CESS Tokenomics Overview
Full CESS tokenomics breakdown: CESS token allocation, vesting schedule, supply distribution, unlock dates, and investor terms.
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TGE DateJune 26, 2025
Max Total Supply10,000,000,000
Total Supply10,000,000,000
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CESS Tokenomics FAQ
Key questions and answers about CESS tokenomics.
What is the token allocation for CESS?
CESS token distribution allocates 10,000,000,000 CESS across 4 primary stakeholder groups:
- Community: 67.50% (Mining Storage Nodes 30.00%, Mining Consensus Nodes 15.00%, Ecosystem & Community Growth 12.00%)
- Insiders: 12.50% (Team & Advisors 12.50%)
- Private Investors: 10.00% (Early Backer 10.00%)
- Foundation: 10.00% (Foundation 10.00%)
What is the vesting schedule for CESS?
CESS uses variable cliffs and vesting schedules that change depending on the allocation:
- Mining Storage Nodes: Halved every 4 years, with an annual decay rate of 0.841.
- Mining Consensus Nodes: Halved every 4 years, with an annual decay rate of 0.841.
- Team & Advisors: 16.0% at TGE , 72 Month Linear Vesting
- Ecosystem & Community Growth: 100.0% at TGE
- Early Backer: 20.0% at TGE , 48 Month Linear Vesting
- Foundation: 20.0% at TGE , 48 Month Linear Vesting
- Market Development Liquidity: 100.0% at TGE
- Influencers: 60.0% at TGE , 6 Month Cliff, 1 Month Nonlinear Vesting
How many CESS tokens unlock at TGE?
26.5% of the total supply (2,650,000,000 CESS) is unlocked at TGE, with the tokens split between Community, Insiders, Investors, and Foundation.
What is the total supply and circulating supply of CESS?
CESS has a total supply of 10,000,000,000 CESS, of which 2,650,000,000 CESS (26.5% of total) is currently circulating.
What is the token emission schedule for CESS?
Total length of the full CESS emission schedule is 31 years, with 40.37% released in Year 1, while the remaining 59.63% is released over the following 30 years.
What percentage of CESS is allocated to the community?
67.5% of the CESS supply is allocated to community focused pools such as Mining Storage Nodes, Mining Consensus Nodes, Ecosystem & Community Growth, and Market Development Liquidity.
What is CESS (CESS)?
CESS tokenomics drives a comprehensive blockchain-based distributed cloud storage ecosystem that transforms data infrastructure through advanced virtualization technology. The protocol utilizes CESS tokens to incentivize storage providers and validate distributed network operations across global nodes. Token holders participate in network governance while earning rewards for contributing storage capacity and bandwidth resources. The system incorporates a global content delivery network enabling seamless data access from any location, creating economic incentives for decentralized storage provision and data retrieval optimization.
