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TIDE Token Overview

TIDE is the native governance and utility token of the Harbor ecosystem. It plays a central role in coordinating the protocol's growth, securing market health, and rewarding community participation.

Status: TIDE launch and BAO → TIDE migration claims are rolling out via the Tide dashboard. BAO is being retired in favor of TIDE as the primary ecosystem token.

Founder tokens: ~2% liquid at launch; ~20% via five TVL + POL cliffs ($1M/1% → $50M/15%), 4% per cliff, max 4%/year (*KPI schedule pending). Full allocation table: TIDE Tokenomics.

Overview​

TIDE turns users, builders, and liquidity providers into long-term stakeholders aligned with Harbor's success through governance power and exposure to protocol value accrual through TIDE buybacks.

Governance, incentives, and value accrual in one token.

Launch and Distribution​

Early participation was tracked with Ledger Marks (Maiden Voyage and Earn activity) rather than a liquid pre-TGE farming token. Marks and snapshot programs feed into TIDE distribution / claim flows in the app.

Historical docs referred to a “12-week points phase before token launch.” That bootstrap phase is complete relative to TIDE going live — use the app for current claim status, not the old pre-launch framing.

Token Utilities​

1. Governance Power​

TIDE holders gain the ability to:

  • Propose and discuss protocol changes and upgrades
  • Shape the future direction of Harbor

During the early growth phase, incentive allocation is team-directed for agility, with community oversight through transparency and proposals. Long-term, Harbor intends to transition toward a governance committee structure combining core contributors and elected community representatives.

2. Stability Pool and Market Growth​

  • ~5% of a market’s revenue may go to Maiden Voyage Yield Share first; of the remaining ~95%, after any post–$10M TVL treasury take, 75% goes to stability pools, growing markets and TVL
  • Stability Pool participants may also earn targeted TIDE incentives where allocated
  • Yields scale with protocol usage and adoption

3. Value Accrual (Buybacks, POL, Burns)​

25% of that same remaining revenue (post–Yield Share and any TVL take) buys TIDE, then:

  1. Fill treasury to 30% of total TIDE supply
  2. Build POL to 15% of total TIDE supply
  3. Burn further purchases

Both percentages are of the hard-capped 1B total supply, not of circulating supply.

Full diagram and detail: TIDE Tokenomics.

4. Protocol-Owned Liquidity (POL)​

  • Permanent liquidity funded from the TIDE buyback path once treasury ownership targets are met (30% then 15% POL, both of total supply)
  • Provides stability and reduces reliance on mercenary liquidity mining
  • Creates inherent buy pressure for TIDE from protocol operations