Staking Tier Structure
Notice-Based BASIS Staking
After TGE, BASIS holders can place tokens on the notice ladder to earn BASIS staking rewards. Weight is not bought with a lock term. It is bought with notice: how much warning you agree to give before your tokens start coming back to you. You earn continuously, you can start the clock whenever you like, and nothing is ever trapped.
The Ladder
| Rung | Notice | Weight | Typical holder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open | none | 1x | airdrop lands here |
| Monthly | 30 days | 1.25x | presale rounds (minimum) |
| Quarterly | 90 days | 2x | - |
| Half-Year | 180 days | 3x | - |
| Annual | 365 days | 5x | founders |
Any holder may elect any rung. The right-hand column describes where each group typically sits, not a restriction on who may choose what.
Five Mechanics That Govern the Ladder
- Notice releases linearly. Thirty tokens on 30 days' notice release one per day. There is no cliff at the end.
- Canceling notice restores full weight immediately. The clock resets entirely, and you are back at your rung's full weight from that moment.
- Each position runs its own daily anniversary clock from its own notice timestamp. Positions do not share a schedule.
- Released tokens keep earning at Open (1x) until claimed. Nothing stops earning simply because it has unlocked.
- Effective weight decays linearly from your rung down to 1x across the notice period, averaging (W+1)/2 over the window.
Why Notice Instead of Locks
A lock has an end date, and end dates are coordination points. A notice period has no shared date at all: every position releases on its own anniversary clock, whenever that holder chose to start. There is no moment at which the ladder unlocks, and no moment at which a holder is stuck.
Where BASIS Staking Rewards Come From
- The buyback. Of every $1 of base fee collected, 12.5c to 22.5c of BASIS bought on the market goes to BASIS stakers.
- The staking-rewards allocation: 8% of supply (80M), paid out on an ongoing basis after TGE.
Each staker's share is their weighted stake over the total weighted stake. No APY is projected here, because it depends on volume nobody can honestly forecast.
What Is Not on the Ladder
Launch liquidity, the angel round and the multi-sig allocations (marketing and operations, strategic treasury, market making and listings, live streaming, grants) are not staked and earn no BASIS staking rewards.
Presale, Founders and Airdrop
- Presale rounds land on the ladder with 30-day notice and unlock by giving notice, releasing daily. The notice ladder is the vesting schedule; there is no separate vesting contract. See Presale Rounds & Vesting.
- Founders' 10% sits on the Annual rung (365-day notice).
- Airdrop tokens land at Open (1x) and earn from day one. Recipients may elect any higher rung whenever they choose.
Final ladder parameters subject to change before TGE.