Contents
Question
Provide a concise narrative that clearly states each of (a)–(e) below.
Response
0G operates a modular blockchain built for artificial intelligence and positions the 0G token as the coordination asset for a decentralized AI operating system. The protocol makes AI data, compute, and model access verifiable and economically coordinated across a decentralized network rather than concentrated in centralized providers.
(Source: 0G Website, 0G MiCA White Paper)
0G Labs builds and maintains the protocol as the core contributor, and the 0G Foundation advances decentralized AI as a public good and stewards long-term ecosystem governance. The teams prioritize decentralized storage, scalable compute, data availability, and validator security for AI workloads.
(Source: 0G Origin Story, )
0G runs a modular stack composed of 0G Chain, 0G Compute, 0G Storage, and 0G Data Availability. The architecture coordinates a proof-of-stake consensus network, a decentralized storage network, and a horizontally scalable data-availability layer engineered for high-throughput AI applications.
(Source: 0G Documentation, 0G MiCA White Paper)
The 0G token functions as the primary means of payment for decentralized storage, scalable compute, and access to AI model capabilities, and it powers onchain AI operations across the network. Validators stake 0G to secure 0G Chain and earn block rewards, transaction fees, and staking yields.
(Source: 0G MiCA White Paper, 0G Documentation)
The 0G token confers no issuer-side corporate voting rights or equity ownership. Network security relies on a proof-of-stake validator set that stakes 0G to secure 0G Chain, and the 0G Foundation serves as the long-term governance entity while the ecosystem decentralizes progressively.
(Source: 0G MiCA White Paper, 0G Documentation)
Question
For each existing entity: Labs/DevCo (e.g., Founder, CEO, CTO, COO), Foundation (e.g., President, Executive Director, CFO, COO), and DAO / onchain governance leadership (if applicable) list the: (a) full names, (b) official titles, (c) and prior experience of key team members. For any non-existent entity, explicitly mention it does not exist. External links may be included but they will not factor into the score.
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Full Name | Entity | Official Title | Prior Experience |
|---|---|---|---|
Michael Heinrich | Labs | Chief Executive Officer | Worked in software development and product management at Microsoft and SAP, in business strategy at Bain & Company, and at Bridgewater Associates, and founded the corporate-wellness company Garten before co-founding 0G. |
Ming Wu | Labs | Chief Technology Officer | Spent 16 years as a researcher at Microsoft Research working on distributed systems, storage, and computation, and served as Chief Technology Officer of Conflux before co-founding 0G. |
Fan Long | Labs | Chief Strategy and Security Officer | Earned a Ph.D. at MIT in system security, serves as a faculty member at the University of Toronto, and co-founded Conflux before co-founding 0G. |
Thomas Yao | Labs | Chief Business Officer | Holds a physics background and venture-capital experience, serves as a founding partner of IMO Ventures, and backed Conflux early before joining 0G. |
The 0G Foundation exists as a Cayman Islands entity and serves as the long-term governance entity, and it has not publicly named any officeholders. | Foundation | ||
0G operates no separate DAO legal wrapper and has not named any onchain governance officeholders. Governance is community-driven and decentralizes progressively as validators secure the network through staking. | DAO | ||
Blockworks note: 0G Labs publicly identifies its leadership team and distinguishes the Labs entity from the 0G Foundation. No public source names any 0G Foundation officeholders or any DAO officeholders. |
Question
Provide a structured description of the DAO's governance, powers, and economic rights. If a DAO does not exist, state so. Address the lettered items below. Even if there is no DAO, there must be an answer to (d).
Response
0G has not established a separate DAO legal wrapper that owns protocol intellectual property. The public record identifies the 0G Foundation and Zero Gravity Labs, Inc. as the responsible entities, and no DAO entity holds protocol IP.
(Source: 0G MiCA White Paper, 0G Terms of Service)
0G operates no standalone DAO legal wrapper with contract or administrative powers. Token rights follow protocol-level rules, governance begins centralized and decentralizes progressively, and 0G has not disclosed a DAO-specific vote threshold, multisig configuration, or governance-executor address.
(Source: 0G MiCA White Paper, 0G Documentation)
0G describes two staking-linked participation paths. Validators stake 0G to participate in consensus and network security, and AI Alignment Node license holders run nodes directly or delegate to Node-as-a-Service providers under commission-based or prepaid arrangements with immediate undelegation. The token grants no dividend, equity, or Foundation-governance rights.
(Source: 0G AI Alignment Node Rewards, 0G Documentation, 0G MiCA White Paper)
The 0G token confers no ownership rights, dividend entitlements, or corporate-governance voting rights. Holder economic participation derives from staking rewards, network fees, and node-operation rewards.
(Source: 0G MiCA White Paper, 0G AI Alignment Node Rewards)
0G has not publicly disclosed a DAO-specific dissolution or wind-up mechanism.
(Source: 0G MiCA White Paper)
Question
For the Primary Foundation do the following independently. If an entity does not exist, state that explicitly. Items (a)–(f) apply only if that entity exists; state explicitly that the entity doesn't exist.
Definitions: The primary Foundation and DevCo can be explained as those entities which are directly involved in the issuance of the native token at launch.
Response
The 0G Foundation is registered in the Cayman Islands under legal form BST2, was registered on 2025-04-07 under identifier 10180624, and maintains its registered office at c/o The Harbour Trust Co. Ltd., Harbour Place 2nd Floor, 103 South Church Street, PO Box 897, Grand Cayman KY1-1103. The Foundation advances decentralized AI as a public good and serves as the long-term governance entity for the ecosystem.
(Source: 0G MiCA White Paper, 0G Ecosystem Financing)
0G has not publicly disclosed Foundation ownership or control of protocol intellectual property, trademarks, or subsidiaries.
(Source: 0G MiCA White Paper)
0G has not publicly disclosed threshold-based Foundation powers over a DAO, treasury, protocol-controlled resources, or token-administration parameters.
(Source: 0G MiCA White Paper)
0G has not publicly disclosed Foundation control rights over Zero Gravity Labs, Inc. decision-making, and the Terms of Service state that the Labs company operates independently from the 0G Foundation.
(Source: 0G Terms of Service, 0G MiCA White Paper)
0G has not publicly disclosed Foundation-held pause, upgrade, or governance-executor authorities with a stated method or threshold.
(Source: 0G MiCA White Paper, 0G Documentation)
The 0G Foundation received a $250 million token purchase commitment as part of $290 million in ecosystem financing announced in November 2024. 0G has not publicly disclosed further Foundation-directed distribution policies for treasury assets, fees, or revenue beyond the published token-allocation and fundraising materials.
(Source: 0G Ecosystem Financing, 0G Token Allocation)
Question
For the Primary DevCo do the following independently. If an entity does not exist, state that explicitly. Items (a)–(f) apply only if that entity exists; state explicitly that the entity doesn't exist.
Definitions: The primary Foundation and DevCo can be explained as those entities which are directly involved in the issuance of the native token at launch.
Response
Zero Gravity Labs, Inc. is a Delaware corporation and operates as the core software-development company behind the 0G protocol under the 0G Labs brand. The Terms of Service identify the company as the operator of the 0G software and services.
(Source: 0G Terms of Service, 0G Labs Crunchbase)
The Terms of Service state that the 0G trademark, the 0G logo, and related names, logos, product and service names, designs, and slogans are trademarks of the company or its affiliates. 0G has not published a full protocol source-code ownership assignment beyond that trademark statement.
(Source: 0G Terms of Service)
0G has not publicly disclosed Zero Gravity Labs powers over a DAO, treasury, protocol-controlled resources, or token-administration parameters.
(Source: 0G Terms of Service, 0G Documentation)
The Terms of Service state that Zero Gravity Labs, Inc. operates independently from the 0G Foundation and that its services are separate from those provided by the Foundation. 0G has not disclosed Labs control rights over the Foundation.
(Source: 0G Terms of Service)
0G has not publicly disclosed Zero Gravity Labs contract-level pause, upgrade, or admin authorities with a stated method or threshold.
(Source: 0G Terms of Service, 0G Documentation)
The published token allocation assigns 22 percent of supply to 0G Team, Contributors, and Advisors. 0G has not publicly disclosed further Labs-directed distribution policies for treasury assets, fees, or revenue.
(Source: 0G Token Allocation, 0G MiCA White Paper)
Question
Disclose launch and initial supply details in a single initial allocation schedule covering the token's launch.
Response
0G launched with a total supply of 1,000,000,000 tokens at the token generation event, and 21.32 percent of supply unlocked at the event drawn entirely from the Community allocation. (Source: 0G Token Allocation, 0G Unlock Schedule)
0G allocated supply across five categories. Ecosystem received 28 percent and 280,000,000 tokens, the AI Alignment Node received 15 percent and 150,000,000 tokens, Community Rewards received 13 percent and 130,000,000 tokens, 0G Team, Contributors, and Advisors received 22 percent and 220,000,000 tokens, and Backers received 22 percent and 220,000,000 tokens. Community and Ecosystem categories together account for 56 percent and 560,000,000 tokens. (Source: 0G Token Allocation)
0G did not set a fixed issuer price per token for the initial allocation, and the token trades at market-determined prices on listing venues. (Source: 0G MiCA White Paper, 0G Token Allocation)
The token trades under the ticker 0G. (Source: 0G MiCA White Paper, 0G Token Allocation)
Total supply at the token generation event is 1,000,000,000 tokens, released over time according to a fixed vesting and unlock schedule. (Source: 0G Token Allocation, 0G Unlock Schedule)
Community tokens unlock 38 percent at the token generation event with the remaining 62 percent releasing over 24 to 36 months. Team and Backer allocations carry a 12-month lockup followed by a 36-month vest reaching full unlock at 48 months. AI Alignment Node rewards release linearly over 36 months. (Source: 0G Unlock Schedule, 0G AI Alignment Node Rewards)
Question
Address each of the following sub-items based on the project's airdrop status. If a sub-item does not apply to the project's situation, state that explicitly.
Response
Planned but not yet executed airdrop: Not applicable. 0G executed its TGE airdrop across two registration phases, both of which have closed. Phase 2 registration opened a few weeks after TGE, after the team reviewed appeal forms and testnet contribution data, and appeals closed on October 14 at 12:00 UTC+0. Allocations for all covered segments are determined; remaining distribution is the vesting of already-assigned allocations rather than a pending airdrop, so no forward-looking recipient wallet list commitment applies.
Executed airdrop: Per-address source. 0G has not published an enumerable per-address allocation source in any accepted form — no CSV, TSV, or JSON allocation file, no Dune table, no Merkle dump, no GitHub repository embedding per-address allocations, and no RPC endpoint exposing claim or amount data. Allocation data is exposed only through per-wallet lookup in the 0G Foundation airdrop portal, which returns a result for a single connected address and cannot be enumerated. Community participants were additionally required to complete know-your-customer verification before claiming, gating that lookup behind identity verification. Testnet contributors were exempt from KYC, with tokens distributed automatically to their wallets. Covered segments and allocation method. 0G allocated TGE rewards across four participant groups.
Question
Projects must disclose all material terms of market-making arrangements that affect token liquidity. If the project has no agreements or deals with market makers, state that explicitly; doing so earns full credit. For each market maker, include in a table:
If the project has no agreements or deals with market makers, state that explicitly; doing so earns full credit. If no native tokens were loaned or allocated to market makers, state that explicitly; cash/fiat retainers or fees are not required for this item.
Response
Blockworks note: 0G has not publicly disclosed any market-maker agreement, committed token allocation, or engagement term for the 0G token.
(Source: 0G Terms of Service, 0G MiCA White Paper)
Question
Projects must disclose all material terms of centralized or decentralized exchange listings that affect token liquidity. For each listing, include in a table:
If the project has no agreements or deals with CEX or DEX, state that explicitly; doing so earns full credit; cash/fiat fee amounts are not required for this item.
Response
Blockworks note: The MiCA white paper identifies Bitvavo B.V. as a trading venue for the 0G token. 0G has not disclosed exchange token allocations, term durations, or listing fees.
(Source: 0G MiCA White Paper)
Question
Disclose all prior token sales by the Project — including fundraising rounds, any material OTC sales to investors, and any discounted market-maker sales. For each sale, provide:
If no prior sales occurred, state that explicitly (e.g., "No prior fundraising, OTC, or discounted MM sales have occurred.").
Response
Blockworks note: 0G Labs raised a $35 million pre-seed round announced in March 2024 led by Hack VC and the Blockchain Builders Fund, and a $40 million seed round in November 2024 led by Hack VC alongside a $250 million token purchase commitment to the 0G Foundation, for $290 million in total ecosystem financing.
(Source: 0G Pre-Seed Announcement, 0G Pre-Seed TechCrunch, 0G Seed and Token Commitment, 0G Ecosystem Financing, 0G MiCA White Paper)
Question
If any, list prior exploits or incidents that directly affected the token, token supply, tokenholder balances, token contract, minting controls, burn mechanics, or custody of token supply. This question is not asking about general protocol, application, or smart contract exploits unless the incident directly affected the native token itself.
If no prior incidents, state this explicitly (e.g., "No exploits affecting tokenholders or protocol funds as of YYYY-MM-DD").
Response
0G has not experienced any publicly disclosed exploit affecting tokenholders or protocol funds.
0G has not experienced any publicly disclosed exploit affecting tokenholders or protocol funds.
0G has not experienced any publicly disclosed exploit affecting tokenholders or protocol funds.
0G has not experienced any publicly disclosed exploit affecting tokenholders or protocol funds.
0G has not experienced any publicly disclosed exploit affecting tokenholders or protocol funds.
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Blockworks note: 0G has not experienced any publicly disclosed exploit affecting tokenholders or protocol funds. The protocol engaged Halborn to audit the 0G storage node and Zellic to audit 0G Storage and 0G Data Availability, and those reviews describe security findings and remediation recommendations rather than completed exploits causing fund loss.
(Source: 0G Documentation, Halborn Audits, )
Question
Describe material risk factors across the three categories below. Each category includes prompts to address at a minimum.
(a) Regulatory, Legal & Tax Risks — Describe how evolving laws and regulations could affect the project by answering, at a minimum, questions like:
Impact of Regulatory Change on TGE and Listings: (If applicable) How could evolving or conflicting laws and regulations affect your ability to complete the TGE, deliver tokens to purchasers, and list or maintain the token on trading venues in key jurisdictions?
Entity-Level Regulatory Impact: (If applicable) How could regulatory or legal changes impact your core entities (Foundation, DevCo, DAO, affiliated service providers), including enforcement actions, licensing requirements, or forced changes to structure or operations?
Tokenholder Tax Treatment: (If applicable) What uncertainties exist around how tokenholders may be taxed, and make clear that tokenholders are responsible for understanding their own tax obligations?
Jurisdictional & User Access Restrictions: (If applicable) If the project restricts access for certain jurisdictions or user types (e.g., U.S. persons, sanctioned countries, retail vs. professional), what are those restrictions and what risks do they create for users and for the project?
(b) Protocol, Technology & Security Risks — Describe risks to network and contract reliability, correctness, and safety by answering, at a minimum, questions like:
Bugs and Design Flaws: (If applicable) What bugs, design flaws, or implementation errors could exist in your core protocol code, smart contracts, and any bridges, rollups, or oracles that you depend on, and how could these lead to loss of funds or disruption of the protocol?
Security Measures & Their Limitations: (If applicable) What security measures have you taken (audits, formal verification, bug bounties), and what types of failures might these measures still fail to detect or prevent?
(c) Token Economics, Unlocks & Incentive Risks — Describe how the token's economic design and supply schedule could affect holders by answering, at a minimum, questions like:
Critical Economic Assumptions: (If applicable) Which economic assumptions (e.g., staking yields, fee revenue, liquidity incentives, MEV capture, demand for blockspace) are critical for protocol security, utility, and governance, and what happens if those assumptions fail?
Question
Identify to the best of your ability the token's current deployments across chains, including project-issued deployments, project-endorsed representations, and, if possible, documented third-party wrapped or bridged representations.
For each entry, provide:
Multiple entries on the same chain are permitted.
Definition: A protocol-level asset is an asset whose balances and transfers are handled directly by the blockchain's core rules, rather than by a token smart contract. For protocol-level assets without a token contract address, enter "No contract address" and identify the asset and chain.
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Token Contract Address or Onchain Asset Identifier | Chain | Deployment Type | Project Relationship | Supporting Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
0x4b948d64de1f71fcd12fb586f4c776421a35b3ee | BNB Smart Chain | Direct token issuance | native-token |
This Token Transparency Filing is provided for general informational purposes only and does not verify or warrant the accuracy of individual answers.
Discord role holders, comprising Galactic Guardian, Galactic Mechanics, Navigator, 0Gurus, Ambassadors Cohort 1, Ambassadors Cohort 2, Creators, Threadoors, Pioneer, Triumphant, and Memeoors.
Social and quest participants, covering Galxe quests, Intract, and social tasks.
Kaito Yappers and the broader Kaito ecosystem. Yapper rewards drew on a retroactive snapshot spanning 25 February to 25 August 2025 plus three interim snapshots for the 0GYapper role, and the Yap To Defy Gravity campaign running 26 August to 5 September 2025 raised the eligible Yapper count from 888 to 1,000, bringing total eligible Yapper contributors above 2,000.
One Gravity NFT holders. The collection minted 1,888 NFTs; holder allocations are displayed in the airdrop portal, with a portion claimable at TGE and the remainder distributed progressively through random snapshots, the first of which was taken on 1 September 2025.
Allocation is segment-based rather than pro-rata: eligibility is determined by role held, campaign participation, or NFT ownership at snapshot, and 0G has not published the per-segment reward sizing or the weighting applied within each segment.
No airdrop planned or conducted: Not applicable. 0G conducted a TGE airdrop.
Blockworks note: 0G applied anti-sybil and anti-farmer screening consisting of automated community quality checks, manual review of data by the team, and third-party partners engaged to identify and exclude sybil and farmer accounts, with identified accounts blacklisted. Phase 2 additionally allowed Phase 1 registrants who could not complete KYC, along with Discord role holders and Kaito Yappers wrongly omitted in Phase 1, to verify eligibility.
(Source: 0G Token Airdrop, CoinDCX)
Governance Control over Monetary Policy & Rewards: (If applicable) To what extent can governance change monetary policy, fee parameters, or reward allocations (e.g., inflation rate, treasury flows, incentive programs), and how could such changes adversely affect tokenholders?
Response
0G's legal disclosures state that the 0G token can lose value, can lack liquidity, and falls outside investor-compensation and deposit-guarantee schemes. The Terms of Service identify Zero Gravity Labs, Inc. as the operating entity, preserve its separation from the 0G Foundation, and impose restricted-territory and prohibited-person limitations covering sanctioned jurisdictions and sanctioned persons. The project materials state that they are not legal, financial, business, or tax advice. These constraints create listing, market-access, compliance, and entity-structure risks that can affect token delivery, wallet access, and venue availability across jurisdictions.
(Source: 0G Terms of Service, 0G MiCA White Paper)
The white paper and technical documentation describe a modular architecture spanning consensus, storage, data availability, and AI-serving layers, including proof-based storage validation, validator coordination, restaking-linked validator participation, and horizontally scalable consensus. A failure in any layer could disrupt data availability, validator operation, or access to AI services. The published Halborn and Zellic audits identify concrete storage-node and storage and data-availability findings, and unresolved or newly introduced vulnerabilities in these components remain a technology risk.
(Source: 0G Documentation, Halborn Audits, Zellic Reports)
The published tokenomics assume sustained demand for decentralized storage, compute, AI services, validator participation, and AI Alignment Node participation. The release schedule assumes that long lockups for team and backer allocations, combined with community and node-reward emissions, align incentives over time. Node participation depends on operator licensing, delegation choices, provider commissions, prepaid arrangements, and operator-wallet eligibility. If service demand, validator participation, or node-license economics fall short, token value and network security could weaken as scheduled unlocks increase circulating supply. Team and Backer allocations totaling 44 percent of supply unlock after a 12-month lockup and a 36-month vest, which concentrates future supply pressure.
(Source: 0G Token Allocation, 0G Unlock Schedule, 0G AI Alignment Node Rewards)