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# $HEAA Tokenomics
## HEAA Tokenomics
$HEAA is the native token of the HEAA Dark Pool - a privacy-preserving trading and settlement layer on Solana. The token is designed around a simple principle: fund sustainable development, keep the protocol itself fee-free, and give the community control over where the platform goes next.
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### Token Distribution
| Allocation | % of Supply | Purpose |
| -------------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Community** | 92% | Liquidity, ecosystem incentives, airdrops, and public distribution |
| **Dev Wallet** | 8% | Core development funding - vested |
**92% of total supply is allocated to the community from day one.** No hidden team allocations, no unlisted wallets — every non-community allocation is disclosed and locked on-chain.\
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### Vesting Schedule
The Dev Wallet (8%) is subject to a linear vesting schedule to align the team's incentives with the long-term health of the protocol:
* **Vesting period:** 6 months
* **Vesting type:** Linear unlock
* **1 month cliff of 0.5% - from there its linear**
* **Lock verification on Streamflow:**
The vesting contract is publicly verifiable on-chain via the lock link above. Anyone can confirm the unlock schedule and remaining locked balance at any time — no trust required.
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### Trading Fees: Buyback & Burn
While the Dark Pool protocol itself remains fee-free for users, trading fees generated from token trading activity are allocated as follows:
* **Product development** — funding continued engineering on the Dark Pool and related infrastructure
* **Marketing** — supporting growth initiatives beyond the initial Marketing Wallet allocation
* **Buyback & burn** — a portion of trading fees is used to buy back HEAA from the open market and permanently burn it
The buyback-and-burn mechanism is designed to **reduce circulating supply over time**, increasing scarcity as platform usage and trading volume grow. This ties token value directly to real usage: the more the ecosystem is used, the more supply is removed. Buyback and burn transactions will be executed transparently and verifiable on-chain, with regular reporting to the community.
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### Token Utility
#### 1. Zero Protocol Fees
HEAA Dark Pool charges **no platform fees** on private transactions. The only cost a user ever pays is the **rent required to create an encrypted stealth account**, and that rent is **fully refunded** once the transaction is processed and the account is closed. There is no fee extraction layer sitting between users and their trades — the protocol is not designed to be a toll booth.
#### 2. Governance
HEAA token holders will be able to participate in **protocol governance**, including votes on parameters such as supported assets, and future feature prioritization (multi-leg private settlement, new privacy primitives). Governance rolls out progressively as the protocol matures, moving control from the core team to the community over time.
#### 3. Tiered Feature Access
Holding or staking HEAA unlocks access to advanced settlement features as they roll out - larger per-transaction shield limits, priority access to multi-leg netting settlement pools, and early access to new privacy primitives before they're opened to the general public. This creates direct utility for holding the token without relying on a fee-sharing or emissions mechanism: access itself is the incentive.
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*This document describes the intended tokenomics design for the HEAA Dark Pool token and may be updated as governance mechanisms and staking infrastructure are finalized. Always verify vesting and wallet addresses on-chain before relying on the figures above.*