# ZEAL Token

**Token Launch Date:** April 24, 2025

### 🔓 Unlock Schedule & Key Releases

* **Core Team Tokens**\
  Locked for an initial **2-year cliff** (no sales allowed), followed by **gradual unlocking over the next 2 years** (years 3–4). This mechanism aligns the team’s incentives with long-term project success and stability.
* **Yield Farming & Protocol Incentives**\
  Distributed **gradually over 7 to 9 years** to encourage sustainable liquidity provision and ongoing community participation.
* **Airdrops**\
  Four airdrop rounds distributed from launch up to 3 months after, primarily rewarding testnet participants, early supporters, and Nacho NFT stakers, with an additional 4.5% reserved for future airdrops targeting active traders on Zealous Swap to encourage sustained trading activity.
* **Nacho Creators**\
  Distributed for Nacho creators along side airdrop 4
* **Nacho Community Fund**\
  **Fully unlocked at launch**, ensuring immediate support and engagement from the community.

### ZEAL Token Utility

* 🔁 **Revenue Sharing**\
  Earn a share of fees from both **Zealous Swap** and **Fervent Finance** protocols.
* 🗳️ **Governance Rights**\
  ZEAL holders can participate in governance decisions for **Zealous Swap** and **Fervent Finance**, shaping the future of both platforms.
* 🌊 **Full Liquid Staking**\
  Stake ZEAL tokens with full liquidity benefits.
* ✅ **Whitelist Access**\
  Exclusive access to all current and future products.
* 🔥 **Future Burn Mechanism**\
  Designed to reduce supply over time, increasing token value.
* **👑 Membership Access**\
  Purchase memberships in ZEAL to unlock a 33% discount on all swaps, available in weekly, monthly, quarterly, yearly, or lifetime tiers.

### ZEAL Tokenomics Breakdown

| Category                       | Allocation | Token Count     | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------------------ | ---------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Total Supply**               | —          | **240,000,000** |                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| **Yield Farming & Incentives** | 42%        | 100,800,000     | Farms (24%, 57.6M) & Infinity Pool (18%, 43.2M), distributed over 7–9 years.                                                                                                                                     |
| **Protocol Security & Dev**    | 32%        | 76,800,000      | Insurance Fund (3%, 7.2M, locked for emergencies), Liquidity & Exchange Listings (9%, 21.6M), Sale (20%, 48M).                                                                                                   |
| **Team & Partners**            | 16%        | 38,400,000      | Core Team (10%, 24M, 4-year vesting), Nacho Creators (4%, 9.6M fully unlocked at launch), Community Fund (1%, 2.4M unlocked at launch), Community Management Rewards (1%, 2.4M distributed monthly over 1 year). |
| **Community Airdrops**         | 10%        | 24,000,000      | Four airdrop rounds between launch and 3 months after launch, plus a dedicated 4.5% allocation for future airdrops to active traders on Zealous Swap.                                                            |

## ZEAL Tokenomics Overview

### 📊 Token Supply & Distribution

**Total Supply**: 240,000,000 tokens

#### 🚜 Yield Farming & Protocol Incentives (42%)

* **Farms**: 24% (57,600,000 tokens)
  * Distributed gradually over 7–9 years
  * Designed to incentivize long-term liquidity provision and protocol participation
* **Infinity Pool**: 18% (43,200,000 tokens)
  * Distributed gradually over 7–9 years
  * Rewards sustainable protocol engagement and token staking

#### 🛡 Protocol Security & Development (32%)

* **Insurance Fund**: 3% (7,200,000 tokens)
  * Permanently locked reserve available only during protocol emergencies
  * Serves as a safety mechanism to protect users and maintain stability
* **Zeal Liquidity Pool & Exchange Listings**: 9% (21,600,000 tokens)
  * Allocated to ensure sufficient market liquidity and exchange availability
* **Sale**: 20% (48,000,000 tokens)
  * 70% of the collected funds will go to bootstrapping initial liquidity into the protocol
  * 30% will go to development and audits

#### 🤝 Team & Partners (16%)

* **Core Team**: 10% (24,000,000 tokens)
  * Locked for 4 years (For the first 2 years, tokens can't be sold—after that, they unlock gradually over the next 2 years. This ensures long-term alignment and stability for the project)
* **Nacho Creators**: 1% per creator (9,600,000 tokens)
  * Strategic partnership allocation
* **Nacho Community Fund**: 1% (2,400,000 tokens)
  * Adds value to the Nacho community, for future collaborations, marketing, and ecosystem growth
* **Community Management Rewards**: 1% (2,400,000 tokens)
  * Distributed monthly over 1 year to active community managers and moderators
  * Incentivizes quality community building and sustainable protocol governance
  * Equal monthly distributions of 200,000 tokens

#### 🎁 Community Airdrops (10%)

* **Airdrop 1**: 2% (4,800,000 tokens)
  * Rewards testnet participants and early supporters
  * Distributed at launch
* **Airdrop 2**: 1.5% (3,600,000 tokens)
  * 1.5% (3,600,000 tokens) for Nacho NFT stakers
  * Distributed 1 month after launch
* **Airdrop 3**: 1% (2,400,000 tokens)
  * 1% (2,400,000 tokens) for Nacho NFT stakers
  * Distributed 2 months after launch
* **Airdrop 4**: 1% (2,400,000 tokens)
  * 1% (2,400,000 tokens) for Nacho NFT stakers
  * Distributed 3 months after launch
* **Future Airdrops for Active Traders:** 4.5% (10,800,000 tokens)
  * Future Airdrops for active traders trading on Zealous Swap

#### 📅 Distribution Timeline

* **Initial Release**: Core protocol launch with first airdrop and liquidity provision
* **Months 1–3**: Strategic airdrops to drive adoption and reward early users
* **Years 1–9**: Gradual distribution of farming and staking rewards to ensure sustainable growth
* **Core Team Tokens**: Begin vesting after 2-year cliff, fully distributed by year 4
* **Tokens for Nacho Creators** will be distributed in parallel with Airdrop Round 4
* **Tokens for Nacho Community Fund** will be distributed immediately


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