Grass (GRASS)
Unlock Schedule
Grass (GRASS) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Grass (GRASS) 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 GRASS 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
Grass tokenomics are designed around long‑term network growth. The GRASS token has a fixed total supply of 1,000,000,000 with no inflation mechanism described in the docs. The initial allocation is: (grass-foundation.gitbook.io)
- Community: 300,000,000 (30%)
- Future incentives: 170,000,000
- Router rewards: 30,000,000
- Airdrop One: 100,000,000
- Foundation & Ecosystem Growth: 228,000,000 (22.8%)
- Early Investors: 252,000,000 (25.2%) with a 1‑year cliff, then 1‑year vesting
- Contributors: 220,000,000 (22%) with a 1‑year cliff and 3‑year vesting
Utility spans three main categories:
- Staking and routing security. Holders can stake GRASS by delegating to routers. Rewards accrue continuously; unstaking takes seven days before withdrawal. As the routing layer decentralizes, routers with more delegated stake are scheduled to handle more traffic, sharing rewards with their delegators. Documentation notes that slashing is not live yet but may be considered in future updates. (grass-foundation.gitbook.io)
- Governance and ecosystem funding. The foundation and ecosystem allocations are designed to be deployed through governance to upgrades, partnerships, and growth. (grass-foundation.gitbook.io)
- Fees and on‑network incentives. Over time, protocol fees and marketplace demand for verifiable datasets are intended to feed value back into the network. Official materials and exchange primers summarize these functions consistently. (grass-foundation.gitbook.io)
These mechanics—plus periodic community incentive programs—form the core of Grass tokenomics. Many readers track GRASS price as a proxy for adoption, but structurally the token was built to reward the real activity that powers the data pipeline. (grass-foundation.gitbook.io)
Assumptions
- Airdrop One distribution modeled as linear from 2024-10-28 to 2025-03-27.
Docs provide claim start and extended end dates but not exact day-by-day claim distribution; a linear monthly model approximates cumulative circulating supply growth during the claim window.
- Router Rewards (30,000,000) modeled as 30-month linear from TGE.
Docs specify the pool size and purpose but not a cadence. A 30‑month linear schedule reflects early bootstrapping incentives and aligns with the long-run circulating supply trajectory shown in the docs’ monthly chart.
- Future Incentives (170,000,000) modeled as 36-month linear from TGE.
Docs define category and intent but no release cadence; assumed multi‑year retroactive/community programs typical for DePIN projects.
- Foundation & Ecosystem Growth (228,000,000) modeled as 60-month linear from TGE.
Docs describe ongoing operational/ecosystem use without a vesting schedule; a 5‑year linear model reflects gradual governance‑directed spend apparent from the circulating supply chart.
- No PoW/PoS issuance modeled; staking rewards come from fees and/or designated incentive pools, not new inflation.
Docs describe staking delegation to routers and fee mechanics but do not specify new‑token issuance for network security.
- Investor and Contributor cliffs anchored to TGE date (2024-10-28).
Docs state 1‑year cliff for both categories; TGE timing and Airdrop One launch provide the anchor date.
- 1. https://grass-foundation.gitbook.io/grass-docs/introduction/grass/grass-tokenomics
- 2. https://grass-foundation.gitbook.io/grass-docs/introduction/grass/grass-airdrop-one
- 3. https://grass-foundation.gitbook.io/grass-docs/introduction/general-grass-faq
- 4. https://grass-foundation.gitbook.io/grass-docs/introduction/grass/grass-staking
- 5. https://grass-foundation.gitbook.io/grass-docs/architecture/router
- 6. https://grass-foundation.gitbook.io/grass-docs/architecture/fee-market
Allocations
Description
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GRASS is a utility token for the Grass Network, a decentralized system built on Solana. It’s used for rewards, staking, and governance. The network collects web data for AI training using residential nodes.
| Sector: | AI & Compute |
| Blockchain: | Solana |