Recently, an open-source AI platform Sentient released its token $SENT economic model, which is quite worth a look. The total supply is set at 34.36 billion tokens—this number is a bit special, exactly equal to 2 to the power of 35. The official says that those with a technical background might understand the meaning behind it.

In terms of token distribution, community incentives and airdrops make up the largest share, accounting for 44%. Ecosystem and R&D are 19.55%, the team is 22%, investors are 12.45%, and public sale is only 2%. This allocation reveals their emphasis on the community. Regarding release schedule, 30% of the community tokens are unlocked upon generation, with the remaining 70% linearly released over four years. Tokens for the team and investors are also locked—starting from one year, then released over six years and four years respectively. This design aims to reduce selling pressure.

Market expectations for it are still high. According to prediction market data, the probability of a fully diluted valuation exceeding $200 million on the first day of trading is 99%, over $400 million is 87%, and even over $600 million has an 83% chance. The current trading volume of this prediction contract is about $330,000, indicating decent participation.

In terms of ecosystem applications, $SENT is mainly used as a medium of payment. Paying for proxy services, model calls, and data services all require $SENT for settlement. Components within the platform can also pay each other using $SENT, aiming to build an on-chain composable value flow—that’s an interesting approach.

The airdrop plan was opened for registration as early as November last year, targeting four groups: community contributors, active platform users, social media opinion leaders, and open-source researchers. The second phase will introduce new roles and clearer reward pathways, with rewards including tokens and other incentives.