How EffortX Tokenomics Work
EffortX turns real fitness into real impact. Every verified workout earns 10 EFFORT tokens while the platform has fewer than 10,000 daily active users. Once we exceed that threshold, the 100,000 daily emission cap is divided proportionally among all participants, ensuring long-term sustainability. Early adopters and late joiners earn the same fair rewards.
As the community grows beyond 10,000 active users per day, rewards naturally scale down proportionally, ensuring long-term sustainability. Burn mechanics keep supply tight by permanently removing tokens through marketplace transactions, affiliate fees, and the sustainability fee. The model prevents inflation and only rewards real participation, not speculation.
Use this dashboard to explore how EffortX flows, who benefits, and the sustainable design behind the ecosystem.
Token Allocation
EffortX uses a soft cap supply of 500 million tokens, engineered for fairness, long-term value, and real-world impact. Every token is allocated with purpose, ensuring that the community, partners, and the platform itself all grow together. Any adjustment to total supply requires DAO community governance.
EFFORT Token Utility & Burn Mechanics
- Workout Rewards: Earned daily for verified participation in fitness classes and events. Each check-in earns 10 EFFORT tokens.
- Partner Discounts (100% Burn): At launch, spend tokens to unlock partner discounts (e.g., 10 tokens = 20% off breakfast). All tokens are permanently burned, creating maximum deflationary pressure while partners receive free marketing to target customers.
- Charity Project Voting (100% Burn): Vote with tokens on which charity projects receive monthly Community Fund allocations from EffortX Foundation. All voting tokens permanently burned. Live leaderboards show real-time rankings.
- Marketplace Spending: As ecosystem matures, redeem tokens for classes, merchandise, memberships, and local services where partners accept tokens as payment.
- Event Access: Use EFFORT to enter premium classes, competitions, and exclusive fitness events.
- Advertising & Promotion: Businesses and fitness partners spend EFFORT for advertising placements and featured listings in the app.
- Ecosystem Operations: Used for partner onboarding, project creation, and platform fees.
- Governance (future): Token holders will vote on new features, charity allocations, and ecosystem upgrades via DAO.
- Partner Discount Redemptions: At launch, 100% of tokens spent on partner discounts (10-30% off) are permanently burned. This creates exceptional deflationary pressure (45-55% burn rate) while providing immediate token utility.
- Marketplace Transactions: As ecosystem matures and partners accept tokens directly, a portion of marketplace purchases is permanently burned.
- Discount Code Redemptions & Affiliate Fees: Tokens spent on discount offers or affiliate transactions are burned.
- Advertising & Promotional Fees: All tokens used for advertising or partner promotions are burned.
- Platform Buyback & Burn (Future): effort.giving platform fees (5% on funded projects) will be used to buy EFFORT tokens from market and permanently burn them, creating buy pressure and scarcity.
- Community Sustainability Fee: After 90 days of inactivity, a small monthly fee is burned from dormant accounts until activity resumes.
Burn and Vesting Simulator
EffortX uses a fixed supply of 500 million tokens. Every token is allocated with purpose, ensuring fairness, long-term sustainability, and community alignment. Allocations are governed transparently with strict vesting schedules and on-chain reporting to prevent misuse or manipulation. The table below shows how tokens are distributed and released over time.
| Category | % of Total | Tokens | Vesting Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workout Rewards | 50% | 250,000,000 | Linear daily emission (net of burn) |
| Dev & Ops | 15% | 75,000,000 | 24 months linear |
| Ecosystem Fund / Investors | 15% | 75,000,000 | 12 month cliff, 24 months linear |
| Marketing / Partnerships | 10% | 50,000,000 | 18 months linear |
| Team & Advisors | 10% | 50,000,000 | 24 months linear |
| Total | 100% | 500,000,000 | |
Adjust the number of tokens burned per day (from 0 to 200,000) to simulate different scenarios of inflation or deflation. Exactly 100,000 EFFORT tokens are issued as rewards each day. The chart below updates in real time to show the impact on workout rewards, total circulating supply, and how long the reward pool lasts.
Use the controls to explore how changes in burn rates and emissions affect token supply, deflation, and reward sustainability.
Calculate Your Daily Rewards
Drag the slider to see how your daily EFFORT reward changes as more users join. Each verified workout earns 10 EFFORT tokens when the platform has 10,000 or fewer daily active users (e.g., 100 users = 10 tokens each, 5,000 users = 10 tokens each). Beyond that threshold, the 100,000 daily emission cap is divided proportionally (e.g., 20,000 users = 5 tokens each, 100,000 users = 1 token each). This ensures fair rewards for everyone.
Governance & Token Flow
- Phase 1: Core Team Led. EffortX launches under core team control for speed and security.
- Phase 2: Community DAO. Gradual transition to DAO, token holders propose and vote on upgrades, rewards, grants.
- Admin Keys & Security. Early on, admin keys are held by the team (for upgrades, emergencies), moving to multisig or DAO as soon as feasible.
- Transparent Treasury. All major token flows, spending, and treasury balances are tracked and published on-chain.
Tokenomics FAQs
Everything you need to know about the EFFORT token supply, rewards, burn, and governance.
The total supply of EFFORT is 500,000,000 tokens. This is a soft cap, adjustable only through DAO governance, but the goal is to never exceed it.
• Workout Rewards: 50% (250M EFFORT) • Development & Operational Expenses: 15% (75M EFFORT) • Strategic Investors & Ecosystem Fund: 15% (75M EFFORT) • Marketing, Partnerships & User Acquisition: 10% (50M EFFORT) • Team & Advisors: 10% (50M EFFORT)
Workout rewards are minted exclusively through verified attendance at fitness classes using secure methods (API, QR code, NFC). Each workout earns 10 EFFORT tokens while the platform has 10,000 or fewer daily active users. Beyond that, the 100,000 daily emission cap is divided proportionally among all participants (e.g., 100,000 users = 1 token each). All tokens go directly to users who can spend them on partner discounts, marketplace, or vote on charity projects.
With a capped emission model (10 tokens per user, max 100,000 per day), the 250 million workout reward pool will last significantly longer than a fixed emission model. At 10,000 daily active users, it would last 6.85+ years. With fewer users or active burn mechanisms (45-55% burn rate), it could last 12-20+ years. The pool duration scales with actual usage, ensuring long-term sustainability.
After 90 days of inactivity, a monthly fee of 0.5–1% of a user's token balance is applied and burned. Users are notified by email and in-app alerts before the fee is charged. The fee promotes active participation and helps keep the supply deflationary.