NEO (NEO)
Unlock Schedule
NEO (NEO) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
As of October 16, 2026, 70.53 million of the 100 million NEO (70.53%) have been released. No further releases are scheduled; the schedule was fully unlocked on March 24, 2020.
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
NEO has a maximum supply of 100 million tokens. On its native network, it can be transferred only in whole units. GAS is divisible and pays for activity such as transfers, smart-contract execution, and data storage. GAS has no fixed maximum supply on Neo N3: new units are created with blocks, while GAS paid as system fees is burned. Network fees go to the consensus node that includes the transaction in a block. (docs.neo.org)
Holding NEO earns a share of newly created GAS without locking up the tokens. Voting for an elected council member makes a holder eligible for a larger share. Under N3’s distribution rules, 10% of newly created GAS goes to NEO holders, 80% goes to eligible voters, and 10% goes to council and consensus members. These percentages describe how GAS is divided; the amount created per block is a setting the council can change. (docs.neo.org)
Voting gives NEO its main practical role. A holder chooses a council candidate using a compatible wallet, and the amount of NEO in that address determines the weight of the vote. GAS then supports the other side of the system: it pays for the computing and recording work that makes applications run. Someone who wants to send NEO from a self-managed N3 wallet therefore also needs GAS for the transaction fee. (docs.neo.org)
Assumptions
All 100 million NEO were created at genesis; later Foundation unlocks and spending move existing NEO rather than minting more. Foundation records date a 1,660,865-NEO unlock to March 24, 2020, and report spending in 2019 and the first half of 2020 against named development, ecosystem and investment budgets. Much of the earlier distribution and later reserve activity lacks established payment dates, and the contingency budget has no dated spending plan. The chart can show the genesis mint and supported dated or source-period releases, while keeping issuance, unlocks and spending separate and labeling coarse-period placements as estimates.
- Seed and crowdfunding supporters: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Neo Foundation reserve: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Neo Foundation reserve: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Developer and Foundation incentives and operations: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Developer and Foundation incentives and operations: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Ecosystem developer and community incentives: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Ecosystem developer and community incentives: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Investments in other blockchain projects: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
- Investments in other blockchain projects: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- Foundation contingency: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
- 1. https://neo.org/neogas
- 2. https://neo.org/about
- 3. https://neo.org/files/NEO%20Foundation%20Financial%20Report-2019Jun.pdf
- 4. https://neo3.azureedge.net/files/Financial%20Report%20FY2019.pdf
- 5. https://neo.org/blog/details/4191
- 6. https://neo.org/files/Finacial%20Report%202020H1.pdf
- 7. https://developers.neo.org/docs/n3/foundation/governance
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
Perpetuals: 4 markets on Binance, OKX and Hyperliquid · $4.3M open interest
 Binance (CEX) | 749K | 40K/41K |
 OKX (CEX) | 249K | 30K/26K |
Binance (CEX) | 129K | 7.9K/14K |
Binance (CEX) | 102K | 10K/8.5K |
 KuCoin (CEX) | 85K | 2.4K/5.5K |
 MEXC (CEX) | 78K | 28K/29K |
MEXC (CEX) | 58K | 21K/35K |
 Bitget (CEX) | 47K | 43K/44K |
 Gate.io (CEX) | 33K | 34K/33K |
 HTX (CEX) | 14K | 276/1.7K |
MEXC (CEX) | 12K | 4.2K/6K |
Gate.io (CEX) | 11K | 3.3K/1.7K |
OKX (CEX) | 7.8K | 1.4K/1.6K |
 Kraken (CEX) | 5.6K | 11K/18K |
KuCoin (CEX) | 3.5K | 630/3.7K |
Kraken (CEX) | 2.2K | 11K/8.7K |
OKX (CEX) | 548 | 1.9K/1.9K |
Gate.io (CEX) | 261 | 1.3K/1.3K |
Allocations
Parts of this allocation with their own release dates are charted as their own allocations; the chart shows the rest here.
Not yet scheduled: 29,470,000 tokens of its parts have no release date yet. The chart shows them as TBD from today, not as unlocked.
Tokenomics Overview
Market Data
Tile coloring: Green indicates positive changes, red indicates negative changes, and neutral indicates no significant trend or unavailable data.
Perpetuals: 4 markets on Binance, OKX and Hyperliquid · $4.3M open interest
Binance (CEX) | 749K | 40K/41K |
OKX (CEX) | 249K | 30K/26K |
Binance (CEX) | 129K | 7.9K/14K |
Binance (CEX) | 102K | 10K/8.5K |
KuCoin (CEX) | 85K | 2.4K/5.5K |
MEXC (CEX) | 78K | 28K/29K |
MEXC (CEX) | 58K | 21K/35K |
Bitget (CEX) | 47K | 43K/44K |
Gate.io (CEX) | 33K | 34K/33K |
HTX (CEX) | 14K | 276/1.7K |
MEXC (CEX) | 12K | 4.2K/6K |
Gate.io (CEX) | 11K | 3.3K/1.7K |
OKX (CEX) | 7.8K | 1.4K/1.6K |
Kraken (CEX) | 5.6K | 11K/18K |
KuCoin (CEX) | 3.5K | 630/3.7K |
Kraken (CEX) | 2.2K | 11K/8.7K |
OKX (CEX) | 548 | 1.9K/1.9K |
Gate.io (CEX) | 261 | 1.3K/1.3K |