Athenanomics — ATH’s Token Distribution
PLEASE NOTE: the tokenomics for Athena Finance have been completely revamped. Find the update here.
Tokenomics are a critical component of any crypto endeavor. Our team has devoted significant time and effort to devising our tokenomics, and we are thrilled to present them to you. In this article, we will introduce the ATH token and offer an in-depth analysis of the distribution for the ATH token.
The ATH Token
ATH is the core token for the Athena Finance protocol. Users on Athena can lock it to receive a significant share of our protocol revenue, lock and vote on our gauges to receive bribes, and may find more utility as other protocols are added to Athena. Providing ATH liquidity will also receive incentives from the protocol. ATH will be used as an incentive for converting and staking HUM along with any other protocols we decide to aggregate.
Distribution Overview
There will be a maximum token supply of 100M ATH tokens. The breakdown of these tokens and their vesting schedules are listed in the graphic below. We have also provided a detailed description of each allocation in this article.
Liquidity Mining
The liquidity mining program accounts for 55% of ATH token supply and is made up of three components:
1. xHUM staking
HUM conversion is the most important feature of the Athena protocol for generating long-term value for ATH. Thus, it is important for us to allocate a substantial portion of our emissions to xHUM stakers.
2. LP staking
To further enhance Athena’s success, we will need to have liquid capital markets in which users can enter and exit positions with ease. This goes for both our HUM-xHUM and ATH-METIS liquidity pools which we will host Hermes.
3. Bonus Incentives
From time to time, the protocol may opportunistically offer bonus incentives to try to accumulate more HUM, more TVL from LPers, or more of another token.
Liquidity Mining Distribution
The distribution of these emissions will follow a logarithmic function, where the emission rate is higher early on and slows down over time. Incentivizing high yields for our earliest users ensures that Athena builds a solid base of HUM at the onset, which will increase the amount of veHUM we can earn in the long-run. This will result in long-term sustainable value and rewards for users into perpetuity.
A portion of our liquidity mining emissions will be used on an as-needed basis. If we see that our current emission rate is not high enough to be competitive with other protocols or the broader market, we will tap into our bonus emission supply to further incentivize rewards. These rewards can go towards xHUM stakers, LP stakers or other initiatives based on need.
Team
We’ve allocated 22% of our ATH token supply for the Athena team and its future employees. These tokens will have a 6 month cliff and then vest linearly over the following 12 months.
Vector Allocation
Athena is built by the core team from Vector Finance — a DeFi hub and yield aggregator on Avalanche. Since Athena would not exist without Vector, we have allocated a portion of the token to VTX holders. 8% of ATH will be vested to VTX lockers. We also hope and anticipate that many users from Vector will be excited to use and deposit tokens on Athena, as well as explore other protocols on Metis.
The vest will proceed over a period of 12 months, starting at the launch of Athena. Users will receive ATH based on the amount of VTX they have locked, during that 12 month period. To measure this we’ll take 12 random snapshots throughout the year. After each Snapshot an amount of ATH will begin vesting for these lockers.The first snapshot will occur very soon after the launch of Athena Finance.
This means that Athena team tokens are going to be distributed to a network of thousands of people who are passionate about DeFi, and they’ll have to bridge over to Metis to claim these tokens! May as well make a pit stop at Athena.
Public Sale
Athena is extremely excited to launch on Metis, and are building our own launchpad UI and smart contracts to do so! This public sale of ATH tokens will raise the liquidity we need for the protocol while giving the earliest access possible to buyers. We’ve allocated 10% of our total token supply to the sale, whereby participants will receive ATH token, locked ATH token (LATH), and ATH-METIS LP — to help us bootstrap our liquidity for ATH.
We’ll have more details on the public sale coming up soon!
Community Treasury
5.0% of our token supply will be allocated to our community treasury. This treasury will be used for various purposes such as bug bounties, partnerships, marketing, and community engagement. This community treasury will vest over a period of 10 months starting at the public launch.
What’s Next?
Watch out for more articles like this breaking down how Athena will build on top of Hummus, details on our roadmap, the public sale, and more. Get ready for the launch coming up in May, and be on the look out for other AMAs and events with protocols from the Metis ecosystem soon.
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