ARBITRUM $ARB

L2 governance token with 56% community / 44% insider split. 4-year cliff+vest on team and investors after a controversial 1-year delay before unlocks began.

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Total supply

10B ARB

fixed at launch

TGE circulating

12.8%

87.3% locked

Allocations

distinct line items

Launch

Mar 2023

Arbitrum

Distribution

Schedule of allocations

1
DAO TREASURY
Largest single allocation. Used for grants, programmes (STIP), and ecosystem development. Distributed by governance.
42.78%
120 MO LIN
2
TEAM + FUTURE HIRES
Offchain Labs team and reserved future-hire pool. 1-year cliff, then 3-year linear vest.
26.94%
12 MO CLIFF · 36 MO LIN
3
INVESTORS
Series A/B backers. 1-year cliff, 3-year linear vest. The cliff date became one of crypto's most-watched events.
17.53%
12 MO CLIFF · 36 MO LIN
4
COMMUNITY AIRDROP
Distributed to ~625K eligible addresses based on usage of Arbitrum One. Fully unlocked at TGE.
11.62%
100% TGE
5
DAO ECOSYSTEM AIRDROP
~140 DAOs operating on Arbitrum at the time received tokens for treasury management.
1.13%
100% TGE

Key takeaway

A large DAO treasury (42.78%) and an 11.6% airdrop established the L2 governance norm — but the 1-year cliff before insider unlocks meant the price was already known.

Design notes

TGE CIRCULATING ≈ 12.75% — THE TWO AIRDROP TRANCHES.
1-YR CLIFF MEANT EVERY HOLDER KNEW THE EXACT UNLOCK DATE.mar 2024 — the cliff
DAO TREASURY IS 4× LARGER THAN INVESTOR ALLOCATION — UNUSUALLY COMMUNITY-WEIGHTED FOR AN L2.

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