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Grave Digging Rules

Everything you need to know about how Grave Digging works and how to protect yourself.

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Grave Digging is the core deflationary mechanic of the $DEAD token. It ensures that inactive capital is recycled back into the ecosystem. Understanding the rules is essential whether you want to protect your holdings or participate as a digger.

The Rules

  • A wallet must be inactive for at least 90 consecutive days to become eligible for Grave Digging.
  • The wallet must hold 1,000,000 or more $DEAD tokens to be eligible. Smaller wallets are not affected.
  • When dug, the tokens are split: 50% to the digger, 40% burned permanently, 10% to the treasury.
  • AI bots handle most Grave Digging automatically, scanning the blockchain for eligible wallets around the clock. You do not need to manually dig unless you want to.

How to Protect Yourself

  • Stay active: Any on-chain transaction with your $DEAD tokens resets your 90-day inactivity timer. This includes transfers, swaps, or approvals.
  • Convert to uDEAD: Burning your $DEAD to mint $uDEAD permanently removes you from Grave Digging eligibility. uDEAD is not subject to the inactivity mechanic.
  • Bridge your tokens: Moving $DEAD across chains via the bridge counts as activity and resets your timer. This is useful if you want to keep holding $DEAD on a different chain.
Important Note

Buying more $DEAD does NOT reset your inactivity timer. Only outgoing transactions (sending, swapping, bridging, or approving) from your wallet count as activity. Simply receiving tokens will not save you from being dug.