Filecoin Approaches End of Six-Year Token Vesting Schedule
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Filecoin is nearing the conclusion of its six-year vesting period, which has been releasing tokens to early investors and contributors since the project launched. The end of this vesting schedule is expected to remove approximately 68 million FIL from annual token releases.
WHY IT MATTERS
When a crypto project launches, it often locks up a portion of its tokens and releases them gradually over time — this is called "vesting." Think of it like a trust fund that pays out in installments rather than all at once. Filecoin has been doing this for six years, releasing about 68 million FIL tokens annually to early investors and project contributors. As this vesting period ends, that stream of new tokens entering circulation stops. For anyone learning about crypto, this is a good example of how "tokenomics" — the rules governing a token's supply — are designed at a project's inception and can have long-term effects on how many tokens are available in the market.
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