Tokenomics
Tokenomics
THE TOKEN DESIGN BELOW IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR ADJUSTMENT. FINAL PARAMETERS WILL FOLLOW THE CONFIGURATION ON VIRTUAL LAUNCHPAD.
Bardiel’s token is launched through the Virtual Launchpad, which enforces a standard, transparent allocation model. This section documents how the initial supply is conceptually distributed and what each bucket is intended to support.
Supply & Allocation
At a high level, the initial supply is split into eight buckets that sum to 100%.
The first five buckets are configured, controlled, and vested entirely by the Virtual Launchpad and its standard vesting system:
35% — Liquidity Pool (Virtual-managed) Seeds on-chain DEX liquidity at TGE, enabling trading, price discovery, and entry/exit for new participants.
20% — Automated Capital Formation (ACF) (Virtual-managed) Capital pool managed by the Virtual Launchpad. Released over time based on predefined milestones to fund Bardiel development, operations, and ecosystem growth.
25% — Team Allocation (Virtual-managed) Long-term incentive pool for core contributors and builders. Subject to lockup and vesting to align with the multi-year roadmap.
2% — veVIRTUAL Airdrop (Virtual-managed) Rewards long-term Virtual stakers (veVIRTUAL holders) and aligns Bardiel with Virtual governance.
3% — Virtuals Ecosystem Airdrop (Virtual-managed) Distributed to Virtual ecosystem participants, partner agents, and early community members. Intended to bootstrap usage and alignment across the Virtual × Bardiel stack.
The following three buckets are Bardiel-facing ecosystem pools, but they are still locked and released using the same Virtual-standard vesting contracts (no custom shortcuts or special rights for Bardiel):
10% — Bardiel Ecosystem Incentive Pool Staking & community alignment. Used for staking programs and long-term incentive schemes for early supporters, believers, and aligned holders who help secure and signal around Bardiel’s role as a trust oracle and execution layer. Also supports community participation rewards (social campaigns, Early users, long-term holders). No team compensation.
2.5% — Bardiel Ecosystem Development Pool Agent & integration growth. Incentivizes agents and integrations that use Bardiel (grants, usage-based rewards, integration bounties, hackathons, builder grants, marketing/promotion campaigns directly tied to ecosystem growth). Focused on making more agents adopt Bardiel for delegation/validation. No team compensation.
2.5% — Strategic & Operational Reserve Infra, compute, and external ops only. Earmarked for critical operating costs such as compute, storage, and cloud/network resources (including Cortensor inference and validation costs), plus other external expenses required to keep Bardiel reliable at scale. May also support strategic, mission-aligned initiatives (for example, subsidizing early ERC-8004 integrations), but not team salaries or direct team rewards. No team compensation.
Allocation Table
Liquidity Pool
35%
Virtual Launchpad
Seed DEX liquidity at TGE, enable trading, price discovery, and entry/exit for participants.
Virtual-standard
Automated Capital Formation (ACF)
20%
Virtual Launchpad
Fund Bardiel development, operations, and ecosystem growth via milestone-based releases.
Virtual-standard (milestone-based)
Team Allocation
25%
Virtual Launchpad
Long-term incentives for core contributors and builders.
Virtual-standard (team vesting)
veVIRTUAL Airdrop
2%
Virtual Launchpad
Reward long-term veVIRTUAL stakers and align Bardiel with Virtual governance.
Virtual-standard
Virtuals Ecosystem Airdrop
3%
Virtual Launchpad
Bootstrap usage across the broader Virtual ecosystem and partner agents.
Virtual-standard
Bardiel Ecosystem Incentive Pool
10%
Bardiel governance/multisig
Staking & community alignment for early supporters/holders. No team compensation.
Virtual-standard vesting
Bardiel Ecosystem Development Pool
2.5%
Bardiel governance/multisig
Incentivize agents & integrations, plus ecosystem-tied marketing/promotion. No team comp.
Virtual-standard vesting
Strategic & Operational Reserve
2.5%
Bardiel governance/multisig
Infra, compute & external ops costs only. No team salaries or direct team rewards.
Virtual-standard vesting (ops-focused)
Launch Mechanics (via Virtual Launchpad)
Bardiel’s token TGE and initial trading are handled by the Virtual Launchpad:
The launchpad provides a short pre-TGE review window so the community can examine the configuration before trading begins.
Launchpad-level anti-sniping and protection mechanisms may apply (for example, a temporary launch tax), with proceeds routed into long-term liquidity and/or developer vesting, per the Virtual standard.
Once the launch phase completes, the token transitions into a normal liquidity-pool-driven market.
Exact launch parameters (timings, fees, implementation details) are determined by the Virtual Launchpad configuration and will be documented closer to TGE.
Vesting & Incentives (High Level)
All non-liquidity allocations are designed to be earned over time, not unlocked all at TGE:
Automated Capital Formation (ACF) Released progressively as predefined milestones are hit. Funds are earmarked for Bardiel roadmap delivery and ecosystem work.
Team Allocation Locked for an initial period, then unlocked linearly over time. Aligns core contributors with long-term network health instead of short-term speculation.
Airdrops (veVIRTUAL + Virtuals Ecosystem) Subject to eligibility rules and may include lockups or usage requirements, depending on the final design.
Bardiel Ecosystem Incentive Pool Distributed through staking programs, community campaigns, and alignment incentives according to transparent Bardiel-side criteria, but released on-chain through the same Virtual-standard vesting contracts.
Bardiel Ecosystem Development Pool Deployed via grants, integration rewards, hackathons, and ecosystem-tied marketing that drive real usage of Bardiel. Unlocks are still enforced by Virtual-standard vesting.
Strategic & Operational Reserve Unlocked according to a conservative schedule designed to match real operating needs (infra/compute/ops), again using the same vesting primitives, so there is no hidden or privileged unlock path.
Specific cliffs, vesting periods, and milestone triggers will be published in a separate Token & Incentives detail page once finalized.
Relationship to Cortensor & Virtual
Cortensor remains the underlying compute and PoI/PoUW infrastructure that Bardiel relies on for redundant inference and validation.
Virtual & veVIRTUAL remain the governance and launchpad layer, defining base token launch standards, vesting contracts, and protections.
The Bardiel token is designed to:
align incentives around Bardiel’s role as Virtual’s trust oracle and execution layer for agents, and
complement, not replace, COR and VIRTUAL within the broader Virtual × Cortensor stack.
Notes & Disclaimers
This page describes the intended design, not an offer or solicitation of any kind.
All parameters are subject to change based on:
Virtual Launchpad configuration,
legal and regulatory review, and
community / partner feedback.
Always refer to the latest official announcements and on-chain configuration for the canonical, up-to-date token parameters.
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