Vesting means tokens unlock in stages rather than being fully available on day one. A schedule might release a portion after an initial waiting period, then drip out the rest monthly over a year or more. It is used to keep insiders committed and to reduce sudden sell pressure.<\/p>\n
This matters for rewards because your headline allocation is not always spendable immediately. If an airdrop is vested, you may receive a slice now and the remainder over months, which changes how you plan and lowers the risk of a giant instant dump crushing the price.<\/p>\n
Example: a contributor is granted tokens with a one-year cliff and then two years of monthly unlocks, so they get nothing for twelve months, then a steady stream afterwards.<\/p>\n
Safety note: vesting details are public in a project’s documentation or contract. Scammers sometimes claim you can “unlock vested tokens early” for a fee, which is an advance-fee scam. Real vesting cannot be bypassed by paying a stranger. Related terms include token generation event, lockup, and claim window.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A schedule that releases tokens gradually over time instead of all at once, common for team, investor, and some airdrop allocations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-65","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenspin.de.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/65","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenspin.de.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenspin.de.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tokenspin.de.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}