The Candidate

The Candidate is a Solana-based token powering a live Web2 + Web3 ecosystem designed to surface, evaluate, and support high-potential candidates through an open, transparent platform. 🗳️ THE PLATFORM A political reality TV platform launching February 2026 that democratizes presidential candidate discovery. Citizens complete a 17-step verified application—including identity verification via Persona, policy positions, and video introductions—while voters register to participate in a 90-day public voting competition. The platform finds the leaders "we don't know are out there" by replacing political gatekeeping with transparent, merit-based selection. 📅 60-day Recruitment → April 1st "Big Reveal" → 90-day Voting Competition 📺 TV production partnership planned for Season 1 broadcast 💰 REVENUE-BACKED TOKENOMICS The underlying platform generates real revenue through TV syndication, premium features, and data insights. 50% of ALL revenue is programmatically allocated to ongoing market buybacks via the CANDI Collateral Vault (CCV) using Jupiter DCA. 🔒 96.7% SUPPLY LOCKED - 593M CANDI (59.3%): Founders Vault — program-locked, only released through 5-year vesting purchases - 373M CANDI (37.3%): Streamflow vesting contracts (5-year linear) • Investors: 100M • Team: 60M • Company: 69M • Supporters: 54M • CEO Lockup: 90M (purchased at launch, voluntarily locked) 🛡️ SECURITY - Mint authority: REVOKED (fixed 1B supply) - Freeze authority: NEVER SET - LP owned by Squads 2-of-3 multisig with 27-hour timelock - All vesting verifiable on Streamflow Finance - Public Dune dashboard for full transparency