Tokenomics, vesting and unlocks: key words

How a token's supply and demand are designed: how many exist, how many more will be made, who holds them and when they unlock. Source

The most tokens that can ever exist, minus any burned. Some tokens, such as ether, have none. Source

The tokens that exist right now, including locked ones, minus any burned. Source

The tokens available in the market now. It leaves out locked, reserved and burned tokens. Source

A token's price times its circulating supply. Source

A token's price times its total or max supply, as if every token were already in circulation. Sites differ on which supply they use. Source

Binance Research's term for tokens that launch with only a small part of their supply in circulation. Source

How a project splits its supply between groups such as the team, investors, a treasury and the community. Source

Releasing tokens to their owner bit by bit, according to a schedule. Source

A date before which no tokens vest. In OpenZeppelin's code, the months before it vest all at once on that date. Source

A rule that stops holders selling for a set time. For company shares, most last 180 days. Source

The moment locked or vesting tokens become free to move, adding to circulating supply. Source

The moment a project first creates and issues its token. Arbitrum counted its first team and investor unlocks from it. Source

New tokens created on a schedule, for example as staking rewards. Source

Removing tokens for good, usually by sending them to an address nobody controls. Source