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# Emission Schedule
> The 4-year monthly release of the 600M Rewards pool, then zero.
The full Tokenomics page covers emission alongside sinks and supply trajectory.
## The schedule
The Rewards pool (600M BINI) releases over **48 months** in declining monthly amounts. After Year 4, no more emission — the supply is fully diluted.
| Year | Monthly emission | Annual emission | Cumulative emission |
| ---- | ---------------: | --------------: | ------------------: |
| 1 | 17,500,000 | 210,000,000 | 210M |
| 2 | 15,000,000 | 180,000,000 | 390M |
| 3 | 10,000,000 | 120,000,000 | 510M |
| 4 | 7,500,000 | 90,000,000 | 600M |
| 5+ | 0 | 0 | 600M (final) |
```mermaid theme={null}
xychart-beta
title "BINI Rewards Emission (millions per year)"
x-axis [Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, "Y5+"]
y-axis "Emission (M BINI)" 0 --> 250
bar [210, 180, 120, 90, 0]
```
## Year-over-year inflation impact
Inflation here is measured **against the Rewards pool only** (60% of total supply). Inflation against the full 1B supply is roughly proportional but offset by Marketing milestones and Ecosystem Reserve unlocks.
| Year | Year-end Rewards-only % unlock | Effective annual emission rate |
| ------- | -----------------------------: | -----------------------------: |
| Year 1 | 35% (210M / 600M) | High |
| Year 2 | 65% (390M / 600M) | Moderate |
| Year 3 | 85% (510M / 600M) | Low |
| Year 4 | 100% (600M / 600M) | Very low |
| Year 5+ | 100% | **Zero** |
## Why the front-loaded curve
Year 1 is the highest emission for two reasons:
1. **User acquisition** — early adopters need stronger incentives to join an unproven ecosystem
2. **DEX liquidity bootstrapping** — early LPs need higher rewards to seed thin pools
The taper means later users get lower headline yields but join a larger, more liquid ecosystem.
## Where the Rewards pool flows (per-month policy)
The exact split between bini-app rewards / Bridge B / Agent Hive incentives / Lottery / LP incentives is set per month and logged on-chain.
A representative split (illustrative, not canonical):
```
Month X:
├── 60% Bini App claims + daily calendar
├── 15% Bridge B redemptions
├── 10% Agent Hive Worker incentives
├── 10% DEX LP incentives (wBINI side seeding)
└── 5% Lottery jackpots
```
The actual split for any given month is announced ahead of time and verifiable on-chain.
## After Year 4 — supply dynamics
```
Year 5+:
├── Emission: 0 BINI
├── Burns: Continuous (DEX swaps, lottery, spawn fees)
├── Net trajectory: Monotonically decreasing
```
Once emission stops, BINI becomes a **fixed-supply asset with continuous deflationary pressure** from the [eight sinks](/tokenomics/bini-sinks). Three of those sinks (DEX swap burn, lottery burn, spawn fee burn) are permanent — every burn shrinks total supply forever.
## Emission and price model
The price impact of emission depends on:
1. How much of monthly emission lands in active wallets vs locked positions (staking, LP)
2. How much circulates onto exchanges vs is held long-term
3. How much is offset by burns from the same month's activity
A sustainable model would have **monthly burns ≥ monthly emission** by some point in years 3-4, after which net supply starts decreasing.
## Emission events on-chain
Each monthly emission is a single transaction batch on BiniChain. The transaction is:
* Pre-announced 7 days in advance
* Executed on the first day of each month (or scheduled equivalent)
* Logged with the per-pool split for that month
* Available via [scan.binibit.com](https://scan.binibit.com)
## Related
Full pool breakdown
Where BINI flows back out (8 sinks)
Staking rewards come from the Rewards pool
Long-term supply trajectory