# kaal:claim:4015908-036

**Claim.** No more than 40% of total token supply should be auctioned in a fair launch, with 10% serving as a buffer paired with raised funds as permanently locked DEX liquidity and the other 50% allocated to a DEX pair with the raise proceeds to provide long-term locked liquidity.

**Type.** design  **Support.** asserted

**Holds when.**

- public auction of tokens in a fair launch context

**Source quote.**

> it is ill advised to auction more than 40% of the total token supply. 10% of token supply should serve as a buffer. paired with the funds raised to form permanently locked liquidity on a DEX. The other 50% should be allocated to a DEX in a pair with the funds from the token raise.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *Fair Token Launch* (2022), IV.3 Auction, page 17

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Fair Token Launch (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4015908

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `e0925afde0c42a16cd5310983789fae3eb3d1f121e2954a72afa64191d00fe37` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202022%20-%20Fair%20Token%20Launch.pdf

**Topics.** tokenomics, defi

**Keywords.** auction, token-supply, locked-liquidity, dex, allocation

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