The Sandbox (SAND)
Unlock Schedule
The Sandbox (SAND) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the The Sandbox (SAND) 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 SAND 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 distribution
The Sandbox tokenomics specify a fixed maximum supply of 3,000,000,000 SAND. The initial allocation at launch included: 25.82% Company Reserve, 19% Team, 12% Foundation, 12% Binance Launchpad Sale, 17.18% Seed Sale, 10% Advisors, and 4% Strategic Sale. This distribution was set in 2020 and is widely referenced in official research. (binance.com)
The vesting schedule has now completed. Industry trackers note SAND’s vesting period concluded on August 12, 2025, meaning all initially allocated tokens have unlocked and ongoing supply dynamics are driven by market flows rather than scheduled emissions. (messari.io)
Utility inside the platform
- Medium of exchange: SAND is used to buy LAND, ASSETs, avatar items, services, and event passes across The Sandbox marketplace and experiences.
- Governance: SAND and LAND holders participate in The Sandbox DAO via Snapshot voting; voting power counts SAND and LAND (converted to SAND equivalent) across Ethereum and Polygon.
- Staking: SAND staking on Polygon distributes weekly or monthly reward allocations to participants through the platform’s staking dashboard. (docs.sandbox.game)
Fee capture and ecosystem funding
The whitepaper outlines a 5% transaction fee on SAND‑denominated marketplace activity, split 50/50 between the Staking Pool (to reward stakers) and the Foundation (to fund creator grants and ecosystem growth). This supports a circular economy: marketplace usage funds builders and stakers, which in turn encourages more content and engagement. (scribd.com)
What can influence SAND price?
Platform activity is a key driver. Demand for LAND and ASSETs, participation in events and seasons, creator monetization, staking yields, and brand activations can all affect SAND’s usage and perceived value. As The Sandbox tokenomics are fixed‑supply and vesting is complete, future SAND price movements are more tightly tied to real utility and community growth than to unlock schedules. (messari.io)
Assumptions
- Seed and Strategic Sale unlocks modeled as 20% tranches every 6 months after a 12-month cliff over a total 3-year vest.
Explicitly stated by The Sandbox in its Launchpad announcement; monthly granularity represented via cliff events on semi-annual dates.
- Team and Advisors unlocks modeled as equal semi-annual tranches from month 12 to month 60 post-TGE (9 tranches).
Official posts specify 5-year vest with 12-month cliff and releases every 6 months; equal split assumed for exact token amounts per event.
- Company Reserve modeled as linear monthly from 2021-08-13 to 2025-08-13 (48 months after a 12-month cliff).
Official materials confirm the allocation but not cadence; multiple reputable trackers reference a 48‑month vest; linear monthly chosen for charting fidelity.
- Foundation modeled as linear monthly from 2020-08-13 to 2025-08-13 (60 months).
Docs describe Foundation role and fee-capture flows but lack a published vest schedule; linear monthly over 5 years is used to reflect ongoing grant and incentive outflows.
- No PoW/PoS issuance or inflationary emissions exist for SAND.
SAND is a fixed-supply ERC-20 utility token; staking rewards and liquidity mining are funded from existing allocations (e.g., Foundation/fees), not new minting.
- Minor 122,223 SAND discrepancy between percentage-based totals and exact Seed allocation is left as-is.
Binance Research states the Seed allocation as 515,277,777 SAND; percent labels (e.g., 17.18%) are rounded and may not sum exactly to 100%.
- Where exact event day varies by timezone/operations, unlock dates are aligned to the month per TGE anniversary for monthly modeling.
Trackers often display unlocks on the 14th; TGE was on 2020-08-13. Using ISO dates on or near the anniversary meets monthly granularity.
- 1. https://docs.sandbox.game/en/owners/sand
- 2. https://www.binance.com/en/research/projects/The-Sandbox
- 3. https://medium.com/sandbox-game/the-sandbox-game-to-launch-3m-ieo-on-binance-launchpad-7811e9f69ba0
- 4. https://www.binance.com/en/support/announcement/detail/b8e11c5870ba4d16810839473e69a90d
- 5. https://oddgemsofficial.medium.com/the-sandbox-games-ama-transcript-70bea25e2786
- 6. https://medium.com/sandbox-game/introducing-sand-liquidity-mining-b56e99fe2261