Initia Launches Mainnet, Distributes 5% of 1 Billion INIT Tokens to Community

Initia has officially launched its mainnet, marking a significant milestone in its journey towards creating a modular, interconnected multichain future. The launch is accompanied by the much-anticipated INIT airdrop, where 5% of the 1 billion token supply—50 million INIT—will be distributed to early supporters, testers, and the broader community. Eligible users can claim their allocated tokens through May 24, 2025, by visiting and interacting with Initia’s official airdrop portal. This distribution excludes team and internal contributors, emphasizing Initia’s community-first approach.

Initia’s tokenomics are designed to balance user incentives with long-term sustainability and protocol security. The 1 billion INIT tokens are allocated strategically across various categories. The two largest allocations, each 25%, are designated for staking and community rewards. The staking mechanism, known as Enshrined Liquidity (EL), replaces traditional Proof of Stake (PoS) staking and serves as the cornerstone of Initia’s economic security. Liquidity providers help secure the network and receive staking rewards, trading fees, and ecosystem incentives. Unlike traditional staking systems, Enshrined Liquidity ties economic security directly to real liquidity provision, creating a more capital-efficient model. The 5% annual block-by-block release rate incentivizes long-term participation.

The Vested Interest Program (VIP) rewards, also 25%, are designed to motivate positive behavior at all levels of the Interwoven Economy, from regular end users to professional dApp builders. These rewards are escrowed and only made available upon satisfying performance-based conditions, at an initial release pace of 7% per year. This mechanism ensures long-term incentive alignment across multiple epochs.

Investors from Initia’s three fundraising rounds receive 15.25% of the INIT token supply. These tokens are subject to a 4-year vesting schedule, including a 1-year lock-up. The core team and future contributors are also allocated 15% of INIT, with the same vesting schedule. This allocation underscores Initia’s commitment to sustainability and responsible token distribution.

The Initia Foundation, responsible for ecosystem development and managing strategic projects, is allocated 7.75% of the tokens. These tokens are necessary for providing early-stage liquidity support and extending the ecosystem’s reach. Additionally, 6% of the tokens are allocated for a Binance Launch Campaign to bootstrap liquidity on centralized exchanges, ensuring healthy price discovery and smooth user onboarding during the Token Generation Event (TGE).

Ask Aime: How does the Initia Foundation's allocation of 7.75% of tokens contribute to ecosystem development and project support?

The community airdrop, which accounts for 5% of the total supply, is split among early testnet participants, users of partnered protocols, and active community participants from various platforms. Furthermore, 1% of the tokens are allocated to supporters from the Echo.xyz investment round, vesting in four equal tranches between 12 and 24 months after the mainnet launch.

Initia is built on top of Cosmos SDK with support for multiple Virtual Machines (VMs), including EVM, movevm, and WasmVM. This allows developers to create their own rollups, known as “Minitias,” for a wide range of applications from DeFi protocols to fully onchain games. The INIT token serves as an economic driver and governance mechanism in a rollup-first world of chains where application-specific chains natively interoperate. By giving developers both ownership and liquidity, Initia addresses fragmentation, one of the biggest pain points for appchains.

Already, more than a dozen Layer 2s are building on Initia’s infrastructure, and the testnet has attracted over 190,000 wallets. This high engagement suggests that Initia could emerge as a significant player in the multichain landscape, competing with established platforms. Unlike other projects that focus on hype or token price action, Initia is betting on ecosystem utility, shared development, and a highly-incentivized community to drive adoption.