Proposal: Early Supporter & Founder/Team/Partner Token Unlock

[kmiller0814]

Sure I am 100% behind the team!!

[Chief]

Proposed Addition: Staked WLFI (sWLFI) Representation & Utility

To further strengthen the WLFI Governance Staking System and align with its long-term objectives, I propose formalizing the representation and utility of staked positions within the ecosystem:

• Staked WLFI positions should be represented as a non-transferable (soulbound) staking token (e.g., sWLFI), issued via the staking router
• This token should be integrated directly into WLFI Markets (powered by Dolomite) as a recognized collateral asset
• sWLFI may enable borrow functionality against staked positions, subject to appropriate risk parameters and governance approval

Rationale

This addition preserves the core intent of the staking system:

• Maintains long-term alignment (non-transferable, tied to the staker)
• Prevents secondary market speculation on governance positions
• Encourages continued participation rather than exit behavior

At the same time, it unlocks capital efficiency:

• Allows participants to access liquidity without unstaking
• Deepens WLFI Markets liquidity and utility
• Reinforces USD1 demand through borrow-side activity

Strategic Impact

This would position staked WLFI not just as a governance requirement, but as a productive on-chain primitive within the WLFI ecosystem — strengthening both governance participation and capital formation.

This addition is fully consistent with the proposal’s stated goals of incentivizing long-term participation, increasing USD1 usage, and deepening integration with WLFI Markets.

[Dracula]

Yes, I Support this proposal.

[Kings_Size]

Yes let’s gooo for 4 years

[Fernando_Simon_Luis]

Sì, sostengo questa proposta.

[dobermanSky]

Yes i accept the terms of this offer.

[mehmet_okmen]

Perfect WLFI team. Yes.

[Sunaj_Shaini]

Yes, but long from 2-4 years

[embp84]

@WLFI_Team

Tokens Subject to This Proposal

• Early supporter locked tokens: 17,043,666,558 WLFI (Reflects currently confirmed locked early supporter tokens, but may increase if holders with unclaimed prior allocations claim and enter the locked pool before this proposal takes effect)
• Founder, team, advisor, and partner locked tokens will all be pushed to a longer vesting schedule: 45,238,585,647 WLFI
• Total subject to this proposal: 62,282,252,205 WLFI

Upon passage, up to 4,523,858,565 WLFI — 10% of the founder, team, advisor & partner locked token allocation — will be permanently burned and removed from total supply immediately. This takes effect the moment this proposal passes.

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Where We Are & Why This Matters Now

When WLFI launched, WLFI made a bet that compliant, institutionally-ready DeFi was not only possible but inevitable. A lot has since happened in the WLFI ecosystem.

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Governance Participation History

Since inception, WLFI has passed six governance proposals spanning protocol infrastructure, tokenomics, and ecosystem growth. Participation across those votes ranged from 2.7B to 11.1B WLFI:

• Proposal to launch Aave V3 instance on Ethereum Mainnet — 8.0B WLFI
• Proposal: Test Airdrop Functionality by distributing USD1 to all WLFI holders — 6.8B WLFI
• Proposal: Make WLFI token tradable — 11.1B WLFI
• Proposal: Use 100% of WLFI Treasury Liquidity Fees for Buyback & Burn — 4.4B WLFI
• Proposal: Utilize Unlocked WLFI Treasury Holdings to Support USD1 Growth — 4.2B WLFI
• Proposal: WLFI Governance Staking System — 2.7B WLFI

Even at peak participation, active governance represents roughly 23% of the locked supply subject to this proposal. The remaining 77% — tokens that have never cast a vote across any proposal in the protocol’s history — represent the governance overhang this proposal is designed to help resolve. Holders who have never participated are not disqualified from doing so; but the protocol should no longer carry indefinite uncertainty about whether or when they will vote. This proposal gives every locked holder a more clear, time-bounded moment to declare their intent.

USD1 became the fastest-growing stablecoin in history, is the first stablecoin to adopt Chainlink Proof of Reserves which makes the reserves backing USD1 fully available onchain 24/7 verified by Chainlink an industry trusted 3rd party source, and is deployed across ETH, BSC, SOL, and a growing number of additional chains. An application has also been established to establish World Liberty Trust Company, NA to directly issue USD1 as a Genius Act compliant payment stablecoin. The WLFI interface now provides access to a lend/borrow market and other third party applications. AgentPay SDK has been built as a base layer to help power agentic payments by third parties using USD1, enabled EIP-3009 on USD1 allowing AI agents to transact autonomously on a user’s behalf — the infrastructure layer that makes programmable, agentic payments possible at scale. WLFI has active partnerships with many of the major CeFi digital asset exchanges globally.

The WLFI governance token has been fully functional as a digital tool to participate in governance since launch and required no further development, but we’re now at an inflection point for the greater WLFI ecosystem. The foundation is built. What comes next requires a governance structure that reflects genuine long-term conviction — not just from the team, but from every holder with a locked position. This proposal is how to get there.

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Early Supporter Vesting Schedule

All locked early supporter tokens — 17,043,666,558 WLFI — will be subject to a 2-year cliff followed by a 2-year linear vest, with tokens beginning to unlock at year 2 and fully distributed by year 4. This schedule takes effect from the date this proposal passes. No tokens are burned under this schedule.

Early supporters were critical to getting WLFI to where it is today. This structure gives them full token retention while ensuring that access to supply of governance tokens reaching the market for governance participation does so in a measured, predictable way that the broader market can anticipate. Holders who do not affirmatively accept this new vesting schedule will continue to have their tokens locked indefinitely and continue to be able to use all of their tokens for participation in governance, subject to the terms of any future unlock proposals.

In order to accept this new vesting schedule, participants will be required to electronically make acknowledgements and agreements relating to the terms and meet any eligibility requirements determined to be necessary or advisable under applicable law.

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Founder, Team, Advisor & Partner Vesting Schedule

All locked tokens held by founders, team members, advisors, and partners — 45,238,585,647 WLFI in total — will have the option to elect less favorable unlock terms or remain locked indefinitely. If all founders, team members, advisors, and partners opt in:

• 10% of the total locked token allocation — 4,523,858,565 WLFI — is permanently burned and removed from total supply immediately upon proposal passage
• The remaining 90% — 40,714,727,082 WLFI — is placed on a 2-year cliff followed by a 3-year linear vest, with tokens beginning to unlock at year 2 and fully distributed by year 5.

This schedule was chosen deliberately. It is the least favorable unlock terms in this proposal as it is subject to a mandatory burn that early supporters do not face and is subject to a longer vesting schedule.

The voluntary burn of up to 4,523,858,565 WLFI is a permanent, on-chain signal of the conviction of the founders, team members, advisors, and partners who helped build this protocol. These tokens will not be recoverable under any future governance action. This is their public, on-chain commitment to every token holder in this community.

In order to accept this new vesting schedule, these holders will be required to electronically make acknowledgements and agreements relating to the terms and meet any eligibility requirements determined to be necessary or advisable under applicable law.

If a founder, team member, advisor, and partner does not affirmatively accept this new vesting schedule, their tokens will not be burned and they will continue to have their tokens locked indefinitely and continue to be able to use all of their tokens for participation in governance, subject to the terms of any future unlock proposals.

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Rationale

The current lock structure was intended to place tokens with holders who agreed to a long-term commitment to governance. The WLFI governance token has been fully developed and functional for its sole utility as a governance tool since launch, but the broader WLFI ecosystem has fully matured from when the governance token launched. The WLFI ecosystem now has products, real institutional partnerships, on-chain proof of reserves, and a unique DeFi footprint. The interest and preferences of our early supporters may also have evolved and the governance structure should reflect that maturity.

This proposal establishes a clear, structured vesting framework across all holder cohorts. Early supporters receive full token retention on a defined 4-year distribution schedule. Founders, team members, advisors, and partners accept a permanent burn alongside a 4-year distribution timeline — and are the only cohort that will have tokens burned. Either outcome gives the community a more clear, bounded picture of governance preferences and future supply and helps ensure that governance is in the hands of holders who are genuinely committed to be here for what comes next.

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On-Chain Parameters

• Voting period: 7 days
• Quorum requirement: 1,000,000,000 WLFI tokens
• Passing threshold: Simple majority of tokens voted
• Acceptance window: 10 days from when the functionality is deployed
• Default if no acceptance made: Tokens of holders who do not affirmatively accept the vesting schedule will continue to be locked indefinitely and continue to be able to use all of their tokens for participation in governance, subject to the terms of any future unlock proposals
• Burn execution timing for founders, team, advisors & partners: Immediately upon proposal passage, prior to cliff commencement
• In order to accept the vesting schedule, participants will be required to electronically make acknowledgements and agreements relating to the terms and meet any eligibility requirements determined to be necessary or advisable under applicable law
• NO vote outcome: Existing lock terms preserved without modification

I feel like our hands are being forced to accept this because if we don’t accept, there is no plan to unlock early investor tokens. To be honest, I am fine with the proposal but the timeline is a bit long. If we could unlock 20% more now and lock it for 2 and 5 (instead of 4), that would be better for investors.. Would love to access some tokens immediately and then lock it for a long time. With the burn, this will also boost the price and give early investors more breathing room…

[CraigStockwell]

Yes I support this proposal

[Kim3]

Please show how to vote

[Hohman]

Yes I support this proposal. Good work

[hindarsyah]

While we understand the current parameters, we believe a more dynamic approach to token emissions would better serve the project’s long-term growth.

​Instead of a passive 2-to-5-year lock-up, we propose implementing an activity-based mining model with daily or weekly distributions. By transitioning to this system, early supporters are incentivized to generate consistent on-chain transactions, directly driving network utility and volume rather than simply waiting for a vesting cliff.

​Furthermore, we suggest a 5% to 10% transaction fee—sourced from gas or WLFI—specifically dedicated to a buyback-and-burn program. This would create a sustainable deflationary mechanism and provide an economic floor for the token as the ecosystem scales.

​This shift turns passive holders into active contributors. Engaging the community to work for their rewards through real network usage is far more productive for the ecosystem’s health than a multi-year period of inactivity. We hope you consider this proposal as a strategic move to align the interests of early investors with the project’s operational success.

[DanieleCosmo]

I support this proposal

[VI3]

I’m pretty sure the original verbiage was that there was to be a 12-month MINIMUM lockup, which means a very different thing. I remember debating that clause in the very earliest days.

[conchimolina]

Yes, I agree! Long-term alignment

[DanyL_L]

This proposal of waiting 2+2 years is not appropriate and not fair to the early first investors.
Rather reconsider the proposal. As we all know the majority want the full 80% unlock. A work around and a consensus might be the choice of unlocking 30% and lockup the remaining 50% on the proposal of the 2+2 years.

[THEKRIYUS]

Yes, Great! WLFI VISION!

[sergiojanopena]

Yes do it and make $WLFI the coin in every bank

[cyber-one]

Yes, but with two years, and cliff timer should start at the date of the last unlock.