Zora (ZORA)
Unlock Schedule
Zora (ZORA) Token Unlock & Vesting Schedule
The unlock chart above provides a clear visual overview of the Zora (ZORA) 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 ZORA 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
Zora tokenomics at a glance
The ZORA token launched with a planned fixed supply of 10,000,000,000 on Base. Allocation, per Zora’s official tokenomics, is designed to support users first and fund development over time: 10% for a retroactive airdrop; 20% for incentives and public goods; 5% for liquidity; 20% to the treasury; 18.9% to the team; and 26.1% to strategic contributors. Vesting schedules generally begin six months after TGE, with treasury unlocking over 48 months and team/investors over 36 months. (support.zora.co)
An airdrop of 1,000,000,000 ZORA (10% of supply) was allocated to 2,415,024 unique addresses based on activity snapshots, rewarding creators, collectors, and developers who helped build Zora’s culture. (support.zora.co)
What the ZORA token does (and does not do)
ZORA is intentionally simple. It does not grant governance rights or equity; it’s used mainly for community incentives, rewards, liquidity programs, and as a payout currency within the Coins protocol. Zora describes the token as “for fun and social engagement,” signaling it’s not meant to serve as a control token. In short, the ZORA token is a native asset that greases the wheels of creator rewards rather than a governance coin. (support.zora.co)
What can shape ZORA price over time?
While this page doesn’t include live market data, common drivers for any asset like ZORA include:
- Creator demand for content coins and overall usage of Zora’s protocol on Base.
- Exchange and DEX liquidity, plus integrations that reduce friction to trade.
- Release schedules tied to Zora tokenomics (team, investor, and treasury unlocks).
- Broader crypto cycles and interest in SocialFi. (support.zora.co)
Assumptions
- Allocations marked 'Not subject to lockup restrictions' (Airdrop, Incentives, Liquidity) are modeled as fully unlocked on TGE (2025-03-11).
Official tokenomics explicitly state no lockups; exact intra-day distribution timing to end users may vary, but unlock status is immediate.
- Linear vesting begins exactly six months after TGE on 2025-09-11 and accrues evenly by month until the stated end dates.
Official tokenomics specify 'Unlocks monthly over 36/48 months starting six months after TGE' without additional cliffs or step-ups; modeled as straight-line monthly.
- ZORA is a fixed-supply ERC-20 token on Base with no ongoing PoW/PoS issuance or protocol inflation.
Token contract shows a fixed max total supply minted at TGE; no emissions mechanisms are described in official materials.
- 1. https://support.zora.co/en/articles/4797185
- 2. https://usw2.frontkb-cdn.com/attachments/8949722/241665/0aadcdf0-731e-44d2-8dc8-895ffd7d7210.jpeg
- 3. https://basescan.org/tx/0x0825dac372c72fa8abbb2310ca76e103ae9d853c308d608b797c03229f40cca4
- 4. https://basescan.org/token/0x1111111111166b7fe7bd91427724b487980afc69