COAI Tokenomics
$COAI powers the ChainOpera AI ecosystem as its native utility token, providing the common medium to access services, recognize contributions, and actively participate in the growth of a decentralized AI network. In this section, we outline its tokenomics, focusing on the token’s distribution and unlock schedule.
Allocation and Distribution
$COAI supports ChainOpera’s mission of “Co-Own. Co-Create. CoAI.” by ensuring that no single group controls the network’s growth. Distribution is designed to recognize those who contribute time, technology, or community leadership. Each allocation is tied to participation or stewardship, reflecting our view that a sustainable AI ecosystem must be collectively built and transparently governed.
Collective Community Share (58.5%)
A majority of the supply is dedicated to ecosystem growth and broad participation. This share is intended to encourage real usage and long-term engagement, rather than short-term trading activity.
Ecosystem Development – 26.9%
Support for developer and agent-builder programs
Infrastructure contributions from GPU, model, or data providers
Hackathons, incubators, and community technical initiatives
Ongoing upgrades to the AI Terminal, Agent Social Network, and Developer Platform
Community Incentives – 22.7%
Recognition of AI creators who launch and improve agents
Acknowledgement of resource providers contributing compute or data
User engagement programs such as feedback campaigns and onboarding drives
Community outreach: ambassadors, meetups, and regional initiatives
Early Distribution and AirDrops – 9%
Dedicated to recognize early contributors and growing the community. They will be distributed through carefully targeted airdrop campaigns designed to recognize meaningful participation and enhancement of the ChainOpera AI ecosystem. The airdrops include:
ChainOpera Community Airdrop (first batch): 1.5%
Binance Alpha Airdrop: 3%
Future Airdrops: 4.5%
Core Team and Contributors (23.1%)
Reserved for the core builders and long-term stewards of ChainOpera AI. Subject to long-term vesting schedules (1-year lock, followed by linear monthly release), ensuring that the team’s incentives are fully aligned with the protocol’s multi-decade vision of decentralized intelligence.
Advisors (1.5%)
Allocated to key advisors who provide strategic guidance and domain expertise. Subject to long-term vesting (1-year lock followed by linear monthly release), ensuring their incentives remain aligned with ChainOpera AI’s multi-decade vision of building a decentralized intelligence ecosystem.
Early Backers and Investors (15.9%)
Allocated to strategic investors and institutional partners whose early support provided the capital, networks, and ecosystem partnerships needed to bring ChainOpera from research into reality. These backers share our vision of bridging AI and crypto by building a user-owned, verifiable intelligence layer that powers the adoption of DeFi, RWA tokenization, payments, and beyond.
Liquidity and Market Stability (1%)
Total Token Supply
The total supply of $COAI is fixed at 1 billion.
Circulation and Unlock Schedule
$COAI unlock schedule is designed to balance early liquidity with long-term alignment, ensuring sustainable growth of the ChainOpera ecosystem and strong commitment from all contributors.
Initial Token Availability at TGE (19.65%)
At the Token Generation Event (TGE), approximately 19.65% of the total $COAI supply will become available. This initial allocation is intended to allow early developers, resource providers, and community participants to access and interact with the ChainOpera ecosystem from the start. The breakdown is as follows.
Category
% of Total Supply
Notes
Ecosystem Development
5.45%
Grants, hackathons, and seeding strategic partners/projects
Airdrops
9%
Early contributor recognition
Community Incentives
4.2%
Early users, developers, providers, engagement rewards
Liquidity and Market Stability
1%
Liquidity Provision
Core Team, Backers, Investors, and Advisors
0%
Fully locked — ensures long-term alignment
Steady Growth Aligned with AI Usage (~25% in Year One)
By the end of the first year, circulating supply will expand to roughly 25%. This controlled release ensures that token supply scales in step with adoption, platform usage, and demand for services—avoiding sudden oversupply while giving the community and ecosystem time to mature organically.
Commitment of Core Team & Backers (4-Year Schedule)
To align long-term incentives, Core Team, Advisors, and Early Backers follow a structured vesting schedule:
1-year lockup period with no unlocks.
Linear monthly unlocks over the next 36 months (1/36 per month).
This ensures that the individuals and institutions who supported ChainOpera early are incentivized to remain active contributors to the ecosystem’s success over the long term.
A Fully Unlocked Ecosystem (48 Months)
By year four, 100% of tokens will be unlocked and in circulation. This measured timeline supports both ecosystem stability and sustainable growth, ensuring that supply gradually matches real demand across AI agents, compute, data providers, and community participants.
*Note: This distribution overview is intended solely to describe how tokens are allocated for the operation and growth of the ChainOpera ecosystem. $COAI is a utility token, designed for access and participation within the network. It does notrepresent equity, ownership of assets, or a guarantee of profit, and it should not be viewed as an investment.
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