Cellframe Tokenomics

The updated tokenomics assumes revenue not only from the provision of services but also from liquidity. Additional rewards are also coming from the long-term LP-holding.

We have changed the reward ratios to bring more liquidity to the UniSwap and Pancake pools. To make sure it doesn’t affect the volume of rewards for master node holders, we’ve invented a mechanism to issue mCELL tokens so that master node holders can choose whether to stake a single CELL, or pair it with ETH, BNB or stablecoins — either way, they will get their mCELL to process transactions and provide services (and earn on it too).

✓ Emissions

Rewards

For structuring a reward system for stakers, the plan is to emit 3M tokens next year. Then there will be a vote on the issuance for 2024 and beyond. The basic scenario is to halve the emission to 1.5M for 2023, with a further halving each year. It can be revised depending on the success of the ecosystem development and the sentiments of the holders.

The distribution of the issue will be as follows:

1.3M for Uniswap pairs:

• 1M for CELL/ETH pair
• 0.3M for CELL/USDC, CELL/DAI, and CELL/USDT

0.7M for Pancakeswap pairs:

• 0.5 M — CELL/BNB pair
• 0.2 M — CELL/BUSD, CELL/DAI, CELL/USDT

1M for single-sided staking.

Reserves

To build a viable ecosystem in the long term, there will be an emission of reserves, 2 million $CELL. One million will be emitted in mid-2023, and one million will be emitted in mid-2024. These funds will be used to develop the project.

✓ Additional rewards and bonuses

The staking reward in our system is calculated using points, which depend on the amount of funds contributed and the duration of this lockup. To calculate the number of points for a stake, you need to multiply the locked amount by a coefficient that depends on the lockup duration. When providing liquidity under the staking program, the coefficient is increased by 15 percentage points for every 3 months of lockup. The maximum lockup period is 2 years. If you lock up funds for this period, the coefficient will be 220%, which means that the number of points will be 2.2 times the number of locked funds. When creating a stake, you can choose which part of the reward will be added to the balance to increase profitability, and which part will be available for withdrawal before the end of the lockup period.

Bonuses for the duration of providing liquidity before staking program launch

Holding LP in a Uniswap or PancakeSwap pool before the launch of the Cellframe staking program will earn you more points. Even before locking LP tokens into a stake or auction, the coefficient will increase by 0.16 percentage points each day. If the LP was created 30 days before the launch of the staking program, this will increase the multiplier for calculating points by 4.8 percentage points, and if it has been in the LP for 313 days, the multiplier will be increased by 50 percentage points. 50 percentage points is the maximum bonus that can be earned for early liquidity provision.

✓ APY calculation examples

Let's take a look at how the point system works. For simplicity, we will assume that all stakes are fixed, although in reality they are recalculated every minute. Depending on the chosen refinancing share, the deposit, and accordingly, the points, can grow both for the user and in the system. When a stake ends, the total number of points in the system decreases.

Single-token

1000 CELL staked for 1 year gives:

1000 * 160% = 1600 points.

Assuming the total number of points of other participants in staking one token is equal to 2 million, then this staker will have an annual reward of:

1000000 / (2000000/1600) = 1000000 / 1250 = 800 CELL per year.

With an initial investment of 1000 CELL, this gives an 80% APY.

Pair

✓ How to bring up a master node for staking participation?

The participants of the staking program and auctions will get additional rewards in the form of an airdrop of special mCELL tokens. The mCELL token will not be transferable, nor will it be tradeable, exchangeable, or withdrawable. Its only purpose is as a stake for master nodes. This means that there will be no need to choose between the staking program or the auctioning of the opportunity to raise a Master Node. Everyone who participates in the staking program will also be rewarded as a percentage of the value of the services provided and transactions processed by the Master Node. This award is an extra bonus and is not a substitute for the CELL awards but rather a supplement.

UPD:

At the end of 2024, we held three votes within the community. The first vote determined the reward pool size for staking in 2025 — 2 million tokens. In the second vote, the team proposed redirecting rewards for LP-staking pairs with stablecoins towards project development, but this proposal was rejected by the community. The third vote concerned the distribution of the reward pool between stakers and validators. The community decided to allocate 2 million tokens in an 80/20 ratio. 80% of the pool will go to rewards for validators, while 20% will be allocated to staking rewards. This distribution reflects the current ecosystem priorities aimed at sustainable development and supporting network activity.

The current token distribution data across the network is as follows:

A total of 2 million tokens:

1.6 million — for validator rewards

0.4 million — for staking rewards

Distribution among stakers:

0.144 million — for solo staking

0.16 million — for pairs on Uniswap:

● 0.12 million for the CELL/ETH pair

● 0.04 million for the CELL/USDC, CELL/DAI, and CELL/USDT pairs (0.013333 for each pool);

0.096 million — for pairs on Pancakeswap:

● 0.068 million for the CELL/BNB pair

● 0.028 million for the CELL/BUSD, CELL/DAI, and CELL/USDT pairs.

At the beginning of 2025, we stopped accepting new LP-stakes in external networks. This decision was made due to the rapid development of quantum technologies and the increasing risks associated with storing funds in non-native networks. All active stakes remain valid, and rewards for them will be paid in full, but no new stakes will be accepted. Instead, we are beginning the development of a mechanism to create LP tokens on the Cellframe platform. Once launched, rewards intended for LP-staking will be transferred to holders of Cellframe LP tokens.

Future decisions regarding reward distribution in the Cellframe mainnet will be determined by subsequent votes.