What is FDV-Gated Vesting (FairLock)? Protecting Token Float on TON
Learn how FDV-Gated Smart Contract Vesting (FairLock) locks team, investor, and macro treasury tokens on-chain until a target market valuation milestone is reached.
Definition:
FDV-Gated Smart Contract Vesting (FairLock) is an on-chain token locking mechanism where team, advisor, private sale, and macro reserve allocations cannot unlock solely based on the passage of time. Instead, the smart contract enforces a valuation condition—rejecting withdrawal transactions on-chain until the token reaches a verified Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV) milestone.
Why Time-Only Vesting Fails Communities
In traditional crypto projects, team and VC tokens unlock on a fixed calendar schedule regardless of whether the product has achieved market traction. This creates relentless sell pressure during bear markets, as seen in early Optimism ($OP) and Friends With Benefits ($FWB) cycles.
How ONTON Enforces 625.51M $ONIT Proof-of-Lock on TON
On TON Mainnet, ONTON DAO indexes 940 TBook FairLock contracts:
- 100% Unlocked Community Contracts (
840Child Contracts):583Genesis ONION NFT child contracts and257FairLaunch child contracts haveis_fdv_locked = falseand can be claimed in 1 tap (opcode 0x000c1001) via/my/vaultor onton.live/dao. - Hard-Locked Macro Plans (
625,510,543 $ONIT/62.55%of Supply): All 6 Macro Plans (200MCommunity DAO,100MEcosystem,100MFounding Team,100MAdvisors,100MPrivate Sale,25.51MIntegration Grants) and93Partner Grants haveis_fdv_locked = trueon-chain until the$20M FDVmilestone, reverting with TVM exit code5401if any early claim is attempted.