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# The Gorilla Ecosystem

## What Is The Gorilla Ecosystem?

The Gorilla Ecosystem is the collection of all the projects and dapps that are powered by Gorilla token (GLA). 

### Our Goal 

Our goal is to become the one-stop defi shop on the AVAX blockchain! We want to change the way people see DEFI and provide users and investors with various DEFI applications, that are strong, robust, and community-driven!

## Gorilla Token ($GLA)

GLA is the token native to the Gorilla Ecosystem.  Its use case is as the governance token of the Gorilla Ecosystem, as well as the primary currency for all transactions, within the Gorilla Ecosystem. 

* Holders of GLA will receive a 5% fee from every transaction! 
* 50% of the total supply of GLA will be bought back and burned using profits from the dapps within the ecosystem

### Anti rug and anti whale systems (Gorilla token)

### **Anti rug system**

**Locked liquidity**

85% of funds raised from the wl sale and presale are locked via Pinksale Finance for 75 years.

A minimum of 75% of the total liquidity that is added to the lp pool from transaction fees will be locked via Pinksale Finance for 100 years

**Locked and vesting marketing funds**

12% of the token supply (120,000 tokens) are locked and vesting with 10,000 tokens vesting each month. It will take 1 year before all the marketing and development funds are fully vested. Approximately 2500 GLA tokens vest weekly.

**Locked team member funds**

25% ( 250,000 tokens) of the token supply has been allocated to compensate team members. 90% of the tokens allocated to team members are locked in Pinksale Finance for 3 months, with 30% of the 90% vesting each month.  (90/30 = 3)

This means that only 25,000 of the 250,000 tokens that team members get, will be vested during the public launch.

**Anti Whale Systems**

The Gorilla team has implemented a 12% transaction tax. This means that for every 1 Gorilla token you make a transaction with, you will be left with .88 of a Gorilla token. 

*`Transaction tax allocation`*

* *`5% reflection to all holders (5% of every transaction is deducted and redistributed among all holders)`*
* *`5% to AVAX-GLA LP pool (5% of every transaction is automatically added to the AVAX-GLA lp pool, and then locked)`*
* *`1% to NFT holders`*
* *`1% to marketing and dev wallet`*

This transaction tax effectively stops whales from pumping and dumping the token and stops whales from manipulating the price in the short term, as a total 24% fee will be charged when buying and selling. This 24% fee is greater than most of the gains the whales make by manipulating the price. (12% to buy, 12% to sell = 24%)

### 12% Transaction Tax

Gorilla token implemented a 12% transaction tax for 3 reasons.

1.  To allow the ecosystem to own its liquidity, and have a steady flow of funds for further development
2.  To be able to pay a 5% reflection to all Gorilla token holders
3. To stop whales from manipulating the tokens price

You can read more in [Tokenomics](/gorilla-ecosystem-docs/the-gorilla-ecosystem/tokenomics.md#transaction-tax)