Introducing zkVerify Tokenomics: Fueling a Decentralized and Verifiable Future
The world runs on trust, but in a decentralized economy, verification is what truly matters. zkVerify is set to redefine how cryptographic proofs are verified at scale, and at the heart of this revolution is the zkVerify token.
With staking rewards, governance participation, and a sustainable token model, the zkVerify token is designed to fuel the trust economy and empower a decentralized and verifiable future.
Here’s your first look at how zkVerify tokenomics will work.
More Than Just A Token
As ZK adoption grows across AI, DeFi, gaming, supply chains, and identity, the demand for fast, efficient, and trustless proof verification is exploding.
zkVerify is the premier platform for advanced zero-knowledge proof verification. It achieves this while being both decentralized and permissionless, incurring low gas costs, and is designed for modular interoperability across Web2 and Web3 applications.
Operating on a secure and well-supported blockchain, zkVerify is designed to enhance applications in the AI, finance, gaming, and business operations space with verified computation and selective disclosure of underlying data.
The zkVerify isn’t just another blockchain token—it’s the fuel that powers a decentralized network of validators, ensuring that proofs are verified in real-time, at scale, and without reliance on centralized authorities.
With the token, zkVerify ensures:
✅ Permissionless verification of ZK proofs
✅ Fast & low-cost validation across blockchains
✅ Security through a robust staking model
✅ Decentralized governance to guide the future of zkVerify
Let’s break it down.
Key Highlights of zkVerify Tokenomics and Governance
The zkVerify tokenomics model is built to ensure sustainable growth, security, and incentivization for network participants.
Token Usage
- zkVerify’s token serves as the backbone of the zkVerify ecosystem, enabling transaction validation, staking for network security, governance, and protocol incentives.
Validator Rewards and Inflation Model
A dynamic staking mechanism secures the zkVerify network with a variable inflation rate designed to optimize participation and economic security.
- The Nominated Proof of Stake system allows token holders to participate in network security by either running a validator node or nominating validators.
- Initial inflation rate: 3% annually, adjusting based on staking levels to incentivize participation.
Governance
zkVerify is governed by a DAO domiciled in the Cayman Islands, ensuring that network decisions align with community interests. Governance follows advanced Substrate OpenGov features, and the zkVerify Foundation ensures protocol operations.
zkVerify plans to move from a partially centralized model to a fully decentralized governance structure on a 3-year timeline.
Token Distribution
zkVerify token allocation is designed with a transparent and equitable distribution model, with clear unlock schedules to ensure long-term protocol sustainability.
At genesis, 1 billion zkVerify tokens will be distributed:
| Allocation Categories | Token Amount | % of Total | Unlock Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community | 350,000,000 | 35% | 29% at TGE, remaining unlocks monthly over 48 months beginning at 12 months |
| Foundation | 313,750,000 | 31.375% | 47% at TGE, remaining unlocks monthly over 24 months beginning at TGE |
| Core Contributors | 196,250,000 | 19.625% | 0% at TGE, Monthly over 12 months beginning at 12 months |
| Investors | 140,000,000 | 14% | 0% at TGE, Monthly over 12 months beginning at 12 months |
| Total | 1,000,000,000 | 100% |
Token Allocation Categories Explained
Community
These tokens are used to grow the community of the project. Distribution examples are:
- Developers creating projects that use zkVerify as in hackathon rewards, grant programs, and ZK application incubator programs
- Campaigns to provide tokens to users who want to be part of the community
- Any other activity designed to provide tokens to users doing community activities
Foundation
These tokens are for the Foundation operations. This includes
- People working for the Foundation directly to grow the project
- Organizations providing services to the Foundation
- Exchange liquidity and market-making operations
- Other Foundation operational expenses
Core Contributors
These tokens are for payments to the organizations building and improving the zkVerify technology. It includes:
- zkVerify technology development, testing, productions
- Security review
- Ongoing improvements
Investors
The tokens are for the investors in Ellipsis Distributed System to be able to purchase tokens with the Token Warrants. Investors fund the development and growth of the zkVerify project.
Token Unlock Schedule
Unlock schedules ensure a fair, transparent release model.
Positioning for the Future
zkVerify is poised to become the backbone of ZKP-driven applications in Web2 and Web3 ecosystems. With its cost-effective, scalable, and interoperable platform, zkVerify enables the widespread adoption of privacy-preserving and trust-enhancing technologies.
The full whitepaper is coming soon, but for now, stay connected with zkVerify and be part of the future of scalable, permissionless verification.
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