# Announcing Escape Velocity Season 21

*Season 21 is now LIVE with 2,500,000 veBLACK in rebates for participants!*

By [Blackhole](https://paragraph.com/@blackholedex) · 2026-10-30

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

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| --- | --- |
| **DURATION** | 3 Weeks |
| **Start Date** | October 29th 12:00 PM UTC |
| **End Date** | November 19th 12:00 PM UTC |

  

**Season 20 Recap**
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Season 20 saw 16,291,138 in BLACK tokens burned with an effective rebate rate **46%** across **119** qualifying wallets and **282** qualifying locks!

With Season 20 concluded we're kicking off Season 21 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-21)*