One of the oldest tricks against a brand-new token is simple: the creator or a handful of insiders buy in first, wait for the price to pump, then dump their whole position on everyone who bought after them. Token Vesting is TradePesa's answer to that - an optional lock on the creator's and early buyers' holdings, enforced by the platform itself, not a promise anyone has to trust.

What gets locked

Vesting is a checkbox at token creation - a one-time choice, can't be turned on later for a token that already exists. If enabled, two groups get their tokens locked instead of instantly sellable: the creator, whose every purchase of their own token is locked for as long as the token exists, no way to ever wait that out - and early buyers, anyone who buys while the token is still in its early-buyer window.

Why it's not just a timer

A pure time-based window has an obvious hole: a patient bad actor just waits out the clock, then dumps on real buyers with nothing locked. TradePesa's early-buyer window closes only once both conditions are met: at least 48 hours have passed since creation, and at least 15 other real people have bought the token - whichever takes longer. A patient insider can't just watch a clock anymore; genuine outside interest has to show up first, and a token with that much real interest is one where a dump does far less damage anyway. Both figures are fixed platform-wide, not something a creator can shrink to defeat the protection while still showing the vesting badge.

How locked tokens actually release

Locked tokens sit through a cliff period with zero release at all (7 days by default), then unlock gradually in a straight line over the vesting duration (30 days by default) until 100% released. Both the cliff and duration are creator-configurable at creation - within a 0-90 day cliff and a 1-365 day duration - just not the 48-hour window or 15-buyer threshold. Locked tokens still count toward the holder's portfolio value and profit/loss immediately; the lock only restricts selling, not ownership.

What it doesn't cover

Vesting stops a launch-day pump-and-dump specifically. It does not stop wash trading - fake volume from round-tripped trades is a separate problem it was never designed to address.

Full details and FAQ: trade-pesa.com/token-vesting.