Fair & Sustainable Price-Based Token Unlocking Framework

General
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Summary

This proposal introduces a fair, transparent, and non-disruptive token unlocking framework designed to protect early supporters, new participants, and long-term holders alike, while allowing WLFI to grow sustainably.

Unlocks are price-based, time-confirmed, capped, and automatically paused during weakness, ensuring that no group is unfairly disadvantaged and that new entrants are never treated as exit liquidity.

Motivation

Token unlocks are necessary for ecosystem growth, but poorly designed unlocks create:

  • Fear of insider selling

  • Reluctance from new participants

  • Volatility and loss of trust

A fair unlocking system must:

  • Reward patience, not short-term extraction

  • Be predictable and rule-based

  • Protect buyers entering at higher valuations

  • Scale responsibly as WLFI matures

This proposal addresses those goals directly.

Core Fairness Principles

  1. Unlocks follow strength, not time

  2. Unlocked ≠ instantly sellable

  3. Supply growth is capped and predictable

  4. Downside automatically pauses unlocks

  5. Transparency over discretion

Proposed Unlocking Framework

:one: Price-Based Activation With Time Confirmation

Unlocks activate only after WLFI sustains a price level continuously for a defined period, preventing short-term wicks or manipulation.

  • Early milestones: 14-day confirmation

  • Higher milestones: 21–30-day confirmation

:two: Gradual, Holder-Friendly Unlock Schedule (Illustrative)

Sustained Price Unlock % of Locked Supply
$0.20 0.5%
$0.30 1.0%
$0.45 2.0%
$0.65 3.0%
$0.90 4.0%

Unlock size increases only as price maturity and market depth increase.

:three: Mandatory Post-Unlock Vesting

All unlocked tokens vest linearly over 45–60 days.

This ensures:

  • No sudden supply shocks

  • No selling directly into milestone enthusiasm

  • Fair treatment of new participants entering at higher prices

:four: Monthly Supply Cap (Critical Safeguard)

Regardless of milestones reached:

No more than 2% of total supply may enter circulation per month

This guarantees:

  • Predictable inflation

  • Protection during strong rallies

  • Confidence for long-term holders

:five: Automatic Pause Mechanism (Symmetry Rule)

Fairness must work in both directions.

  • If price falls below the most recent unlock level for 14 consecutive days,
    → vesting pauses automatically

  • Vesting resumes only after price reclaims and sustains the level again

This removes discretion and protects all participants during drawdowns.

:six: Market Impact & New-Participant Protection

Unlocked tokens are not intended as exit liquidity.

Safeguards include:

  • No immediate bulk selling on open markets

  • Any market sales must remain within predefined volume limits

  • Priority use for:

    • ecosystem growth

    • liquidity provisioning

    • long-term incentive alignment

This ensures new buyers are joining a growing ecosystem, not absorbing sell pressure.

:seven: Transparency Commitment

The protocol commits to maintaining a public unlock dashboard showing:

  • Upcoming milestones

  • Vested vs circulating supply

  • Monthly supply changes

Transparency builds trust and reduces uncertainty.

Benefits to All Stakeholders

Early supporters

  • Clear path to gradual liquidity

  • No arbitrary delays or governance risk

New participants

  • Protection from milestone sell-offs

  • Confidence to enter at higher valuations

Long-term holders

  • Predictable, capped supply growth

  • Automatic downside protection

Protocol

  • Sustainable growth capital

  • Reduced volatility and stronger reputation

Conclusion

This framework ensures that WLFI’s growth milestones represent shared progress, not redistribution between participants. Unlocks are earned through sustained market confidence, distributed responsibly, and paused automatically when conditions weaken.

The result is a fair, mature, and investor-aligned token economy.**

TL;DR (For Voters)**

This proposal introduces a fair, price-based token unlocking plan designed to protect new buyers, long-term holders, and early supporters. Tokens unlock only after sustained price strength, in small, gradual amounts, with mandatory vesting, a hard monthly supply cap, and an automatic pause if price weakens. Unlocked tokens are not meant for dumping and are constrained to minimize market impact. The goal is simple: allow WLFI to grow responsibly without turning new participants into exit liquidity.

:ballot_box_with_ballot: What Your Vote Means

  • YES → Adopt a fair, price-based, capped unlocking framework with built-in protections

  • NO → Reject this framework and maintain or revisit the current unlock structure

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