$LENS, the unit of the desk.
A utility token for metering reads, governing coverage and funding the live pipeline. Figures below are illustrative and subject to change before any launch.
Allocation
Vesting & unlocks
Released over 48 months against usage and contribution, with no upfront unlock.
Governance-controlled; spend requires a proposal. 12-month cliff, then linear.
12-month cliff, then linear over the following 36 months. Fully aligned to the long build.
Unlocked at listing to seed healthy markets; paired and managed by the treasury.
12-month cliff, then linear over 24 months. No preferential unlock over the team.
Utility
Reads & credits
Beyond the free tier, analyses and force-refreshes are metered in $LENS, the network's unit of work.
Governance
Holders steer coverage priorities, the pre-compute list, and treasury spend on data sources.
Treasury flywheel
A share of usage revenue funds the pipeline and buys back into the treasury, decoupling cost from users.
Access tiers
Staking unlocks higher rate limits, deeper history and early access to new coverage and features.
Value flow
- 01
Usage
Users spend credits on reads, refreshes and API calls.
- 02
Pipeline
Revenue funds live data, news and compute, the real cost of coverage.
- 03
Treasury
A share flows to the treasury and buys back $LENS, controlled by governance.
- 04
Holders
Value returns to the network via rewards, access and a growing treasury.
Questions
No. $LENS is a planned, future component described here for transparency. Everything on this page is illustrative and subject to change before any launch.