0G has postponed the first token unlock for team members and early investors by one year, moving it from October 22, 2026, to October 22, 2027. The affected allocation represents 44% of the total 1 billion 0G token supply. After the delayed initial release, the remaining tokens will vest monthly over 24 months, ending by September 2029, compared with the original 36-month vesting schedule. The announcement coincides with Compute Finance, or ComFi, a framework designed to turn digital assets into usable AI-compute credits. Its first product, Ascend, is a liquid staking service (staking with transferable rewards tokens) that launched on September 24, 2026. Users stake 0G and receive a0G, which remains usable across DeFi (decentralized financial applications). Infinite AI, or iAI, is scheduled to launch on September 29, 2026. Users can mint iAI with a0G and stake it to earn credits for services across the 0G ecosystem, including 0G Private Computer, which offers access to more than 100 AI models. Under the initial usage parameters, 0G says each staked iAI token is designed to provide more than $1 in daily usage value. 0G representatives said early investors cooperated with the schedule change, framing the delay as a way to give the ecosystem more time to establish usage before a large token allocation enters the market. The shorter 24-month vesting period means tokens would enter circulation faster once unlocking begins.