The ONION Token Fair Launch is designed to ensure transparent, equal-access participation in the token distribution process – without insider pricing, private allocations, or hidden discounts.
1. ONTON Fair Launch
🔍 What is the Fair Launch?
The ONTON Fair Launch is a public, time-based token auction designed to ensure transparent, equal-access participation in the $ONION distribution – with no private sales, no discounts, and no insider allocations.
Through a fully on-chain English auction, anyone can join at any time, and token prices increase progressively based on demand and timing. The earlier you participate, the better rate you receive.This is not just a launch. It’s how ONTON builds a community-driven, fair-value ecosystem from day one.
- Public sale only – no prior private rounds, no early discounts
- Price increases over time – early participants receive better rates
- Anyone can join – low entry barrier, pro-community model
🔑 Key Features
- Transparency
All pricing, rules, and allocations are fully on-chain and public. No hidden terms. No insider advantages. - Time-Based Auction
The Fair Launch is structured around timed bidding rounds. Each round has a price that reflects real-time demand. - Early = Better Pricing
Token prices start low and increase over time. Early participation is rewarded with the lowest possible prices - Open to Everyone
Anyone with a wallet can join. No whitelist, no preconditions. Designed to welcome believers, not just big players. - FairLock Protection
To protect Fair Launch participants, the vast majority of tokens are locked and will only begin vesting once the FDV remains above $20M for 7 consecutive days.
2. How to Join and Exit the Auction
💡 2.1. Quick Overview
The ONTON Fair Launch is designed to be simple, fair, and accessible.
Whether you’re new to $ONION or looking to increase your allocation, participating is straightforward:
Connect your wallet → Select the amount → Purchase → Done.
Powered entirely by smart contracts, the auction ensures full transparency and trust—with no middlemen, and no gatekeeping.
🔗 Quick Link: Public Sale Page
🕰️ 2.2. Why Join Early? $ONION Subscription Core Rule
The $ONION subscription adopts a combination of English auction, and time-limited auction, ensuring a transparent and efficient process,here are basic rules:
- Auction Calculation: Using $ONION Calculation to calculate the price.
- Currency Selection: Supports USDT and TON
- Total offered: 100M $ONION (10% of supply)
- Round Rules:
- Max Tokens per Round = Each round offers a limited number of tokens, automatically adjusted based on live demand.
- Lasting 2 hours
- Between rounds, there is a 5-to-10-minute cool down to calculate final prices and prepare for the next round.
- Once a round sells out, the price moves up in the next round based on actual participation – not arbitrary pre-set jumps.
- Early-Bird Prompting: The earlier you jump into the auction, the more advantageous price you will get. Here we have simulation of the price clearly show it：
In short:
🕒 The sooner you act, the more $ONION you can get at a lower cost!
🧑💻 2.3. How to Participate
🆕First-Time Users
- Explore the Project：Read the ONION documents, review the tokenomics, and understand how the auction works.
- Check the Live Auction Round
Each round has:- A live countdown (2 hours)
- Current price
- Previous round price
- Remaining token supply
- Connect Your Wallet:We support all wallets in TonConnect. Just connect and you’re ready.
- Enter Contribution Amount：Choose how much you want to invest (USDT or TON).
The interface will show how many $ONION tokens you’ll receive at the current price. - Confirm & Purchase：Click “Purchase Now”, confirm in your wallet, and the smart contract will take care of everything.
- If your order exceeds the round limit, the system will automatically process a partial purchase for the available tokens while the excess will be automatically refunded.
🆕Returning Participants (Top-Up)
Already purchased in a previous round? You can top up anytime.
- View your current $ONION allocation and price
- Check live round status and price changes
- Make additional contributions freely
🚀 All logic is handled by the smart contract: no overbuying, no hidden limits.
💰 There’s no restriction on the number of rounds you join-more rounds, more chances to accumulate at a preferred price.
🔓 2.4. How to Exit
Changed your mind? You can withdraw anytime before the auction ends:
- Cancel your participation directly from the dashboard
- A 5% fee will be applied
- Refunds are processed automatically by the smart contract
- After withdrawal, your tokens return to the public pool for others to buy
💸 2.5. What Happens If You Over-Subscribe?
If your purchase amount exceeds the remaining available $ONION in the current round, the system will:
- Automatically process a partial purchase for the available tokens
- A message like “Your purchase has been partially filled. Remaining funds have been refunded.” will be shown to confirm
- Refund the excess amount directly to your connected wallet
- TON refunds are instant
- USDT refunds may have a short delay while the system will display a message indicating that the refund will be delayed in arriving , but will be sent securely
- No fees are charged for these partial-refund transactions
This allows you to secure as many tokens as possible, without losing time or needing to manually adjust your input.
🧮 3. Why Price Rises – The Auction Flow Explained
💡3.1. Quick Overview
The ONTON Fair Launch uses a transparent, round-based auction model where token prices go up over time. The earlier you join, the better the price you get.
No hidden formulas. No unfair advantages. Just a smart, demand-driven system that lets you decide when to enter based on real-time price evolution.
📖 3.2. Round-Based Auction Rules
Each round of the auction follows a fixed structure:
- Round Duration: 2 hours of active bidding
- Cooldown Period: 5 to 10 minutes of price settlement and next-round preparation
- Token Cap per Round: Each round offers a limited number of tokens, automatically adjusted based on live demand.
- Auction Ends When:
- The cumulative tokens sold reach 10% of the total token supply or
- The total USD raised reaches 2,000,000
At the end of each round, the price for the next round is recalculated based on the demand observed in the previous round.
📈 3.3. Why Early Birds Win: How Pricing Evolves
Token prices aren’t fixed-they change round by round, depending on how strong the demand is.
There are two key rules:
- 💥 If the last round sold out:
The price increases exponentially in the next round, which means the more tokens are sold, the steeper the price climbs. - 🌀 If the last round didn’t sell out:
The price increases moderately, based on how many tokens were bought,which gives new users a fairer chance to catch up.
This logic is built into a system called the ONION Calculation,which uses demand data to decide how much the price should rise. We will include the full calculation logic of the ONION Calculation in the appendix. If you are interested, feel free to take a look.
⚙️ 4. FairLock Vesting: Built to Protect Early Participants
FairLock is ONTON’s custom-designed vesting system that protects Fair Launch participants and strengthens long-term alignment across the entire ecosystem.
Unlike traditional vesting that begins immediately after the Token Generation Event (TGE), FairLock activates only when the market shows real strength.Instead of releasing large token allocations early, FairLock ensures that 90% of the total supply (all non-Fair Launch categories) are locked until ONTON reaches a key milestone: $20 million FDV sustained for 7 consecutive days.
How It Works
- Market-Based Vesting Trigger：Vesting begins only when ONTON’s Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV) reaches $20M for 7 straight days.
This prevents premature unlocks and protects early buyers from unnecessary dilution. - How FDV Is Calculated
FDV (Fully Diluted Valuation) is calculated based on the average market price of $ONION over 7 days:
FDV = P✖️1,000,000,000
where:- P = 7-day average of daily token prices at 00:00 (UTC+8)
- Price sources: CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko
- Total supply = 1,000,000,000 $ONION
- Vesting Trigger Condition：Once FDV stays at ≥ $20M for 7 days, the vesting clock starts for all FairLock categories.
- Who Is Bound by FairLock and Who Is NOT ?
The following allocations with 🔒are subject to FairLock. They will not begin vesting until the FDV threshold is met. While the following with ❌ are not affected by FairLock::- 🔒 Private Sale
- 🔒 Community DAO
- 🔒 Ecosystem Incentives
- 🔒 Genesis Season Airdrop (Points)
- 🔒 Integration Grant & Referral Campaign
- 🔒 Team & Advisors
- 🔒 Treasury
- ❌ Fair Launch
- ❌ Liquidity / Market Maker
- ❌ Genesis ONTON NFT Airdrop
- Cliff Periods
Each FairLock category has its own cliff (initial lockup). This period starts only after FDV reaches $20M. - Linear Vesting after Cliff
After the cliff, tokens unlock linearly over time – ranging from 1 to 48 months, depending on the category. - Smart Contract Enforcement
Everything is managed on-chain. Smart contracts monitor FDV in real-time and automatically execute the correct cliff and vesting schedules – with no manual interference.
💡 Why It Matters
- Investor Protection: Protects Fair Launch investors by delaying vesting of 90% of tokens until FDV hits $20 million for 7 consecutive days.
- Market Stability: Prevents early oversupply and value drops, safeguarding early supporters.
- Long-Term Commitment: Promotes long-term commitment with controlled token release.
- Growth Support: Ensures market stability and growth through balanced distribution.
Community Trust: Builds trust and strengthens ONTON’s community-driven economy.
All the links you need:
Appendix：ONION Calculation
The algorithm that governs price evolution is designed to balance market demand with anti-FOMO mechanics, rewarding early participants while ensuring a gradual, rational price curve.
Sold Ratio Calculation
Then the sold ratio of the previous round is:
Pricing Logic Per Round
The price for round n, denoted Pn, depends on the sold ratio of the previous round and the overall cumulative progress of the auction:
Case 1: Previous Round Sold Out（Sold ratio = 1 ）
If the previous round was fully subscribed:
Case 2: Previous Round Not Sold Out（Sold ratio < 1）
If the previous round was not fully subscribed:
