Modelos Labs · Tokenomics v1
Tokenomics
MDL has a fixed 21,000,000 supply and a smooth, continuously decaying emission — no halving cliffs. Every coin enters circulation as a block reward for ZK-Proof-of-Useful-Work, where each block is a verified AI computation.
Max supply
21,000,000
MDL — fixed hard cap
Circulating
1.25M+
MDL — grows every block
Block time
194s
ASERT per-block difficulty
Consensus
ZK-PoUW
every block a verified AI computation
▸Supply model
Fixed 21,000,000 cap
A hard maximum supply — the same ceiling as Bitcoin. Emission asymptotically approaches it and never exceeds it.
Smooth decay, no halvings
The block reward follows a continuous hyperbolic (~1/h²) curve rather than discrete halving events, so there are no supply cliffs or reward-shock moments.
~4-year emission period
The curve is tuned to a ~4-year characteristic period — a continuous analog of Bitcoin's 4-year halving, with about half of all MDL emitted within the first ~4 years.
100% earned by mining
MDL enters circulation only as ZK-PoUW block rewards paid to miners who produce a verified AI computation for each block.
▸Emission schedule (projected)
| Milestone | Block reward (MDL) | Circulating (MDL) | % of cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now | ~28.6 | ~1.25M | ~6% |
| Year 1 | ~19.7 | ~4.6M | ~22% |
| Year 2 | ~13 | ~7.3M | ~35% |
| Year 4 | ~7.9 | ~10.6M | ~50% |
| Year 8 | ~3.5 | ~14.1M | ~67% |
Supply and emission are enforced by the modelOS consensus rules. Circulating supply is a live, block-by-block figure; the emission schedule above is projected from the 194s target block time and is illustrative, not a guarantee. Verify current supply on the explorer.