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Tokenomics and vesting

JOLT pays network and native-service fees, backs validator stake and supports funded ecosystem services. This page explains the presale supply model and the token mechanisms the reference node implements. Neither establishes a live genesis supply or final launch parameters.

No JOLT allocation is final. The protocol paper leaves total supply, allocation and distribution out of scope, and earlier allocation percentages are no longer part of the design. Any published allocation will need a supply base, reserve accounts, release authority and budgets that fit within the declared supply.

Presale model​

The presale model offers up to 10% of a raise-dependent supply. At its one-JOLT-per-USDC reference rate, the pre-burn supply model is ten times the successful raise: a $250,000 raise implies 2.5 million JOLT; $1 million implies 10 million. Its liquid option allocates half the JOLT and records the other half for burning. Each post-sale bonding curve offers another 2.5% of that model supply.

The offering is a share of the presale supply model, not a final genesis allocation. Do not present it as one. See presale terms and curves.

The Arc contracts record purchases, burns, refunds and curve balances. They do not mint native JOLT or the launch NFTs. A reviewed launch distribution must reconcile those records with refunds, net curve holdings, remaining allocations and actual supply.

Vesting​

The presale records a tradeable vested FNFT allocation, but its release period, cliff and launch claim mechanism are not yet implemented or published. Publish the FNFT's exact schedule before presenting a purchase as having specific vesting rights.

Native vesting grants lock a funded amount for a beneficiary. Before the cliff nothing releases; at the cliff the accrued share becomes claimable, followed by linear vesting through the term. Anyone may trigger a claim, but payment goes to the beneficiary. A revocable grant returns the unvested remainder to its grantor without confiscating already vested amounts.

Supply, fees and liquidity​

Supply evolves as next supply = current supply + issuance − burns. Unlocking a grant or distributing a funded farm reserve changes circulation, not issuance. Buying back JOLT reduces supply only if it is burned.

Transaction fees go to the proposer by default in the reference profile. Any split of fees to SAFU, liquidity incentives or burns would be a separate, published decision. The design does not fund SAFU from token-sale proceeds.

A JOLT/USDC launch farm would stream rewards from a funded reserve. The reference farm does not mint. Its rate, capacity, eligible pools and launch dates remain to be published. An APR snapshot depends on reward value and eligible liquidity, and is not a fixed return. Ordinary LPs retain withdrawal rights; permanently committed seed liquidity is a separate position. SAFU funding is separate from farm rewards.

Community and application incentives​

Community airdrops, application grants and rewarded testnet events are not specified by the protocol design. Any program needs its own published budget, eligibility rules, vesting and claim process. Test participation alone does not guarantee a mainnet allocation, and customer deposits and SAFU cannot finance incentives.