> ## Documentation Index
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# Tokenomics
> Supply, allocations, access bands, taxes, and planned future value flow.
## Token summary
* **Ticker:** `$BETTER`
* **Network:** Base
* **Contract address (Base):** `0x396FfAd9469e3d3E3fc4061B79accE2Ad0Ce4B9E`
* **Total supply:** 709,001,939 (reduced from 1,000,000,000 via bonding curve burn)
* **TGE:** 21 January 2026
The `$BETTER` contract was redeployed on Base on 10 March 2026. The current and only valid contract address is `0x396FfAd9469e3d3E3fc4061B79accE2Ad0Ce4B9E`. Do not interact with any other contract address.
## Allocation
| Allocation | Amount | Vesting / lock-up |
| ------------------------------------------ | ----------: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Public sale + liquidity (Base BETTER/WETH) | 124,668,904 | Public sale unlocked at TGE; liquidity deployed to the Base BETTER/WETH pool with LP tokens locked permanently; remaining supply burned post bonding curve launch |
| Team (`0x775E`) | 200,000,000 | 15-month vesting with a 6-month cliff, then 9-month linear unlock |
| Treasury (`0x664f`) | 234,333,035 | 12-month linear unlock from TGE |
| OpenServ SERV token drop (`0x1aBd`) | 50,000,000 | Unlocked (claimed by SERV token stakers via tasks) |
| Programmatic funding (`0x4777`) | 100,000,000 | Released across fully diluted valuation bands |
Estimated circulating supply is approximately **121,112,384** tokens (public sale plus liquidity allocation, net of team, treasury, OpenServ, and programmatic funding wallets). 290,998,061 tokens were burned during the bonding curve launch, reducing total supply from 1,000,000,000 to 709,001,939.
## Access gate
BETTER uses a token-denominated access gate.
### Key rules
* Terminal access is unlocked by holding the required `$BETTER` amount **or** by already having the qualifying amount staked for future vault access
* access is checked per wallet and per user session
* if a user only qualifies with liquid `$BETTER` and sells below the requirement during a session, the session can time out
* once BETTER reaches a new fully diluted valuation all-time high, the lower threshold becomes the new permanent threshold and does **not** move back up later if FDV falls
### Current bands
| FDV band | Standard Terminal | Lite Mode | Future Vault stake |
| -------------- | ----------------: | ---------------: | -----------------: |
| Below \$10M | 100,000 `$BETTER` | 50,000 `$BETTER` | 100,000 `$BETTER` |
| $10M – $20M | 75,000 `$BETTER` | 37,500 `$BETTER` | 75,000 `$BETTER` |
| $20M – $100M | 50,000 `$BETTER` | 25,000 `$BETTER` | 50,000 `$BETTER` |
| \$100M or more | 10,000 `$BETTER` | 5,000 `$BETTER` | 10,000 `$BETTER` |
### Worked example
If a user bought enough `$BETTER` to qualify at a higher threshold and BETTER later hits a new FDV all-time high that permanently lowers the gate, that user can reduce their token exposure to the new threshold and still keep access.
## Lite Mode
Lite Mode is a Terminal-only option.
* it halves the standard Terminal access requirement
* it does not change future vault stake requirements
* it charges a **2% fee on the nominal value of each filled Terminal copy trade**
* the fee is charged per fill, not at market resolution
## Vault fee overview
The planned BETTER vault design uses a **20% performance fee on profit only**, charged once at withdrawal.
BETTER describes this as using a wallet-level **high-water mark**, which means the fee only applies to new net profit above the highest value that wallet's vault position has previously reached.
## Trading taxes
BETTER uses a **2% buy tax** and **2% sell tax** for interaction with the Aerodrome `$BETTER/WETH` liquidity pool.
Important clarifications:
* this is not a simple wallet-to-wallet transfer tax
* it is separate from Lite Mode fees
* LP tax proceeds are split between BETTER and OpenServ development wallets
## Treasury, burns, and value flow
BETTER may perform discretionary, rule-based market buybacks and transfer bought tokens to a burn wallet.
Current treasury spending is described as a majority team decision.
Buybacks and burns are not guaranteed and should not be interpreted as a promise of price support.
## Planned future value lines
BETTER describes several future products that may later contribute to discretionary treasury actions once those products are live, including:
* future vault performance fees
* future B2B data ingestion products
* future OpenRouter credit sales
* future arbitrage around `vBETTER` and other later products
Those products are part of BETTER's intended direction, not the current live product set as of 6 March 2026.
## Programmatic funding
BETTER's programmatic funding schedule is intended to support infrastructure, hardware, and future model distribution work.
| FDV range | Sold | Raise | Cumulative |
| ------------ | ---: | ----------: | ----------: |
| $1M – $5M | 2% | \$60,000 | \$60,000 |
| $5M – $10M | 2% | \$150,000 | \$210,000 |
| $10M – $20M | 2% | \$300,000 | \$510,000 |
| $20M – $50M | 2% | \$700,000 | \$1,210,000 |
| $50M – $100M | 2% | \$1,500,000 | \$2,710,000 |
## Update policy
The docs and the app are the main source of truth for current token mechanics.
Thresholds, product availability, and future revenue lines can change with market conditions or product development.