# Vesting

> A schedule that releases tokens to founders, investors, or staff gradually over time.

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## Definition

Vesting is a release schedule for tokens. Instead of giving founders, the team, or early investors all of their tokens at once, a project unlocks them in stages over months or years.

Vesting protects the wider market from a sudden flood of new supply hitting exchanges. It also signals that insiders are committed to the project for the long term. Vesting unlocks are public and worth watching.

## Related terms

- [Tokenomics](https://fudfomo.co/glossary/tokenomics): The economic design of a token: total supply, how it is distributed, and how it changes over time.
- [Circulating Supply](https://fudfomo.co/glossary/circulating-supply): How many coins or tokens are actually in the market right now and free to trade.
- [Total Supply](https://fudfomo.co/glossary/total-supply): The maximum number of coins or tokens that will ever exist for a project.

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