Sidekick (K)
Unlock Schedule
Sidekick (K) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Sidekick (K) 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 K 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
Sidekick tokenomics (Sidekick tokenomics) allocate a fixed total supply of 1,000,000,000 K across several buckets with clear vesting rules:
- Ecosystem Growth: 20% (portion unlocked at TGE, then cliff and linear vesting)
- Long‑term Community Incentives: 20%
- Foundation: 16%
- Core Contributors: 15%
- Investors: 20%
- Advisors: 5%
- Liquidity Incentive: 4%
At launch, a portion of tokens seeded the ecosystem, community incentives, liquidity, and foundation, while investor, advisor, and core contributor allocations follow 12‑month lockups and subsequent linear vesting over two years. The design aims to reward early participation, fund long‑term development, and align contributors over time. (sidekick-protocol.gitbook.io)
Utility-wise, the K token serves as:
- Real-time engagement fuel: tipping, gifting, red packets, and interactive campaigns inside streams.
- Access token: premium rooms, VIP chats, token‑gated Q&As, and early access to creator distributions.
- Staking and subscriptions: unlock perks like boosted discovery, higher engagement tools, and loyalty rewards.
- Creator monetization: streamers earn K from audience actions and can run token‑gated giveaways or airdrops.
- Governance: holders propose and vote on features, incentive programs, and ecosystem growth directions.
This mix turns K into both a participation currency and a coordination tool for the community. (sidekick-protocol.gitbook.io)
Assumptions
- TGE/genesis date modeled as 2025-08-06.
Official Airdrop Terms last updated on 2025-08-06 and multiple primary/industry reports announce token issuance and initial circulating supply that week; used as practical genesis reference.
- Linear vesting modeled as uniform monthly release between start_date and end_date.
Official docs specify linear vesting with durations in months but do not provide per-month tranche amounts.
- No ongoing PoW/PoS issuance or protocol inflation beyond allocated vesting.
Tokenomics and docs define a fixed total supply of 1,000,000,000 K with vesting-based distributions; no mining/staking issuance mechanics described.
- Airdrop distributions are funded from Community/Ecosystem allocations and occur within the defined vesting schedules.
Docs describe airdrop claims and community rewards without creating additional supply; initial circulating supply percentages align with TGE release from those allocations.
- 1. https://sidekick-protocol.gitbook.io/sidekick/sidekick-protocol/introducing-usdk/usdk-tokenomics
- 2. https://sidekick-protocol.gitbook.io/sidekick/sidekick-protocol/introducing-usdk/usdk-token-utilities
- 3. https://sidekick-protocol.gitbook.io/sidekick/sidekick-protocol/airdrop-terms
- 4. https://www.theblockbeats.info/en/flash/306088
- 5. https://www.rootdata.com/news/332868