$BTR Tokenomics Overview
Total Supply & Mint Schedule
🔸maximum supply 1 000 000 000 BTR
🔸initial mint at TGE: 150 000 000 BTR (15%)
🔸emissions over 5 years: 600 000 000 BTR via staking & ecosystem grants
🔸foundation reserve: 100 000 000 BTR, 24-month vesting with 6-month cliff
🔸team & advisors: 150 000 000 BTR, 48-month vesting with 12-month cliff
Distribution Breakdown
| Allocation | % of Supply | Amount (M BTR) | Vesting |
| Ecosystem & Grants | 40% | 400 | Emitted over 5 years |
| Staking Rewards | 20% | 200 | Emitted over 5 years |
| Private Sale | 15% | 150 | 12-month cliff, then linear 12 months |
| Public Sale | 5% | 50 | Unlocked at TGE |
| Foundation & Partnerships | 10% | 100 | 24-month vesting, 6-month cliff |
| Team & Advisors | 10% | 100 | 48-month vesting, 12-month cliff |
| Total | 100% | 1000 | |
Emission Schedule
| Year | New Emissions (M BTR) | Cumulative (M BTR) |
| 1 | 200 | 200 |
| 2 | 150 | 350 |
| 3 | 100 | 450 |
| 4 | 75 | 525 |
| 5 | 75 | 600 |
Token Utility & Mechanics
🔸gas fees on Bitlayer paid in BTR, with 0.05% burned per tx
🔸cross-chain atomic swaps settle and burn 0.02% of value
🔸staking secures mesh consensus; initial APY ~12%, tapering by 2% each year
🔸on-chain governance: 1 BTR = 1 vote; proposals, referenda, and community modules
Staking & Incentives
🔸liquid staking via permissionless vaults
🔸delegation with tiered commission models
🔸slashing only on protocol-level finality faults, not user errors
🔸epoch rewards distributed weekly, claimable anytime.
