# Announcing Escape Velocity Season 17

**Published by:** [Blackhole](https://paragraph.com/@blackholedex/)
**Published on:** 2026-08-07
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@blackholedex/escape-velocity-season-17

## Content

Season 16 is now LIVE with 2,500,000 veBLACK in rebates for participants! Total Rebate Rewards Pool: 2,500,000 veBLACK To qualify you need to lock at least 2000 veBLACK. Only Supermassive locks count and they have to be created during the active Season. No wallet can receive more than 10% of the total pool, encouraging wider participation and fair distribution. Rebates will be sent as Supermassive NFTs airdropped directly to qualifying wallets at the end of the season. 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 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 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 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! Follow us on Twitter and Discord, engage actively, and let’s make history: Twitter: https://x.com/BlackholeDEX Discord: https://discord.gg/blackholedex

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