# Announcing Escape Velocity Season 17

By [Blackhole](https://paragraph.com/@blackholedex) · 2026-08-07

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Season 16 is now LIVE with 2,500,000 veBLACK in rebates for participants!

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1.  Total Rebate Rewards Pool: **2,500,000 veBLACK**
    
2.  To qualify you need to lock at least **2000 veBLACK**.
    
3.  Only **Supermassive locks** count and they have to be created **during** the active Season.
    
4.  No wallet can receive more than 10% of the total pool, encouraging wider participation and fair distribution.
    
5.  Rebates will be sent as **Supermassive NFTs airdropped directly to qualifying wallets** at the end of the season.
    
6.  If you transfer a lock between wallets, the rebate goes to the wallet that actually did the locking.
    

You can track everything on the Escape Velocity [**Dune Dashboard**](https://dune.com/blackhole_foundation/escape-velocity-program) which shows:

*   Total Escape Velocity veBLACK rewards pool
    
*   Amount of $BLACK burned
    
*   Current Rebate Rate
    
*   List of all qualifying wallets with relevant Supermassive veNFTs, amount veBLACK and rebate amount
    

**Season 17 Schedule**
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This season will span **3 weeks** with the following start and end dates:

  

**DURATION**

3 Weeks

**Start Date**

August 6th 12:00 PM UTC

**End Date**

August 27th 12:00 PM UTC

  

**Season 16 Recap**
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Season 16 saw **7,504,123** in BLACK tokens burned with an effective rebate rate **40%** across **150** qualifying wallets and **329** qualifying locks!

With Season 15 concluded we're kicking off Season 17 with a **2,500,000 veBLACK** rebate rewards pool waiting for those who participate!

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*Originally published on [Blackhole](https://paragraph.com/@blackholedex/escape-velocity-season-17)*