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title: "DELAY"
url: "https://radix.wiki/ecosystem/delay"
version: "1.0.2"
updated: 2026-07-21
license: CC-BY-4.0
license_url: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# DELAY

| DELAY |  |
| --- | --- |
| **Type** | Satirical community meme coin |
| **Symbol** | DELAY |
| **Ledger name** | “DELAY - THE token” |
| **Status** | 🔴 Abandoned (April 2026) |
| **Network** | [Radix](/contents/tech/core-protocols/radix-engine) mainnet |
| **Supply** | ≈ 661,000,000 DELAY and falling – minting denied, token burnable |
| **Token authorities** | Minting, freezing & recall denied; anyone may burn |
| **Notable holder** | [Ecosystem Asset Fund](/contents/history/radix-ecosystem-funding) (≈ 12.5M, held unsold) |
| **Token** | [DELAY on Radix Dashboard](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/resource/resource_rdx1t4dsaa07eaytq0asfe774maqzhrakfjkpxyng2ud4j6y2tdm5l7a76) |

## Overview

**DELAY** (ledger name “DELAY - THE token”) is a satirical community [meme coin](/ecosystem) on [Radix](/contents/tech/core-protocols/radix-engine), its name a wink at the community’s long wait for the network to ship its scalability roadmap – a companion in spirit to [DELIVER](/ecosystem/deliver). Its on-ledger description reads: _“$DELAY: Community-owned, highly burnable, and free from third-party payouts — no unnecessary sell pressure here. Selling usually comes from members chasing profits… only to wish they’d DELAYed that decision a bit longer.”_ On-chain, minting is permanently disabled while **burning is open to anyone**, so the [DELAY token](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/resource/resource_rdx1t4dsaa07eaytq0asfe774maqzhrakfjkpxyng2ud4j6y2tdm5l7a76)’s total supply – around 661 million – declines over time rather than growing.

## Ecosystem Asset Fund holding

DELAY is most widely known as a holding of the Radix Foundation’s [Ecosystem Asset Fund](/contents/history/radix-ecosystem-funding), a $25,000-per-month treasury program that bought and held the highest-market-cap ecosystem tokens. Because the fund allocated by market capitalisation, its purchases swept in speculative meme coins: between December 2024 and May 2025 it repeatedly bought DELAY, accumulating roughly **12.5 million tokens for about 143,000 XRD**. Those tokens remain in the fund’s [public wallet](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/account/account_rdx1297vs7up584rkwensy0jwzxq6g0xua67ca9trxdyr45cjnmzdak5x3), unsold.

## Abandonment

DELAY’s market ranking subsequently fell, and in **April 2026** the project’s social channels were deleted and its founder became inactive – developments that community members characterised as a _rug pull_. The token continues to exist on-ledger and is community-owned, but the project behind it is defunct. The episode is frequently cited as an illustration of the abandonment risk in allocating public money to high-volatility meme coins by market capitalisation alone (see the [Ecosystem Asset Fund](/contents/history/radix-ecosystem-funding) page for the fuller account).

## External Links

- [DELAY – Radix Dashboard](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/resource/resource_rdx1t4dsaa07eaytq0asfe774maqzhrakfjkpxyng2ud4j6y2tdm5l7a76)
- [Ecosystem Asset Fund – RADIX Wiki](/contents/history/radix-ecosystem-funding)
- [Ecosystem Asset Fund wallet (holds DELAY) – Radix Dashboard](https://dashboard.radixdlt.com/account/account_rdx1297vs7up584rkwensy0jwzxq6g0xua67ca9trxdyr45cjnmzdak5x3)