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Vesting Cliffs and Schedules

Cliff -> linear vest -> fully unlocked. The supply unlock that hits markets.

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Vesting Cliffs and Schedules

Vesting Cliffs and Unlock SchedulesMonthCumulative Vested %

Multiple vesting schedules stacked: team (1y cliff, 4y vest), seed investors (6mo cliff, 2y vest), advisors. The aggregate unlock curve shows the supply pressure entering the market over time.

Good for

  • Token unlock analysis articles
  • Pre-launch dilution explainers
  • VC vs community allocation content

Source & accuracy

This vesting cliffs and schedules is an editorial illustration built to represent the concept accurately. Where it shows figures, they are typical or representative values chosen to make the relationship clear, not a single underlying dataset. The diagram and its explainer are reviewed and maintained centrally, and updated over time as understanding improves.

The unlock that reshapes supply curves

A vesting cliff is a period where tokens are locked entirely, followed by a release date where a block of tokens becomes liquid. For example, a two-year cliff followed by three-year linear vesting means founders cannot touch their tokens for two years, then 1/36 of the remaining vests monthly for 36 months.

This structure aligns incentives: founders are locked in. But markets dislike cliffs; the lock-up period is a period of uncertainty, and traders price in the probability of a dump post-unlock. Many founders and investors sell immediately after their cliff passes.

Cliff dumps and timeline risk

A cliff on a major holder's allocation can create predictable sell pressure. If a project's timeline shows that 40% of team tokens unlock in Q4, traders can anticipate selling pressure in that quarter. Smart projects stagger cliffs and linear vests to avoid a single explosive unlock date.

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