Total supply, circulating supply, and staked ICP
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The total supply of ICP is variable with both burning (deflationary) and minting (inflationary) mechanisms. The circulating supply of ICP is also affected by the unlocking of neurons from early contributors (seed round contributors are on multi-year vesting for example).
Total supply and circulating supply
The circulating supply is a changing number so its most recent number can seen in the IC dashboard.
At network Genesis
As of May 10, 2021:
- Total supply: 429 Million
- Circulating supply: 123 million
Current Status
As of February 23, 2022:
- Total supply: 477 Million
- Circulating supply: 207 million
Inflationary mechanisms
Deflationary mechanisms
Unlocking & vesting of neurons
Because the IC took years of R&D (at Genesis, the DFINITY foundation was over 200 full time members), there have been three main rounds and one airdrop event.
For a breakdown of the different rounds and vesting schedules, see Messsari's report on ICP "Introduction to ICP".