Chainlink Unlock Schedule
Chainlink states that the total supply is capped at 1,000,000,000 LINK, with circulating supply shown as more than 748 million on chain.link/economics in September 2026. We have not recorded scheduled unlocks for Chainlink.
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Key facts
| Emission model | Fixed supply |
|---|---|
| Circulating supply | 748.1M LINK (74.8% of max) |
| Maximum supply | 1.0B LINK |
Upcoming unlocks
We have not verified a token unlock schedule for Chainlink.
Supply and emission
Chainlink states that the total supply is capped at 1,000,000,000 LINK, with circulating supply shown as more than 748 million on chain.link/economics in September 2026. There is no ongoing issuance beyond the cap. Payment Abstraction programmatically converts service revenue into LINK through a decentralized exchange, and staking locks LINK with slashing risk rather than minting new tokens. No allocation sits under a published dated vesting schedule on these pages.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How much of Chainlink supply is still locked?
- About 251.9M LINK is not yet circulating, 25.2% of the maximum supply of 1.0B LINK, as of September 5, 2026. Not all of that is on a published unlock schedule.
- Where does this data come from?
- Unlock dates and amounts are taken from Chainlink's own project documentation and recorded by RampAtlas. This page was verified on September 2, 2026.