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Token Distribution Overview

The initial distribution of KITTEN tokens is designed to ensure long-term sustainability and fair participation across all users in the ecosystem.

Initial Total Supply Breakdown

Total Supply: 1,000,000,000 KITTEN tokens
CategoryAllocationKITTEN/veKITTENDetails
Airdrop350,000,000 (35%)veKITTENAirdrop for early adopters and participants in Kittenswap
Raise & TGE150,000,000 (15%)KITTEN & veKITTENInitial token generation event for public sale of KITTEN tokens
Initial Liquidity100,000,000 (10%)KITTENPaired with HYPE for the initial liquidity for KITTEN
Team, Contributors & Development200,000,000 (20%)veKITTEN100% in veKITTEN
Treasury100,000,000 (10%)veKITTENTreasury for Kittenswap and ecosystem growth
Kitten Academy100,000,000 (10%)veKITTENMore information coming soon…

Detailed Distribution

Airdrop (35%)

The largest portion of tokens is allocated to the airdrop for early adopters with aligned interests with Kittenswap:
  1. Liquidity
    • Distributed to liquidity providers
    • Weighted and bootstrapped by points
    • Points boosted with multiplier
  2. dApp Interactions
    • For early adopters
    • Early participants in testing and using our dApp
  3. Community
    • Through point distribution to community feedback users
    • To active participants in testing and reporting feedback

NFT & Public Raise - TGE (15%)

15% of the allocation will be reserved for raising funds:
  1. MechaCats Snapshot Phase
    • 3% @ 2.5M FDV
    • Snapshot of MechaCats holders on the 12th May 2025, 16:00 UTC
  2. Phase 1
    • 6% @ 8M FDV
    • Snapshot of points early adopters for round 1 whitelist
  3. Phase 2
    • 2% @ 9.3M FDV
    • Whitelisted to NFT communities and Mechacats
  4. Phase3
    • 4% @ 13M FDV
    • Whitelisted to DeFi users on HyperEVM and Mechacats

Liquidity (10%)

Up to 10% will be paired with HYPE raised to form the initial protocol-owned liquidity.

Team, Contributors & Development (20%)

The allocation is subjected to a max lock of veKITTEN to align long-term interests:
  • 100% in veKITTEN
  • veKITTEN is max locked for 2 years

Treasury (10%)

10% will be reserved for the Treasury for Kittenswap and ecosystem growth. This includes:
  • Bootstrapping initial pools via bribes and incentives
  • Future growth incentives
  • Platform community development and expansion
  • Allocation for future opportunities and challenges
  • And more…

Kitten Academy (10%)

More information about Kitten Academy can be found here.

Emission Voting

veKITTEN holders have significant control over emissions:

Voting Power

  • Proportional to lock duration
  • Maximum voting power for 2-year locks

Gauge Weight Voting

Voters can influence:
  • Gauge-specific emission rates
  • Directly influence the APR of each liquidity pool

Emission Schedule

The emission schedule is designed to maintain long-term sustainability while providing attractive rewards to participants in Kittenswap.

Decaying Emissions

By default, Kittenswap implements a decaying emission schedule that gradually reduces emissions by 1% over time.

Dynamic Emissions

Optionally, Kittenswap also implements dynamic emission that adjusts the emissions based on market conditions up to an increase or decrease of 25% per epoch.

Example Weekly Emission Structure

EpochDefault Decaying EmissionsDynamic ChangeEmissions
120,000,000 KITTEN0%20,000,000 KITTEN
219,800,000 KITTEN (decay 1%)+10%21,780,000 KITTEN
321,562,200 KITTEN (decay 1%)-5%20,484,090 KITTEN
420,279,249.1 KITTEN (decay 1%)-25%15,209,436.825 KITTEN

Incentive Allocation

Kittenswap will also allocate a portion to encourage ecosystem growth and future incentives. This includes:
  • Kitten Academy
  • More information coming soon…

Treasury Allocation

To cover ongoing expenses and development, Kittenswap will allocate a portion of up to 10% (5% currently) of emissions to the Treasury.