Peaq (PEAQ)
Unlock Schedule
Peaq (PEAQ) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Peaq (PEAQ) 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 PEAQ 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
Supply and issuance
- Ticker: PEAQ
- Genesis supply: 4,200,000,000 PEAQ
- Issuance: disinflationary, beginning at 3.5% annual inflation and decreasing 10% per year until it stabilizes at 1%
- Unlocks: scheduled across funding, community, team, and other buckets, with transparent reporting of circulating vs. unlocked supplies
This model is designed to reward early participation while trending toward low, steady issuance as the network matures. (docs.peaq.network)
Where PEAQ is used
- Gas: all transactions on the Peaq blockchain use PEAQ for fees
- Security: validators and delegators stake PEAQ to help produce blocks; misbehavior can be penalized
- Governance: holders can vote on key protocol decisions
- DePIN rewards and treasuries: issuance and fees route to staking rewards and several treasuries, including DePIN and machine‑subsidy pools that bootstrap real‑world networks
According to the protocol design, newly minted tokens and fees are allocated to validators/delegators (40%), security (10%), general treasury (25%), DePIN treasury (20%), and machine subsidies (5%). (docs.peaq.network)
Peaq tokenomics in action
As activity grows, machine transactions, staking, and governance tie utility to real‑world usage rather than pure speculation. The network also highlights that unlocked tokens are not the same as circulating tokens under common methodology definitions, and it provides foundation‑managed addresses for transparency. (docs.peaq.network)
Assumptions
- Supply is uncapped; ongoing inflation modeled for 13 years until 1% floor
Official docs specify disinflationary model starting at 3.5% and decreasing 10% annually until stabilizing at 1%.
- Community Sale TGE counted on 2024-12-06
Docs note CoinList sale added to circulating supply on Dec 6, 2024; modeled initial cliff and 6-month linear from that date.
- Get Real and Early Adopters unlock modeled as 3-month cliffs (100%)
Docs specify 3-month lock-ups and 0 months linear; treated as full cliff releases.
- Network Security ‘Core Time Lease’ starts vesting at genesis
Docs specify 24-month linear vest; start date not explicitly stated; assumed from TGE for monthly modeling.
- Initial Community Campaign exact TGE amount rounded to allocation total
Docs list 2% (84,000,000) but show 84,000,800 as ‘available at TGE’; treated as 84,000,000 for internal consistency; minor rounding discrepancy noted.
- Treasury and reserve buckets excluded from circulating schedule until spent
Docs state these addresses are Foundation-managed and not considered circulating supply initially; no deterministic release schedule provided.
- PoS rewards distributed linearly monthly within each annual period
Docs show constant monthly inflation amounts per year; 40% assumed to flow continuously as staking rewards.