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How new INKY tokens enter circulation
All new INKY tokens are created through the staking mechanism. There is no other emission source. The staking pool contract (0x9b8eC6ac...) handles emission and uses the TokenMinter (0x68bdab3d...) to call the INKY contract's mint function. Current staked volume is publicly verifiable on BscScan.
What the contract may mint in a day
The contract holds two ceilings, and they add up rather than share. Today it emits 15,000 INKY a day, and the most it can emit is 20,000 INKY:
| Ceiling | Daily emission |
|---|---|
| The common pools (INKY Pool, INKY Pool 12 months, INKY Pool 36 months) | up to 10,000 INKY |
| Arena Staking Pool 36m | 5,000 INKY up to 2,500,000 INKY staked in that pool, 10,000 INKY above it |
Everything below describes the common pools' side of that table. The Arena Staking Pool's own ceiling is described in its own section.
Emission formula for the common pools
The daily emission for the common pools follows two rules applied simultaneously:
- Rate: 1% of the total INKY currently staked in the common pools.
- Cap: maximum of 10,000 INKY per day, regardless of staked volume.
Whichever value is lower applies. The emitted tokens are distributed proportionally among the participants of those pools, based on each individual share of the total staked amount.
Worked examples
If 500,000 INKY are staked across the common pools:
| Step | Calculation |
|---|---|
| 1% of staked | 500,000 x 1% = 5,000 INKY |
| Compare with cap | 5,000 INKY < 10,000 INKY |
| Daily emission | 5,000 INKY, split proportionally among stakers |
Arena Staking Pool emission (additive)
The Arena Staking Pool is funded by a separate, additive daily INKY emission that does not draw from the 10,000 INKY/day described above. The standard 10,000 INKY/day continues to split across the common pools (INKY Pool, INKY Pool 12 months and INKY Pool 36 months) exactly as before.
The Arena Staking Pool emission scales with how much is staked in that pool:
| Total staked in Arena Staking Pool | Additive daily emission |
|---|---|
| Up to 2,500,000 INKY | +5,000 INKY/day |
| Above 2,500,000 INKY | +10,000 INKY/day |
This emission is one of two reward sources for the Arena Staking Pool; the other is a share of Arena activity fees. It remains bounded by the 200,000,000 INKY hard cap. See Arena Staking Pool for full mechanics.
Performance fee
Parameter governance
The emission rate (1%), the common pools' daily cap (10,000 INKY) and the Arena Staking Pool's own ceiling are configurable functions in the staking contract. Changes to these parameters require on-chain execution by the contract owner.
A TokenMinter contract (0x68bdab3d...) manages which addresses can call the mint function. The Initial Mintage Vault uses a multisig arrangement for fund movements. See Contracts for the full architecture.
The rate and the common pools' cap have not changed since deploy.
Token Supply Explained
Understand hard caps, circulating supply, and how emission shapes token value.
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