t3rn is engineering a seamless multichain future where any smart contract can invoke another across ecosystems with atomic finality. The long-term functionality of the protocol is closely intertwined with precise economic coordination and the TRN token is the engine that makes it happen.

t3rn will be launched with a fixed cap of 100,000,000 tokens (100%), TRN distribution is calibrated to fund development, ignite grassroots participation and reward the capital intensive work of Executors who keep cross chain flows running smoothly.

Every tranche of supply is timed and targeted to accelerate adoption while preserving long term scarcity and demand for the token, positioning TRN as both the protocol’s lifeblood and a driver of value accrual.

Team Allocations: 14%
Long dated vesting aligns the core contributors with the protocol’s multi year roadmap. The Early Team who have been working on t3rn since 2020, receive 12,000,000 TRN (12%), locked for twelve months then released linearly over eighteen. A dedicated Future Team pool of 2,000,000 TRN (2%) is locked and vested evenly across twenty four months, ensuring incoming specialists remain committed deep into the network’s expansion phase.

Advisor Allocations: 2%
2,000,000 TRN (2%) is reserved for the core advisory group of technical architects, infrastructure specialists, and legal strategists who have supported t3rn since its first whitepaper in 2020. The allocation follows a twelve month cliff and then vests linearly over twenty four months, keeping these long standing advisors aligned with mainnet launch goals, regulatory preparedness, and cross chain scaling.

Private Rounds: 15%
Early stage investors such as Polychain Capital, IOSG Ventures, Lemniscap and other long term backers, some having backed t3rn since 2021, receive 15,000,000 TRN (15%). The pool is divided into a Seed Sale of 8,500,000 TRN (8.5%) with an eighteen month cliff followed by an eighteen month vest and a Strategic Sale of 6,500,000 TRN (6.5%) with a twelve month cliff followed by a twelve month vest. These schedules discourage short term speculation while anchoring partners whose networks, liquidity support and strategic guidance have been pivotal in bringing the t3rn product to market.

Community Launchpads: 5%
A separate allocation of 5,000,000 TRN (5%) is reserved for Community Launchpad events. Tokens will be offered at a fully diluted valuation lower than that of earlier private rounds, ensuring power users, builders and first time supporters can obtain meaningful exposure with significant upside potential as the protocol scales.

From the outset, as is highlighted in the following section, the t3rn team committed to matching private-round access with community access, so that grassroots participants receive a token share at least equal in size and value to that of early investors.

Airdrops: 10%
t3rn dedicates 10,000,000 TRN (10%) to multi phase airdrop campaigns. Half converts the existing BRN token to TRN at a predefined ratio, which will be detailed in a separate, upcoming blog post, while the other half fuels future quests, usage rewards and retroactive grants as crosschain volume ramps up. Each campaign is engineered to reward contribution rather than passive speculation, reinforcing that anyone can earn and prosper by advancing the t3rn mission.

Taken together, the Community Launchpad allocation and 10,000,000 TRN (10%) Airdrop pool put 15,000,000 TRN (15%) of total supply directly in the hands of the community, perfectly mirroring the fifteen percent set aside for private investors and underscoring t3rn’s commitment to equitable distribution.

Executor Incentives: 16%
Executors are the economic heartbeat of t3rn. They supply their own capital, race to fulfil user intents and submit verifiable proofs of cross chain execution. Executors shoulder execution risk by fronting their own capital across multiple chains, it is this free-market competition that drives fees downward and guarantees users the most cost-efficient crosschain settlement

In order to facilitate liquidity across the network, 3,000,000 TRN (3%) will be made available to Executors as initial liquidity at TGE. To further guarantee deep liquidity and responsive protocol functionality, 10,000,000 TRN (10%) streams to Executors over thirty six months, directly linking payouts to execution performance. These allocations are intentionally front-loaded, providing sizable bootstrap incentives that taper as protocol usage, fee volume and competition naturally sustain Executor profitability.

To maintain full protocol uptime and order fulfillment and fast response times, an additional 3,000,000 TRN (3%) is set aside as baseline retainers for Executors that meet performance thresholds during the network’s formative years, namely those that execute the highest sheer volume of crosschain transactions, irrespective of volume. Once transaction flow is self-sustaining, Executor rewards will transition to a predominantly market-driven model.

Ecosystem Programs: 23%
An ecosystem pool of 23,000,000 TRN (23%), fuels developer grants, integration bounties, security audits, exchange liquidity, hackathons and day-to-day protocol maintenance. All funds reside in the t3rn Foundation multisig wallet, a two-of-three signer arrangement, consisting of the founding team and t3rn Foundation board members.

Any major transfer is queued through the public treasury so the transaction data appears on chain before execution, giving token holders time to inspect the amount, destination address and stated purpose. The t3rn Foundation will release concise treasury digests at regular intervals that recaps outflows, tracks grant and bounty milestones and provides a snapshot of remaining runway. When substantial expenditures are planned the community will be invited to share feedback during a short signaling window, ensuring that large strategic moves remain visible and broadly supported.

This blend of multisig control, immutable audit trails and periodic reporting keeps stewardship flexible enough to seize high-impact opportunities yet transparent enough for every TRN holder to follow the flow of capital with confidence.

Treasury Reserve: 15%
15,000,000 TRN (15%) sits in a liquid Treasury under t3rn Foundation oversight. This reserve secures multi year operational runway, buffers the market during turbulent conditions and provides strategic room for future acquisitions, liquidity backstops, or large scale marketing pushes. 10% is initially unlocked, although will not be used, while the rest remains locked for a minimum of one year before vesting to the Foundation linearly over 12 months.

Initial Circulation: 15.02%
At the token generation event 15,020,000 TRN (15.02%) will enter circulation, of which up to 10,500,000 (10.50%) will be liquid and tradeable. The rest will be unlocked but retained and either kept off market, such as the Treasury allocation, or not directly tradable. The majority remains locked or vested, underpinning long term scarcity while allowing the market to absorb supply organically as protocol utility and fee flows ramp. The remaining 4.52% is allocated to support TRN liquidity on the market, namely on CEXs, DEXs, t3rn’s settlement layer.

Longevity in Mind

TRN tokenomics are resolutely growth oriented. Heavy rewards flow to the actors who create execution value, broad distribution galvanises a global community and disciplined lockups enforce multi year commitment across every stakeholder class.

TRN supply is hard capped at 100,000,000 tokens and will stay strictly non-inflationary for at least the first three years of network operation. During this period no additional tokens will be minted, shielding early contributors and users from dilution while allowing demand created by genuine utility to shape price discovery.

To complement this predictable scarcity, t3rn will run periodic buyback programmes that deploy a share of protocol revenue and treasury surplus to purchase TRN on the open market and retire it permanently. Arbitrum Orbit gas fees introduce an added deflationary lever: 20% of Orbit gas fees will be burned, while the remaining 80% will flow to liquidity providers, rewarding those who deepen on chain liquidity and stabilise markets.

The t3rn Foundation will also operate its own Executor alongside the over 13,000 community Executors proven in testnet, with fees earned by the Foundation Executor directed to maintaining the overall t3rn’s onchain liquidity:

• Protocol liquidity enabled via t3rn’s settlement layer

• Deploying DEX liquidity pools in a joint collaboration with Arrakis Finance, tailored to offset the effects of any initial sell pressure and maintain price stability; further information on this collaboration will be made available in the coming weeks.

In the months following mainnet launch, t3rn will also roll out a native staking module that lets holders lock TRN for set periods and earn a share of protocol fees and yield. Longer lock durations receive higher reward weights, turning staking into a powerful supply sink while directly compensating the most committed community member; staking will be facilitated in TRN and ETH on any supported chains.

By blending capital efficiency, equitable access and iron clad incentives, t3rn positions itself to deliver an interoperable future where cross chain contracts are as effortless where every TRN holder shares directly in the upside of that paradigm shift.