Tokenomics
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56.67% of $KAITO is devoted to Community & Ecosystem.
Of that, 19.5% will go towards initial and long term community airdrops and incentives.
32.2% Ecosystem & Network Growth – Dedicated to fuelling ecosystem expansion through grants, marketing, incentives, and other initiatives that drive sustained adoption and innovation.
2% Binance Hodler – Allocated to strengthen strategic partnerships between the Binance and Kaito communities.
10% Initial Community & Ecosystem Claim – Designed to recognize and reward our early community members and ecosystem partners.
7.5% Long-term Creator Incentives – Reserved for rewarding creators over the long-term, initially on X and eventually across other platforms.
5% Liquidity Incentives – Allocated for staking and liquidity incentives.
10% Foundation – Ensures the sustainable development and long-term growth of the Foundation.
25% Core Contributors – Reserved for Kaito's core contributors.
8.3% Early Backers – Allocated to Kaito’s early investors.
This allocation includes the initial Kaito Yapper community, Genesis NFT holders, and ecosystem yappers and partners.
Our overall approach is guided by two key principles:
Rewarding alignment: Distributing $KAITO to those who are most aligned with the Kaito community and most likely to actively participate in our InfoFi roadmap over the long term.
Maintaining a merit-based system while ensuring fairness and equity to the best of our ability.
Under these principles, we have gone beyond simply counting total yaps. Instead, we have conducted a comprehensive AI-powered analysis to assess a large number of factors, including Kaito value alignment, long-term loyalty, ecosystem participation, Kaito Connect governance involvement, regional and emerging yappers, onchain reputation, and more.
Key Evaluation Factors
Yaps: Represents tokenized attention, serving as proof-of-work, proof-of-engagement, and proof-of-insight.
Kaito value alignment: This includes all public discussions about Kaito, analyzed and quantified into an alignment score based on our core values and mission.
Kaito long-term loyalty: This measures discussions and engagements before the launch of Kaito Yaps, evaluating impact and consistency over the past 3 years to reflect genuine commitment to the Kaito ecosystem.
Overall Kaito ecosystem participation: This identifies supporters who are active in both Kaito Pro and Kaito Yaps.
Governance participation: Recognizing active involvement in Yapper Launchpad voting.
Regional yappers: Acknowledging the diversity of our community across different geographies.
Emerging yappers: Encouraging rising voices and creators to thrive within the Kaito ecosystem.
Onchain reputation: Recognizing meaningful onchain activity, reputation, and Genesis NFT holding period.
Broadening Participation & Recognition
While the Yaps system is intentionally designed with a social reputation threshold, we recognize the collective contributions of the broader yapper community. Therefore, we have decided to reward not only those with Yaps but also a much wider community base that meets certain thresholds for either social reputation or ecosystem participation.
For Kaito Pro users, in addition to rewarding those with crossover engagement in the Yaps ecosystem, we will allocate a separate initiative within the Ecosystem and Network Growth allocation. This will incentivize all Kaito Pro users to actively contribute to building the InfoFi future. We believe there is immense synergy in integrating these two ecosystems into a cohesive whole.
We have also set aside an allocation for ecosystem partners, who have been early adopters of the Yapper Leaderboard and Yapper Launchpad ecosystem (e.g., Berachain, MegaETH, Story Protocol, Anime, Corn, etc.). We will collaborate with relevant teams on distribution, ensuring that these rewards are explicitly allocated to end users.
Creators form the backbone of the attention economy, and this allocation is designed to foster sustained, high-quality content creation while attracting new creators to the network over time. By rewarding those who spark meaningful discussions, we aim to support the creator community and reinforce the value of truly impactful contributions within the network.
This allocation is designated to fund grants, marketing, incentives, and other initiatives that drive sustained adoption and innovation. We encourage a wide range of collaborative endeavours that enrich the InfoFi ecosystem.
Allocated to strengthen strategic partnerships between the Binance and Kaito communities.
This allocation is designed to incentivize both staking activities and liquidity provision. Staking ensures long-term alignment with the network and active participation in the InfoFi ecosystem, as voting rights are derived from staked $KAITO. Meanwhile, liquidity provision supports a healthy and vibrant market for $KAITO.
The Kaito Foundation allocation is dedicated to driving core platform development, governance research, and strategic initiatives that are necessary for the Kaito ecosystem. This helps safeguard the network’s future and ensures that core operations remain fully supported.
This allocation recognizes those who built the foundations of Kaito and brought the ecosystem to where it is today, as well as driving the sustained growth of the network tomorrow. Vesting schedules ensure the core contributors remain aligned with Kaito’s vision over the long term, maintaining a steadfast commitment to building a shared network for creators, users and brands.
This allocation is provided to our early backers, including our Seed and Series A investors, who were invaluable in providing financial commitment and strategic guidance since the early days of Kaito. Vesting schedules ensure the early backers remain aligned with Kaito's vision over the long term and continue to provide their support in building out the future of InfoFi.
Consideration for X Deactivated/Suspended Accounts
If your account on X was deactivated or suspended at the time of claim, you can reach out to the Kaito team and we will work with you to ensure your eligibility is properly accounted for.
Consideration for AI Agents' allocation
AI agents' allocation will be reserved for governance voting after the claim period (~30 days). The Kaito community has previously expressed differing views on this matter, so we would like to put it to a vote. This approach ensures that the allocation aligns with the broader goals of the Kaito ecosystem. Governance will determine whether and how these funds should be distributed.
