Tokenomics
How a token's supply, distribution, and incentives are structured.
Definition
Tokenomics covers total and circulating supply, team and insider allocations, vesting schedules, transaction taxes, burn mechanisms, and LP locks. It's the plumbing that decides whether a token can survive its own success.
Red flags: team owns 30%+ with no vesting, unlocked LP, mintable supply, high transfer taxes the owner can change. Clean tokenomics won't save a dead project, but bad tokenomics will kill a good one — the supply schedule alone will dump the chart.
Examples
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Team wallet holds 40% unvested. That's not tokenomics, that's a trap.
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Clean setup: LP burned, contract renounced, no mint function.
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Tokenomics pitched as '5% buy tax for marketing' usually means 5% straight to the dev.
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