Stacks (STX) Tokenomics, Unlock Schedule and Vesting Chart

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Stacks (STX) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule

As of October 17, 2026, 1.53 billion STX have been released. The schedule is ongoing, with no final release date.

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

What STX does

STX has several roles in one network. Users pay STX fees to transfer assets, deploy contracts, and call applications. Miners earn STX for producing blocks. Holders who lock STX can help support consensus and receive Bitcoin-denominated rewards. PoX-5 also uses STX as part of the capacity paired with BTC in its Bitcoin-staking design. These roles connect demand for the token to network use and participation. (docs.stacks.co)

The supply grows through defined issuance rules rather than a fixed maximum. A 2025 community-approved proposal, SIP-031, created a five-year emissions plan for a Stacks Endowment supporting development and ecosystem programs. Its design included an initial 100 million STX mint for working capital, another 100 million minted with a gradual unlock, and 300 million scheduled for release over five years. Transfers of existing STX also helped fund the endowment. (github.com)

Miner rewards are another source of new STX. The PoX-5 upgrade restored the block reward to 1,000 STX per Bitcoin block during its bootstrap phase, after an earlier reduction. Future issuance rules can change through the SIP governance process. This makes the token’s economic model closely tied to decisions about network security, participation, and growth. (docs.stacks.co)

Assumptions

Stacks began with 1.32 billion minted STX, including investor, employee, treasury and App Mining allocations whose unlocks or awards followed different rules. Miners have earned newly issued STX since 2021, and SIP-031 added two 100-million-STX Endowment mints plus a separate, height-based program described as 300 million STX. Some genesis releases can be shown only as approximate calendar-month estimates, while early mining, employee awards, treasury transfers and several spending budgets lack complete dated payment histories. The chart should keep issuance, unlocking and distributions separate; miner issuance continues without a published end date.

Genesis employee distribution: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Employee tokens reserved for potential future awards: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
2018 LP fund and SAFT sales: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
Genesis-funded Reg A App Mining program: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
Proof-of-Transfer miner block rewards: New issuance depends on network activity, such as staking, so it cannot be dated in advance.
Proof-of-Transfer miner block rewards: Timing not yet established.
Proof-of-Transfer miner block rewards: Emission continues with no published future rate or end date.
Spendability of SIP-031's locked Endowment mint: Releases depend on recipients claiming tokens or on grants being awarded.
SIP-031 per-tenure Endowment emissions: Timing not yet established.
Existing STX pledged as Endowment seed transfers: The sources give the amount but no release dates.
Approved 2026 DeFi working-capital allocation: Releases depend on future governance or treasury decisions.
Foundation-seeded Afghanistan relief program: The sources give the amount but no release dates.

Sources (15)

Initial Supply 1.32B

Unlocked Supply 1.53B

Unlock Progress — No maximum supply

Genesis Date November 2018

Fully Unlocked Ongoing

Allocations 18

Marketcap Rank (#) 92

Price ($) 0.379 -3.90% (7d)

24h Volume ($) 2.3M -33.23% (7d)

Marketcap ($) 726M

Fully Diluted Value ($) N/A

Circulating Supply N/A

Perpetuals: 3 markets on Binance, OKX and Hyperliquid · $14.9M open interest

Spot

Perp


STX/USDT	2.5M	79K/106K
STX/USDT	1.3M	25K/74K
STX/USD	1.1M	63K/135K
STX/USDT	944K	14K/28K
STX/USD	809K	248K/367K
STX/USDT	761K	12K/13K
STX/USDT	541K	56K/51K
STX/USDC	218K	12K/13K
STX/TRY	205K	10K/17K
STX/USDT	158K	11K/21K
STX/EUR	157K	31K/103K
STX/BTC	150K	16K/37K
STX/USDT	94K	23K/29K
STX/USDC	78K	4.8K/5.2K
STX/USDC	74K	24K/36K
STX/USDC	49K	23K/20K
STX/USDT	35K	5.8K/7.5K
STX/BTC	32K	2.5K/3.8K
STX/EUR	8K	9.2K/11K
STX/TRY	2.6K	22K/23K
STX/ETH	568	390/482
STX/USDC	462	418/1.2K

Allocations

Original genesis mint

1,320,000,000 tokens · 8 parts

Parts of this allocation with their own release dates are charted as their own allocations; the chart shows the rest here.

Cliff: November 2018 — 100.00% of allocation · 1,320,000,000 tokens

Sources: Stacks Token Economics and Distribution

Proof-of-Transfer miner block rewards

N/A tokens

Timing not yet established (January 2021 - March 2021): amount unknown

Timing not yet established (Mar 24, 2021 - Apr 14, 2026): amount unknown

Protocol issuance: Block-height based · 7,615,000 tokens

Timing not yet established (Jul 30, 2026 - open): amount unknown

Dates past the last dated anchor are projected at the 600-second target block interval

Sources: Stacks Mining RewardsTechnical SpecificationsSIP-029: Preserving Economic Incentives During Stacks Network UpgradesBitcoin block 945000SIP-045: PoX-5 Bitcoin Staking and Emission Schedule AlignmentStacks 4.0.1 Network UpgradePoX-5 contract deployment

SIP-031 Endowment immediately usable mint

100,000,000 tokens

Cliff: Jul 30, 2025 — 100.00% of allocation · 100,000,000 tokens

Sources: SIP-031: Five-Year Stacks Growth EmissionsSIP-031 contract deployment

SIP-031 Endowment locked mint

100,000,000 tokens · 1 part

Cliff: Jul 30, 2025 — 100.00% of allocation · 100,000,000 tokens

Sources: SIP-031: Five-Year Stacks Growth EmissionsSIP-031 contract deployment

SIP-031 per-tenure Endowment emissions

300,000,000 tokens

Timing not yet established (Jul 30, 2025 - Jul 30, 2026): 24,966,000 tokens

Timing not yet established (Jul 30, 2026 - Jul 30, 2027): 59,918,400 tokens

Timing not yet established (Jul 30, 2027 - Jul 29, 2028): 89,614,800 tokens

Timing not yet established (Jul 29, 2028 - Jul 29, 2029): 68,590,800 tokens

Timing not yet established (Jul 29, 2029 - Jul 29, 2030): 60,706,800 tokens

Dates past the last dated anchor are projected at the 600-second target block interval

Sources: SIP-031: Five-Year Stacks Growth EmissionsBitcoin block 907740

Existing STX pledged as Endowment seed transfers

25,000,000 tokens

Timing not yet established: 25,000,000 tokens

Sources: SIP-031: Five-Year Stacks Growth Emissions

Approved 2026 DeFi working-capital allocation

25,000,000 tokens

Timing not yet established (2026 - 2026): 25,000,000 tokens

Sources: Stacks Treasury Committee: December 2025 Community Update

Foundation-seeded Afghanistan relief program

1,000,000 tokens

Timing not yet established (… - July 2022): 1,000,000 tokens

Sources: Stacks Foundation Jumpstarts New Program Providing Financial Relief for Women in Afghanistan

Last Updated: 2026-09-27 12:00:54 UTC

Description

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Stacks is a cryptocurrency that enables smart contracts and decentralized applications on Bitcoin. It is used to fuel the Stacks network, reward miners, and earn bitcoin by Stacking.

Sector:	Layer 2
Blockchain:	Bitcoin

2018

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