Tokenomics

HEU Token

HEU (pronounced as “hue”) is the native token of Heurist Protocol. The maximum supply is 1,000,000,000. HEU token provides a default mechanism to store and exchange value in the Heurist ecosystem. The utilities include:

Pay for AI services
Stake to secure the network and earn revenue from the protocol
Vote on governance decisions
Serve as the gas token for transactions in the Heurist Chain

Distribution

Category	Token Amount	% of Total Supply	TGE Unlock %	Cliff (months)	Total Vesting (months)
Season 1 Testnet Miners (11k addresses)	50,000,000	5.00	100	0	0
Liquidity	28,000,000	2.80	100	0	0
Marketing	18,500,000	1.85	100	0	0
Imaginaries NFT Airdrop	12,845,000	1.28	100	0	0
Pre-TGE Grants	300,000	0.03	100	0	0
KOLs	6,500,000	0.65	20	0	6
Unallocated Grants	6,855,000	0.69	0	3	0
Private Angels and VC	60,000,000	6.00	0	3	24
Team and Advisors	150,000,000	15.00	0	3	24
Mining and Staking (Exclusing Season 1)	500,000,000	50.00	0	3	120
Protocol Treasury	167,000,000	16.70	0	6	48

Mining Emission

Phase 1: (Completed. Rewards already distributed) 50M HEU airdropped to all miners at a snapshot taken at July 19th, 2024. See Season 1 (Ended) Phase 2: (Completed. Rewards already distributed) 10M HEU airdropped to all miners from July 19th, 2024 to Janurary 18th, 2025. See Season 2 (Ended) Mining is no longer available. Stay tuned for future reward opportunities.

Staking Emission

The rewards are structured as:

Base rewards: 50% APR from protocol emissions
Dynamic rewards: Variable returns from protocol revenue (API credit purchases)
Auto-compounding: All rewards automatically reinvest through the stHEU mechanism

Stakers must complete a 30-day lockup period when unstaking, during which tokens cannot be transferred.

Getting Started

Overview

Heurist Mesh

X402 Products

LLM Gateway

HEU Token

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