with regular updates posted publicly. This long‑running burn reduces effective supply and is a core piece of Gate tokenomics. (gate.io)
Staking and security: On GateChain, users stake GT to help secure the network and can run or delegate to validators. Staking is also how community members participate in the network’s consensus and governance. (gatechain.io)
Platform utility: Holding GT brings trading fee discounts, VIP tier upgrades, and access to events like Startup/Launchpad, Launchpool, and airdrop campaigns. Many of Gate’s perks and early‑access programs are GT‑gated, which links day‑to‑day platform activity to GT demand. (gate.io)
Gas and payments: GT pays for transactions on the Gate blockchain, and it can be used for payments in parts of the ecosystem, including NFT activities that support GT as a settlement asset. (gatechain.io)
How these parts fit together: Network usage and platform activity increase GT demand for gas, staking, and perks. The burn schedule, including quarterly burns and on‑chain auto‑burn tied to activity, reduces supply over time. Together, these forces shape GT price behavior over the long run—but remember, price is displayed dynamically elsewhere on the page. (prnewswire.com)
Assumptions
- Modeled total supply as 330,000,000 GT = 300M initial user distribution + 30M PoS rewards over ~10 years.
Gate.com announcements state 300M GT distributed to users at launch; Gate.io Support/Testnet 4.0 docs and GateChain explorer indicate ongoing PoS block rewards sourced from a 30M pool.
- Initial distribution timing split across warm-up, Phase 1, Phase 2, and Phase 3.
Official distribution timetable specifies these phases; amounts for warm-up (400k), Phase 1 (150M), Phase 2 (50M) are explicit; Phase 3 modeled as linear for remaining 99.6M until 2020-04-08.
- PoS rewards modeled as a single linear schedule (monthly) for the entire program.
Docs cite 0.4 GT per block and a 30M pool over ~10 years; exact monthly emissions depend on block production. If governance changes rate (e.g., halving), that would alter the slope; absent precise change dates, we use a linear approximation.
- Burns are excluded from allocations because they remove tokens rather than introduce them to circulation.
The task asks for mechanisms by which tokens enter circulation. Gate’s quarterly buyback-and-burn and on-chain burn mechanisms reduce supply instead of releasing it.
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