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The 2× unlock standard

4 GATES · 0 EXCEPTIONS
The idea

Tokens that only unlock at new highs

10% floats at TGE. Every further unlock must clear all four gates — time, price, size, custody. Teams may delay or shrink a tranche; they can never accelerate or enlarge one. Trading taxes fund the escrow — only 10% is initially seeded. Supply ratchets up. It never floods down.

10%
float at tge
gate multiple
30d
sustain window
5%
max tranche
GATE 1 — TIME

Six months

Every unlock waits at least six months after the previous one. The clock is set by the contract, not by the calendar of the team.

GATE 2 — PRICE

2× sustained

Price must hold above twice the previous unlock price for 30 consecutive days immediately before release. Miss one day — restart the window.

GATE 3 — SIZE

5% ceiling

Up to 5% of supply per tranche, maximum. Release less whenever you like — the ceiling is the only constant.

GATE 4 — CUSTODY

Not your keys

Supply sits in a smart contract; unlock keys are held by an independent third party. Terms are immutable at deployment.

±

One-way discretion

Teams may delay an unlock indefinitely or release a smaller tranche than the cap allows. They may never shorten a waiting period, relax a price gate, or increase a tranche — the contract simply has no function for it.

What it buys you

  • Downside protection — no fresh supply can flood a weak market.
  • Alignment — founders profit only by making the price ratchet up.
  • Verifiability — buyers can read the vesting terms on-chain, any time.
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