Last November, we introduced a choice for everyone with locked NAI tokens: continue vesting for another year or claim them all early and burn a portion. This led to a large number of early claims, and a total burn of 445,480,975.77 NAI. Everyone who didn’t claim now has tokens locked (454M NAI) until November 2025, after which they’ll unlock every second for a year. The result: an encouraging shift in community sentiment, with people feeling optimistic about NAI’s direction.

An updated vesting schedule can be found here.

To summarize:

• 445M NAI have been burned permanently
• 454M NAI have been locked until November 2025
• 445M NAI is to be voted for through a DAO proposal

With 445 million tokens burned, we promised to match that exact amount by involving the same number of tokens from our ecosystem allocation in a DAO proposal. At first glance, it might seem logical to burn these tokens as well, but we believe adding them to the DAO Treasury makes more sense for the long term. Under the DAO’s oversight, these tokens can be used for important initiatives such as exchange listings, developer grants, and marketing incentives. Any movement of these tokens will still require community approval, so they will not be spent without a clear plan that benefits the ecosystem.

We’re calling this plan “The 445M NAI Proposal”. We encourage everyone to voice their thoughts on whether we should burn these tokens or store them in the DAO. Keeping them available can help support community-led efforts and development down the road. Our priority is to ensure that any use of these tokens remains transparent and aligned with the best interests of NAI holders. After a week of discussion, the proposal will go live for voting on snapshot.

Moving forward, we’re preparing some exciting updates. Our HelixVM testnet is about to get a major upgrade, we’re finalizing a new website, and Legion (our gamification app) will “leverage” a new feature as well. We’ll also introduce staking options for NAI with our upcoming launchpad. As these initiatives come to life, we look forward to growing together and continuing to strengthen Nuklai.

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