Genesis Era
Disclaimer: The below information is based on the draft version of the XYO Layer One White Paper.
The Genesis Era is the beginning phase of the XYO Layer One Blockchain. It encompasses During this time, the first XL1 tokens are created and distributed to help launch the network. These tokens are used to support development, reward early contributors, and provide the resources needed to grow and maintain the system.
While XYO Tokens already exist and are used for staking, governance, and anchoring sovereignty in the network, XL1 Tokens are newly introduced in the Genesis Era. XL1 is the utility token that powers activity on XYO Layer One—covering things like transactions, smart contracts, and data operations.
Together, XYO and XL1 help build a blockchain that’s flexible, scalable, and ready for long-term success.
Total Genesis Supply: 48 Billion XL1
A fixed 48,000,000,000 XL1 tokens will be minted at the launch of the Genesis block. These tokens precede any inflationary mechanisms and are proportionally distributed across three primary groups:
Community & Investors
26.8B XL1
~56%
Team & Advisors
10.6B XL1
~22%
XYO Treasury
10.6B XL1
~22%
Investors & Community
This allocation supports individuals and entities who provided early energy—whether through capital, evangelism, testing, or infrastructure. Their role was vital in bootstrapping network effects before the protocol reached production. By aligning their incentives through initial XL1 allocation, the Genesis Era recognizes the importance of active early participants.
Team & Advisors
The technological complexity and unique architecture of XYO Layer One is the result of years of research and development. Allocating a portion of XL1 to those who built, maintained, and architected the system ensures continuity and rewards aligned visionaries. These tokens may be vested or locked to reflect ongoing commitments.
Treasury
As the largest allocation, the XYO Treasury acts as a long-term endowment to fund future growth. It supports developer grants, public goods, educational campaigns, partnerships, bounties, and emergency liquidity. Crucially, the Treasury ensures that governance and ecosystem expansion remain active and well-resourced even if other funding avenues fluctuate.
Long-Term Issuance and Inflation Design
After the Genesis Era, XYO Layer One introduces a gradual inflation curve that flattens over time, eventually settling at around 0.7% per year.
This design promotes two essential outcomes:
Incentivizing Future Participation – People entering the network after launch can still earn XL1 through contribution, validation, and node operation.
Avoiding Wealth Centralization – A soft inflation curve avoids the extreme concentration of supply common in capped-supply systems like Bitcoin.
The long-term inflation curve of XL1 follows a diminishing exponential model. Despite early block rewards being higher, the supply growth rate decreases over time, approaching near-zero.
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