How vesting schedules work cliff and linear release for token launches
Vesting schedules are a standard feature of token launches. They determine when you can sell what you were allocated, and the mechanics matter more than most participants realise. This page explains how they work from your side, not the project's.
The components of a vesting schedule
Three variables define almost every vesting schedule: the TGE release percentage, the cliff duration, and the vesting period. Each one changes what you can do with your tokens and when.
TGE release (Token Generation Event release) is the portion you can sell immediately when the token goes live. Cliff is a waiting period before any tokens release after TGE. Linear vesting means tokens release continuously over time once the cliff ends.
A concrete example
Take a typical structure: 25% TGE release, 3-month cliff, 12-month linear vesting. Here is how it plays out.
On launch day, you receive 25% of your allocation right away. You can sell it, hold it, or do nothing. The remaining 75% is locked.
For three months, nothing happens. No tokens release, no matter what. That is the cliff.
After month three, the cliff ends and linear vesting begins. From that point, the remaining 75% releases evenly over the next 12 months. That works out to roughly 6.25% per month, though in practice it releases continuously rather than in monthly chunks.
After 15 months total (3-month cliff plus 12-month vesting), your entire allocation is released.
The common misconception about price protection
Many participants assume vesting protects the token price. The logic sounds sensible: if large holders cannot dump immediately, the price should stay stable.
That assumption is wrong.
Vesting controls when tokens can be sold. It does not control whether they will be sold. A team with a twelve-month vesting schedule can still crash the market the day their tokens release. So can early investors. So can advisors.
The protection only exists if the people receiving tokens choose not to sell. Vesting is a delay mechanism, not a commitment mechanism. No schedule forces anyone to hold.
How team releases crash markets even with vesting
Consider a project where the team holds 30% of the total supply. A typical vesting schedule might have a 6-month cliff and 24-month linear vesting. For six months, those tokens are invisible; the market sees lower circulating supply, and the price may look stable or even strong.
At month six, the cliff ends. The team's tokens start releasing. Even if the vesting stretches over two years, the market has to absorb those tokens gradually. The problem is awareness. Most retail participants do not track release schedules. They see a price decline and assume something is wrong with the project. Meanwhile, the team may be systematically selling into that decline.
The same dynamic applies to venture capital rounds, advisors, and ecosystem funds. Multiple vesting schedules can run in parallel. A 25% TGE release for VCs combined with a 3-month cliff for the team can create overlapping selling pressure that no single participant can prevent.
What you can do with this information
Check the vesting schedule before you participate. Look at the cliff duration, the TGE release percentage, and the total vesting period. If the team or VCs have short cliffs, that selling pressure arrives sooner.
Look for projects that publish release calendars. Some do. Most do not. The absence of that information is itself meaningful.
Vesting is a timing mechanism. Nothing more. It does not protect price. It does not signal confidence. It simply spreads the moment when tokens become sellable across a longer window. Whether that helps or hurts depends on what the people holding those tokens decide to do.
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