Token Allocation
Token allocation describes how a token's total or initial supply is assigned among groups such as users, investors, team members, treasury, and ecosystem programs.
✦ Key Insight
It helps users evaluate concentration, incentives, unlock risk, and governance influence.
✕ Common Misconceptions
Allocation charts can omit secondary arrangements, market-maker loans, or later treasury decisions.
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Tokenomics
Tokenomics describes how a crypto token's supply, distribution, incentives, and utility are designed to influence how the token functions over time.
Vesting
Vesting is a schedule that delays when allocated tokens become available to a team, investor, contributor, or other beneficiary.
Treasury
The pool of assets a protocol or DAO controls, used to fund development, incentives and operations.
Holder Concentration
Holder concentration measures how much of a token's supply is controlled by a relatively small number of addresses or entities.
Token Distribution
Token distribution is the process and resulting pattern by which token supply reaches holders.