100M ADM. Burn-to-mint and Node Runner rewards. Five-year launch phase.
The full supply of ADM is set at genesis and minted only as it's claimed. There is no token that exists before someone earns it through one of the two paths.
Anyone who burns BTC or ETH to a verifiable null address can claim ADM at the protocol-defined rate. Mathematics; no permission needed. Per-address claim caps prevent early concentration.
Earned block-by-block by the Node Runners (validators in the spec) actually running the chain. The only way to acquire stake from work, not capital. Calibrated to drain over the launch phase — a target of two to three years at single-digit ADM per block.
If the pool isn't exhausted within five years of genesis, the remainder is provably destroyed. The protocol does not retain it. The founders do not retain it. It simply ceases to exist.
Per-address claim caps prevent the first hour from being dominated by a few large actors. The cap rises through five phases until it lifts entirely at month twelve.
Tightest cap. The first month is for spreading distribution wide.
Slight relaxation as participation broadens.
Mid-launch. More room for committed holders.
Late launch. Caps still meaningful but minimal.
Caps lift. Anyone can claim any amount.
Once the genesis pool exhausts (or the five-year cap is reached), the protocol transitions to a perpetual issuance schedule. The rate is fixed at genesis and cannot be modified without a hard fork. Issuance flows entirely to Node Runners and their delegators — never to a foundation, never to a treasury, never to the implementers.
Substantial early rewards to bootstrap a robust Node Runner set.
Inflation tapers as the chain matures and fee revenue grows.
Continued tapering toward long-run equilibrium.
Asymptotic floor in perpetuity. Balances against fee burn.
Each epoch, issuance is distributed across the active set in proportion to bonded stake, including delegations. Each Node Runner's share is then split between the Node Runner and their delegators per the Node Runner's commission rate (typically 5–15%). No portion is reserved for a foundation, a development fund, or any other recipient.
Base fees on every transaction are destroyed via an EIP-1559-style mechanism; tips go to Node Runners. Under typical usage, fee burn approximately equals issuance, producing roughly stable supply. Heavy usage produces net deflation; light usage produces modest inflation.
Most chain launches involve at least some of these. Adamant deliberately involves none. The negative space is the point.
No tokens exist before genesis. Not even one.
The implementers receive no ADM by virtue of having built it.
Nobody has invested cash in exchange for early tokens.
There is no private round at a discount before public access.
No pool of ADM held back for future protocol development.
Because there is no allocation to vest.
No marketing fund. No incentive program. No liquidity mining.
No reward for past activity on other chains.