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Tokenomics, in plain English

The PRTY token,explained simply

No crypto background needed. Here's what PRTY is, how the supply works, and why it's designed to grow with the network instead of dumping on day one.

The 30-second version

If you only read one section, read this.

  • →PRTY is the fuel for Pairty. You use it to pay fees, vote on changes, and receive staking rewards for participating.
  • →Total supply is fixed at 100 billion. Nobody — not even the founders — can print more.
  • →Only 1% (1B) is in circulation on day one. The other 99% is locked in a smart contract.
  • →The locked 99% only unlocks if the market price grows. Each milestone the price clears (and holds for 3 days) releases the next batch.
  • →Team tokens vest monthly over 3 years. No giant cliff drop. The team receives their tokens monthly, the same way a salary is paid out.
Day one

Where the first 1 billion goes

At launch, only 1B PRTY (1% of the total) is in circulation. Here's how it's split — and yes, this is all locked in on day one by the smart contract.

Liquidity pool

300M · 30%

Seeds the public market so anyone can buy or sell PRTY on day one. Think of it as the float that makes prices possible.

Community & fair launch

250M · 25%

Goes to the public so early supporters can hold PRTY from the start. No private sale, no insider round.

Team & founders

200M · 20%

For the people building Pairty. Locked into a 36-month vesting schedule — released monthly, like a salary stream.

Early contributors

100M · 10%

For the people who helped get Pairty here. Same 36-month vesting schedule as the team.

Treasury

100M · 10%

Operating funds the community votes on — like a company's bank account, but governance-controlled.

Staking seed

50M · 5%

Bootstraps staking rewards on day one so early stakers receive token-based rewards before the unlock schedule kicks in.

The locked 99B

Unlocks only when the market grows

Think of it like 10 milestones. Each time the market price clears the next milestone and stays there for 3 full days, the next batch of tokens releases. No calendar, no admin button. Just the market.

Real-world analogy: imagine a company where new shares only become available if the stock price 3× from where it is now, and stays there for 3 days. If it doesn't, those shares stay vaulted. That's what's happening here, on-chain, with no human in the loop.

MilestonePrice vs. launchUnlocks
#1starter tier2B PRTY
#23× higher4B PRTY
#310× higher6B PRTY
#430× higher8B PRTY
#5100× higher10B PRTY
#6300× higher12B PRTY
#71,000× higher14B PRTY
#83,000× higher16B PRTY
#910,000× higher13B PRTY
#1030,000× higher14B PRTY

The price thresholds are denominated in ETH and live on-chain. The "×" values shown are relative to the launch tier so anyone can read it without crypto math. Want the exact thresholds? See the technical docs.

When a milestone unlocks

Where the unlocked tokens actually go

Every time a milestone unlocks, the new tokens are split automatically by the smart contract. No one chooses — the percentages are hard-coded.

30%

Staking rewards

Pays people who lock up PRTY to help secure and govern the network.

20%

Vault reserves

Protocol-controlled reserves used to keep the system stable over time.

20%

Liquidity pool

Tops up the public market so trading stays healthy as the network grows.

15%

DAO treasury

Goes to the community-controlled treasury, spent by member vote.

10%

Team vesting pool

Adds to the team's monthly vesting pot — distributed over time on the same vesting schedule.

5%

Investor repayment pool

Repays early investors who backed Pairty before the token existed. They claim their share as tiers unlock.

Why this design

Designed to support long-term growth, not short-term sell pressure

No giant unlock cliffs

Most token launches dump 10–30% of supply on a single date. We start with 1% and only release more when the market actually grows — no calendar trigger, no insider cliff.

Flash-price proof

Each milestone requires the smoothed market price to stay above the threshold for 72 hours, plus a 7-day cooldown before the next unlock. This design is intended to reduce one-trade manipulation risk.

Team vests monthly, 36 months

Team and contributors get their tokens monthly over 3 years, like vesting at a startup. No giant cliff, no overnight enrichment.

Investors get paid in PRTY, slowly

Early investors who funded Pairty get 5% of every milestone unlock, claimed gradually — not a lump sum release. This is intended to better align incentives with long-term network health.

Common questions

Real questions from people who don't spend their weekends reading whitepapers.

Is this an investment?+
No — and we won't tell you it is. PRTY is a utility token for using the Pairty network: paying fees, staking, voting on governance, and receiving staking rewards. Anything beyond that is up to the open market and not promised by us.
Why such a huge total supply (100B)?+
A bigger supply just means each token costs less individually — total value is what matters. We chose 100B so the per-token price stays approachable as the network grows, and so the price-tier ladder has room to span thousands of × in growth.
Can the team just print more PRTY?+
No. The 100B supply is hard-capped in the smart contract. There is no mint function. The team can't add, remove, or fast-track the locked 99B — it's gated entirely by sustained market price.
What if the price never reaches the higher tiers?+
Then the locked tokens simply stay locked. There's no deadline, no forced unlock, and no admin override. The supply you see in circulation is the supply you have until the market reaches the next tier.
Can someone manipulate the price for one block to trigger an unlock?+
No. Each tier requires the price to stay above the threshold for 72 hours straight (smoothed across many trades), plus a 7-day cooldown between unlocks. A flash spike does nothing.
How is this different from a typical crypto launch?+
Most tokens dump huge supply on day one and let early insiders sell into retail. We launch with 1% in circulation, vest the team monthly over 3 years, and tie the other 99% to real, sustained market growth — not the calendar.

Want the full technical breakdown?

Exact price thresholds, smart contract addresses, audit scope, governance roles — it's all in the whitepaper.

Read the whitepaperHow Pairty works