$LAYER - Connecting the Solayer Ecosystem
Infrastructure on the bottom. Vertical stack on the top.Our team is doing more than just delivering the most scalable infrastructure through InfiniSVM. We’re building a tightly integrated suite of vertical products within our own ecosystem. sSOL, sUSD, and our Emerald Card are only the beginning, with a number of other products in the pipeline being tested at the speed of light with InfiniSVM. Underpinning all of this is $LAYER, which is both the native token for InfiniSVM as well as the governance token for Solayer’s protocol suites.
Token Distribution

Community & Ecosystem [51.23%]
- 34.23% is for continued R&D, developer programs, ecosystem growth, and other user activities.
- 14% is for community events/incentives (including 12% reserved for the Genesis Drop to reward early adopters and initial claim activities).
- 3% is distributed via the Emerald Card community sale.
Core Contributors [17.11%]
- Reserved for core contributors and advisors.
Investors [16.66%]
- Allocation for investors.
Foundation [15%]
- Allocated to the Solayer Foundation to support vertical product expansion and network development.

LAYER Vesting Schedule
$LAYER tokens will be emitted over time, following the vesting schedule below:- Genesis Drop: Fully unvested at launch.
- Emerald Card Community Sale: Fully unvested at launch.
- Community incentives: Linearly vested for 6 months.
- Community & Ecosystem: Vested every 3 months over 4 years.
- Foundation: Vested every 3 months over 4 years.
- Team & Advisors: 1-year cliff, 3 years linear vesting.
- Investors: 1-year cliff, 2 years linear vesting.

Token Design
$LAYER has utility across the entire Solayer ecosystem.At launch, the primary utility is governance, with network-specific utility becoming available with InfiniSVM, and protocol-level utility with our incoming vertical product suites.
Governance [current]
- Protocol upgrades, such as adding supported assets.
- Key ecosystem initiatives, such as grants.
Future Use Cases [subject to design change]
- Participate in Proof of Stake consensus for Decentralized Verification to earn block rewards.
- Verifiers securing Solayer get rewarded with $LAYER.
- $LAYER as the gas token for transactions on the Solayer network.
$LAYER Genesis Drop
The second $LAYER distribution is for existing community members who’ve been with us since launching in 2024. Solayer is reserving 12% total for community members, integration partners, and liquidity providers, recognizing those who bootstrapped the ecosystem and will continue our journey in 2025.Eligibility
- sSOL and sUSD holders.
- Users who delegated sSOL to AVS partners.
- Users who deposited sSOL or sUSD in partnered DeFi protocols.
- Users who deposited whitelisted LSTs on Solayer.
- Users who deposited with Solayer through partner and wallet campaigns.
- LRT protocols.
- Other claim initiatives.