> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.notareum.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Distribution

# Distribution

The initial 1,000,000,000 NOTA supply is distributed across stakeholders, ecosystem development, and long-term treasury. The distribution reflects Notareum's priorities: user adoption, validator participation, and sustainable protocol growth.

## Initial distribution

```mermaid theme={"system"}
pie title Initial token distribution
    "Community and Users" : 35
    "Validator Rewards" : 20
    "Ecosystem Grants" : 12
    "Team (vested)" : 15
    "Investors (vested)" : 10
    "Treasury" : 8
```

| Allocation          | Percentage | Amount (NOTA) | Notes                                                    |
| ------------------- | ---------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| Community and Users | 35%        | 350,000,000   | Airdrop, usage rewards, retroactive funding              |
| Validator Rewards   | 20%        | 200,000,000   | Paid out over 10 years for attestation work              |
| Ecosystem Grants    | 12%        | 120,000,000   | Integration incentives, retroactive public goods funding |
| Team                | 15%        | 150,000,000   | 4-year vest, 1-year cliff                                |
| Investors           | 10%        | 100,000,000   | 3-year vest, 6-month cliff                               |
| Treasury            | 8%         | 80,000,000    | Governance-controlled, long-term protocol funding        |

## Vesting schedules

* **Team**: 4-year linear vest with a 1-year cliff. No tokens unlock in year one. Tokens vest monthly thereafter.
* **Investors**: 3-year linear vest with a 6-month cliff. Monthly unlocks after cliff.
* **Community/Users, Validator Rewards, Ecosystem Grants**: distributed over time based on protocol activity and governance approval. No static vest schedule; distribution reacts to real usage.

## Retroactive public goods funding

Following the proven model pioneered by Optimism's RetroPGF, Notareum reserves 6% of the Ecosystem Grants allocation for retroactive funding of public goods. Contributors who build open-source tooling, research, or documentation that benefits the Notareum ecosystem are eligible for funding awarded by governance vote after their work has demonstrated value.

## Long-term supply

Post-launch, supply changes follow the tokenomics design:

* **Inflationary pressure**: KPI-driven minting, validator rewards, ecosystem grants.
* **Deflationary pressure**: fee burns, slashing burns, failed dispute burns, alias burns.

The net supply direction depends on protocol activity. High-usage periods tend toward deflation; slow periods see modest inflation from validator rewards.

## Related pages

* [\$NOTA Token](nota-token.md)
* [Tokenomics](tokenomics.md)
* [veNOTA](venota.md)
* [Governance](../protocol/governance.md)