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# Distribution of Tokens

<table><thead><tr><th width="231">Categories</th><th width="157">Tokens</th><th width="78">Percentage</th><th>Release period</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Node Reward</td><td>100,000,000</td><td>10%</td><td>Automatically released by reward contract.</td></tr><tr><td>Developer Reward</td><td>150,000,000</td><td>15%</td><td>Automatically released by reward contract.</td></tr><tr><td>Transaction Reward</td><td>200,000,000</td><td>20%</td><td>Automatically released by reward contract.</td></tr><tr><td>Governance Reward</td><td>20,000,000</td><td>2%</td><td>Automatically released by reward contract.</td></tr><tr><td>Airdrop(Advisors,Early supportors)</td><td>30,000,000</td><td>3%</td><td>Linear release from the 1st to the 6th month.</td></tr><tr><td>VC Investors</td><td>100,000,000</td><td>10%</td><td>Lock-up period of 12 months, linear release from the 13th to the 24th month.</td></tr><tr><td>Public Sale</td><td>100,000,000</td><td>10%</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>EMC Foundation/Treasury</td><td>150,000,000</td><td>15%</td><td>100 million tokens have a lock-up period of 12 months, with linear release from the 13th to the 36th month.</td></tr><tr><td>Founding Developer Team</td><td>150,000,000</td><td>15%</td><td>Lock-up period of 12 months, linear release from the 13th to the 30th month.</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>1,000,000,000</td><td>100%</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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