Tokenomics
GearUp Tokenomics
Sustainable, fair, and deeply integrated into our ecosystem.
🔹 Overview
💼 Ecosystem Integration
The $gUP token is at the center of GearUp’s ecosystem:
Required to access premium templates in GearUp Factory
Used for licensing and earning in the developer marketplace
Required for access tiers in the Scrappy AI API
Integrated with GearFlow for trustless, token-gated dApp interaction
Future SCaaS modules and governance participation
$gUP is not just a utility token — it's the fuel powering the vision of no-code smart contract adoption and creator monetization.
📦 Token Supply Distribution
Initial Liquidity
95%
Locked for 5 years
Team Allocation
3%
Vested over time
Onboarding Program
2%
Vested, to support new users
🔐 Liquidity
Initial Liquidity Pool: 95% of supply
LP Status: Locked for 5 years
Long-term LP locking reflects our commitment to transparency and sustainable security. It ensures the core liquidity pool remains untouchable and immutable, building confidence among early supporters and long-term holders. Any additional liquidity added in the future will also be locked as appropriate, with each instance transparently announced.
👥 Team Compensation Breakdown
The GearUp team operates with strategic, transparent, and sustainable compensation aligned with protocol growth:
CEO: $3,000/month
CMO: $2,000/month base + 20% of the additional cost allocation (equals 0.1% of total 5/5 tax)
CTO: $2,000/month base + milestone-based bonuses
Other Team Members: Paid strategically based on project deliverables and active contribution
We believe in fair pay — not excess — to ensure a motivated, long-term team. Our structure supports reinvesting majority of tax revenue into development, marketing, and community growth.
⏳ Vesting
Team Vesting:
Team tokens will be vested over 6 months.
Linear unlock of 13.33% monthly, beginning from the second month.
Advisor Vesting:
Advisors may receive tokens OTC (off-market) under advisory agreements.
These tokens will follow a vesting schedule, with a minimum lock period of 2 months.
Further unlocks will be structured based on deliverables and support metrics.
This ensures commitment from core contributors while protecting the token economy from sudden dilution.
🤝KOLs & Marketing (Vesting)
GearUp encourages key opinion leaders (KOLs) to participate by purchasing tokens directly from the market.
In cases where a fee is required:
Payment will first be attempted using available USD in the marketing wallet.
If KOLs demand payment in tokens, we will prioritize buying tokens off-market using marketing funds before paying the supply.
Tokens will then be vested in four stages:
Prior to the content/post being made
Immediately after the post is published
After 2 weeks of consistent and visible support
After 6 weeks of continued and meaningful engagement
A strict selling condition is applied:
No KOL is permitted to sell more than 0.1% of total market cap in one day
For example: At a $1,000,000 market cap, the daily cap is $1,000 worth of tokens
These measures ensure aligned incentives, reduce dump risks, and protect retail users while still rewarding quality exposure and partnerships.
GearUp is designed to grow as a utility-first ecosystem, and our tokenomics reflect that same ethos: fair, locked, and functionally tied to real use cases.
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