> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kittenswap.finance/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Initial Distribution & Dynamic Emissions

> Detailed breakdown of Kittenswap's token distribution and emission schedule

## 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

| Category                         | Allocation        | KITTEN/veKITTEN   | Details                                                         |
| -------------------------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Airdrop                          | 350,000,000 (35%) | veKITTEN          | Airdrop for early adopters and participants in Kittenswap       |
| Raise & TGE                      | 150,000,000 (15%) | KITTEN & veKITTEN | Initial token generation event for public sale of KITTEN tokens |
| Initial Liquidity                | 100,000,000 (10%) | KITTEN            | Paired with HYPE for the initial liquidity for KITTEN           |
| Team, Contributors & Development | 200,000,000 (20%) | veKITTEN          | 100% in veKITTEN                                                |
| Treasury                         | 100,000,000 (10%) | veKITTEN          | Treasury for Kittenswap and ecosystem growth                    |
| Kitten Academy                   | 100,000,000 (10%) | veKITTEN          | More 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](/tokenomics/kitten-academy).

## 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

| Epoch | Default Decaying Emissions     | Dynamic Change | Emissions                 |
| ----- | ------------------------------ | -------------- | ------------------------- |
| 1     | 20,000,000 KITTEN              | 0%             | **20,000,000 KITTEN**     |
| 2     | 19,800,000 KITTEN (decay 1%)   | +10%           | **21,780,000 KITTEN**     |
| 3     | 21,562,200 KITTEN (decay 1%)   | -5%            | **20,484,090 KITTEN**     |
| 4     | 20,279,249.1 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% of emissions to the Treasury.