Staking Incentives
How Each Participant Type Interacts with Staking
The lockup status of your BASIS tokens depends on how you got them. Once tokens are liquid, anyone can stake them in the public tier ladder for revenue share.
| Participant | Initial Lockup | Can Stake Post-Lockup? |
|---|---|---|
| Airdrop recipients | None — fully unlocked at TGE | Yes — any public tier |
| Public presale | Vesting + cliff (round-specific) | After vesting |
| Private presale | Vesting + cliff (round-specific) | After vesting |
| Strategic presale | Vesting + cliff (round-specific) | After vesting |
| Seed presale | Vesting + cliff (round-specific) | After vesting |
| Advisors | Vesting + cliff | After vesting |
| Founders | Perma-locked in BASIS staking contract | Already there forever |
See Presale Rounds & Vesting for the presale schedule and Staking Tier Structure for the public tier ladder.
Public Tier Ladder (Post-TGE)
| Tier | Notice Period | Multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| Flexible | 30 days | 1.0x |
| Standard | 90 days | 1.5x |
| Committed | 180 days | 2.5x |
| Diamond | 365 days | 4.0x |
Multipliers weight your share of the revenue distribution. Higher commitment = higher weighting.
Revenue Distribution
90% of all net platform revenue is distributed as USDC to BASIS stakers. The 10% remainder funds ongoing operations.
Each staker's share of any distribution is:
your share = (your_tokens × your_multiplier) / Σ(all_stakers_tokens × multipliers)
Why This Design Works
- Founders eat last and forever. Founder tokens are perma-locked — they can only earn through revenue share, which means they only earn when the protocol earns. No "founder dump" is structurally possible.
- Presale holders wait through real cliffs. Vesting + cliff ensures zero presale tokens hit the market on day one of TGE. Post-vest they have the same options as anyone else.
- Airdrop recipients keep full optionality. Tokens are fully unlocked at TGE. Stake them, sell them, hold them — your choice.
- Notice periods replace cliff unlocks. No coordinated dump dates; holders earn during their notice window, so the incentive is to stay.
- Aligned incentives. Everyone — founders, presalers, airdrop earners, post-TGE stakers — earns more when the platform earns more.
Final tier parameters and multipliers are subject to change before TGE.
