The total supply of BIO Protocol is 3,320,000,000 BIO tokens at Genesis. The maximum suppy remains uncapped; future supply will depend on governance decisions. Additional BIO tokens can be minted for protocol or network growth by deploying new token contracts.
The BIO token distribution is as follows:
> Community: 56% of total supply (1,859,200,000 BIO). Includes Community Auction, Community Airdrop, and Ecosystem Incentives.
> Community Auction: 20% of total supply (664,000,000 BIO). 50% liquid at launch, remaining 50% vests linearly over 1 year. Tokens allocated for initial token swaps during Genesis Auction rounds.
> Community Airdrop: 6% of total supply (199,200,000 BIO). 1-year cliff, followed by a 6-year vesting period. Distributed to BioDAO token holders and early supporters.
> Ecosystem Incentives: 25% of total supply (830,000,000 BIO). No vesting period. Reserved for ecosystem development, such as curation, investment rewards, and liquidity provisioning for bioDAOs.
> Molecule Ecosystem Fund: 5% of total supply (166,000,000 BIO). 4-year vesting period. Supports research and development initiatives, focusing on IP tokenization and AI research.
> Molecule: 5% of total supply (166,000,000 BIO). 4-year vesting period. Allocation for governance over IP, branding, and ecosystem stewardship by the Bio.xyz Association.
> Investors: 13.6% of total supply (451,520,000 BIO). 1-year cliff, followed by a 4-year vesting period. Reserved for strategic investors participating in the seed round.
> Core Contributors: 21.2% of total supply (703,840,000 BIO). 1-year cliff, followed by a 6-year vesting period. Allocated to the BIO team working on DAO incubation and development.
> Advisors: 4.2% of total supply (139,440,000 BIO). 1-year cliff, followed by a 6-year vesting period. Reserved for advisors with expertise in biotech, IP tokenization, and protocol development.