GNOT Public Sale
The native token of Gno.land, the next-generation smart contract platform powered by Gno.
Public sale
GNOT Token Sale
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Sale Overview
- Token
- GNOT
- Sale allocation
- 38,760,000 GNOT (~2.9% of supply)
- Sale format
- Uniform Price Auction (English Auction)
- Accepted currency
- USDC & USDT (Ethereum Mainnet)
- Contribution window
- July 20 - July 27, 2026
- Expected mainnet launch
- Q3 2026
Pricing and Caps
- Starting price
- $0.0645 per GNOT
- Bid increment
- $0.0215
- Minimum commitment
- $100
- Soft cap
- $2,500,000
How GNOT is distributed
Token Distribution
1,333,000,000 GNOT
- Airdrop1 - Cosmos26.26%From partial Cosmos governance snapshot 3 years ago350,000,000
- NEWTENDERMINT, LLC24.91%For use at NT,LLC discretion332,000,000
- Investors22.51%For past and future investors300,000,000
- Airdrop2 - AtomOne17.33%From recent AtomOne snapshot prior to launch231,000,000
- Ecosystem Treasury4.50%For prior and future Gno.land ecosystem development60,000,000
- Core Treasury3.00%For paying for core development40,000,000
- Validator Treasury1.50%For paying validators20,000,000
*Including $20M investment from AIB
Circulating Supply
~14.8% at TGE
- Investors Pool156,000,000
- Investors111,240,000
- Token Sale38,760,000
- Airdrop1 - Cosmos14,000,000
- NEWTENDERMINT, LLC13,280,000
- Airdrop2 - AtomOne9,240,000
- Ecosystem Treasury2,400,000
- Core Treasury1,600,000
- Validator Treasury800,000
- Lockup1-Year Lockup for US Investors Only
- FDV (at $0.0645)$85,978,500
How it works
How to Participate
Registration is not open yet - it opens July 8, 2026.
01
Verify
Complete identity verification with Sonar, Echo's compliance platform.
02
Connect
Connect your wallet to join the sale.
03
Bid
Set your max price and commit USDC or USDT.
04
Receive
Tokens are sent to your address with lockup applied.
Project
The Open Knowledge Base for the New Millennium
Gno.land, developed by NewTendermint, is a next-generation smart contract platform built on Gno, a Go-based interpreted language that lets developers build secure, expressive on-chain applications using one of the world's most popular programming languages. Founded by Jae Kwon, co-founder of Cosmos and Tendermint, Gno.land represents a paradigm shift in multi-user programming. Unlike traditional blockchain environments that require a learning curve, Gno.land meets developers where they already are, dramatically lowering the barrier to entry while maintaining the performance and clarity Go is known for.
- 150+
- Contributors
- 1K+
- Packages
- 5+
- Years building
Project
The Open Knowledge Base for the New Millennium
At its core, Gno.land is designed for transparency, security, and long-term composability. All smart contracts are fully on-chain, human-readable, and permanently verifiable, meaning anyone can audit, fork, or build on top of existing code without trust assumptions. Combined with a fair, community-driven governance model and a tokenomics structure designed for sustainable growth, Gno.land is building the foundation for a more open and accountable decentralized internet.
Why Gno.land
Built for Developers, Designed for Eternity
The World's First General-Purpose, Language-Based, Multi-User OS
More than just a typical smart contract platform, Gno.land is designed to be a general-purpose operating system where developer communities can collaboratively build and contribute to a single, shared, ever-evolving program.
Built for Go Developers
Gno.land is powered by Gno, a programming language that is 99% identical to Go. With millions of Go developers worldwide, anyone familiar with Go can start building on Gno.land immediately. No new language to learn, no unfamiliar tooling.
Human-Readable Smart Contracts
By running smart contracts as plain, readable source code rather than opaque bytecode, Gno.land lets anyone read, audit, fork, and improve any application on the network with complete transparency.
Native Composability and Type Safety
Gno.land uses Go-style packages with full type checking, so bugs are caught before deployment rather than on a live network. Developers can safely build on top of existing contracts, making complex applications easier to compose and maintain.
Fully Deterministic Execution
Every smart contract on Gno.land behaves identically across the entire network, guaranteeing predictable, trustless consensus while keeping code simple, transparent, and straightforward to audit.
Automatic Data Persistence
Gno.land automatically saves and manages data for developers, eliminating some of the most repetitive and error-prone work in smart contract development. On Gno.land, developers can focus on the important stuff - building and shipping.
GNOT utility
GNOT, the Native Token Powering Gno.land
Storage Deposits
GNOT is locked as a storage deposit whenever data is persisted in a realm. Holding GNOT means reserving ownership of storage on Gno.land.
Transaction Fees
GNOT is the fuel that enables every transaction on Gno.land. Each transaction is paid for in GNOT, so demand for the token rises as network activity increases.
IBC/ICS
GNOT is used for all IBC and ICS cross-chain interactions. The transfer of value between Gno.land and other chains requires GNOT, extending the token's utility beyond Gno.land itself.
Contract Execution
GNOT functions as the gas token that powers smart contract execution. Every computation a contract runs is metered and settled in GNOT, keeping resources fairly priced and the network resistant to spam.
Gno.land in Numbers
The Ecosystem in Numbers
Five years of compounding open-source development. Built transparently in public by a growing developer community.
5+
- Years building
150+
- Contributors
2,400+
- PRs merged
1,100+
- Issues closed
3M+
- Total wallets
650K+
- Active wallets
1,000+
- On-chain packages
1M+
- Test13 transactions
Core team
The Team Behind Gno.land
The engineers, researchers, and operators building Gno.land in the open, from the makers of Cosmos and Tendermint.
Jae Kwon
Creator of Tendermint and Cosmos
Manfred Touron
VP of Engineering, co-founded Scaleway and Berty
Morgan Bazalgette
Golang Developer
Alexis Colin
Senior Front End Developer
Guilhem Fanton
Golang Developer
Antoine Eddi
Research & Development Engineer
Liu Tianzhao
Principal Software Engineer
LaLi Brown
Senior Manager, IT and Business Operations
Dongwon Shin
Chief Operating Officer
Ryan Lee
Marketing Lead
Nandika Hettiarachchi
Director of Finance
Carolyn Pehrson
Principal Paralegal and Executive Assistant
Roadmap
From Bootstrap to Mainnet
2021
Jae Kwon bootstrapped the Gno Virtual Machine (GnoVM) and Tendermint node. A functional blockchain was established with a foundational virtual machine, automatic state persistence, and the first Boards realm.
2023
Gno.land introduced key developer tools including gnodev, the Playground, and GnoChess. The team also released official documentation and the Gno Network Public License, formalizing how the network would be developed and shared.
2024
The first permanent multi-node testnet Test4 launched with GovDAO governance, followed by Test5 with an expanded validator set. The cycle delivered major VM fixes, performance upgrades, and broad stability improvements.
2025
Network stabilization came with Test6 to Test8, GovDAO V3, token mechanics, and major GnoVM upgrades. Additional progress included governance testing, regular developer updates, community events, and improved validator tooling.
Q1 2026
Gno.land Beta Mainnet Launch
Gno.land Beta Mainnet is launched with the first distribution of the GNOT token, a fully operational GnoVM-powered smart contract network, and the inaugural release of GovDAO, Gno.land's on-chain governance system.
Q2 2026
Expanding the network
Gno.land is successfully connected to AtomOne on testnet via IBC, enhancing security and interoperability. GnoVM is optimized and strengthened to ensure network stability and deliver better platform features in preparation for mainnet.
Q3 2026
Mainnet Launch
The GNOT public sale is scheduled for July, followed by the Gno.land mainnet launch featuring a fully interoperable and security-hardened network with protocol-level GNOT transfers enabled.
Q4 2026 - Beyond
Ecosystem Growth
With the network live, focus shifts to ecosystem growth. The team supports builders shipping the first meaningful applications on Gno.land and expands the developer toolkit.
Ecosystem
Discover What's Being Built
Gnoscan
Explorer
Gnoscan is the official blockchain explorer for Gno.land. Use it to search wallet addresses, transaction hashes, blocks, and contracts.
Adena
Wallet
Adena is an open-source, non-custodial wallet for Gno.land built with an emphasis on user experience.
Gnoswap
DEX
GnoSwap is the first decentralized exchange on Gno.land built on the principles of security, community-ownership, and efficiency.
Boards
Forum
Boards is an on-chain forum built natively on Gno.land. It enables structured, open dialogue and community-driven discussion, free from centralized moderation and external control.
Akkadia
Game
Akkadia is an on-chain sandbox game where players create their own worlds, expand them together, and leave their activities as persistent on-chain records.
Gno Playground
Development
Gno Playground is a browser-based environment for writing, testing, and experimenting with Gno code. Share your code, run unit tests, deploy realms and packages, and execute functions directly from the interface with no local setup required.
Gno Studio Connect
Connection
Direct access to Gno.land's smart contracts through function calls. Explore and interact with any realm's exposed functions.
Tendermint2
Consensus
The evolved consensus engine, redesigned from the ground up for simplicity, security, and performance.
Gnokey
Key management
Secure key management and transaction signing for interacting with Gno.land and related networks.
Gnoweb
Web interface
The official web interface for browsing and interacting with Gno.land realms and packages.
Partners
Our Collaborators
Samourai Coop
Samourai Coop is a development team focused on DAOs and sustainable, community-powered applications, building the governance and coordination tools that decentralized communities need to thrive.
- Louis B.Senior Reliability Engineer & DevOps
- Miguel V.Senior Backend Engineer
- Omar S.Senior Blockchain & Gno VM Engineer
- Antoine B.Task Force Lead & Coordinator
- David G.Developer Relations & Technical Engineer
Berty
Berty is a non-profit NGO specializing in secure, peer-to-peer mobile communication. Berty's work on privacy-first infrastructure aligns closely with Gno.land's mission to build a censorship-resistant internet.
- Rémi BarberoFull Stack Developer
- Jeff ThompsonSoftware Developer
All in Bits
All in Bits is the team behind Tendermint BFT and Cosmos, the foundational infrastructure of the Internet of Blockchains ecosystem and the organization building AtomOne, the next chapter of that vision.
- Alexandros MegalokonomosLead Software Engineer
- Giuseppe NataleLead Blockchain Engineer
- Julien RobertSenior Blockchain Engineer
- Thomas BruyelleSenior Blockchain Engineer
Onbloc
Onbloc is an engineering team building consumer-facing applications on Gno.land, including Adena Wallet, GnoSwap, and GnoScan, some of the ecosystem's most used tools today.
Oak Security
Oak Security is a leading Web3 security firm specializing in smart contract audits, operational security reviews, penetration testing, and vCISO services.
Partners
Our Collaborators
Backers
Our Backers
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
The GNOT token sale takes place as a uniform-price auction (English auction) with a minimum price (starting price) of $0.0645. Participants submit bids in increments of $0.0215 at or above the clearing price. The price moves up when demand at or above a higher step is itself enough to buy the entire 38,760,000 at that price. The clearing price is determined by demand at the end of the auction. All bids at or above the clearing price are successful.
Example 1: Clearing price stays at current level
Bids received: 30,000,000 GNOT at $0.0645, 20,000,000 GNOT at $0.086. Since total demand at $0.086 (20M) falls short of the 38,760,000 GNOT being sold, the clearing price remains $0.0645. Winning bidders receive tokens pro rata, and excess bid amounts are refunded.
Example 2: Clearing price increases
Bids received: 40,000,000 GNOT at $0.0645, 40,000,000 GNOT at $0.086. Since demand at $0.086 (40M) exceeds the 38,760,000 GNOT available, the clearing price rises to $0.086. Bidders at $0.0645 are not allocated tokens - only bids at or above the clearing price qualify. Winning bidders receive tokens pro rata, and excess bid amounts are refunded.
Registration with Sonar opens Wednesday, July 8, 2026 at 22:00 UTC.
The token sale starts Monday, July 20, 2026 at 22:00 UTC. The sale ends Monday, July 27, 2026 at 22:00 UTC.
If you are outbid during the sale, you can do one of three things.
1. You can wait until the sale ends and receive a full refund of your committed USDC.
2. You can raise your bid with your current USDC commitment. You won't need to add more USDC - all you need to do is sign with your wallet.
3. You can increase your commitment by depositing more USDC and placing a higher bid.
No. If the clearing price is lower than your bid, your committed USDC will buy tokens at the clearing price.
Example: A participant bids 1,000 USDC at $0.172 per token. The clearing price is $0.129. The participant receives tokens at $0.129, spending $1,000 USDC.
If total commitments exceed the available token supply, allocations are settled on a pro rata basis. Every participant's commitment is scaled down by the same percentage so that the total matches the sale supply.
Example: If $20M is committed but only $10M worth of tokens are available, everyone receives 50% of their commitment. The rest is refunded after the sale is over.
This is a regulated public sale, so every participant completes a one-time identity verification (about 3 minutes) with Sonar, the compliance platform by Echo. Reviews are asynchronous and can take time, so please register early. Registration opens July 8, 2026, two weeks before the sale.
Eligibility is determined by your jurisdiction and verified through Sonar during registration. The sale is unavailable in certain regions - if yours is restricted, Sonar will let you know.
Participation is available to US residents who qualify as accredited investors.
To participate in the sale, you will need to complete Sonar verification, set up a self-custody Ethereum wallet, and hold USDC. We recommend completing your identity verification and funding your wallet well ahead of the sale date of July 20, 2026.
You can participate with any self-custody Ethereum wallet that holds USDC and can sign on Ethereum. We recommend MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, and Rabby. You can also connect through WalletConnect and use Rainbow, Trust Wallet, or Ledger.
Install your wallet on your browser before connecting, as only installed wallets will appear. New to wallets? Check ethereum.org to compare and pick one.
The minimum commitment requirement is 100 USDC, and there is no maximum commitment limit. You can bid at or above the starting price of $0.0645 in $0.0215 increments.
Token distribution is set to happen in September. There is no lockup for the public sale - 100% of your tokens will be transferable after distribution.
US accredited investors are subject to a 12-month lock-up following TGE, during which tokens may not be transferred or sold.
No. You cannot lower or cancel a bid while the sale is running. If your bid ends below the final clearing price, your committed funds are refunded after settlement.
For issues with your bid, verification, or payment, email tokensale@newtendermint.org. For general questions, join the Gno.land Discord. We will never DM you first or ask for your seed phrase.