OpenGov approved a new issuance model for the DOT token in ref 1710. The current one is ref 1139.
The change will happen on March 14, 2026. Until then, everything stays the same.
Changes
Capped supply
The DOT token supply is currently uncapped and will be capped to 2.1 Billion DOT (2,100,000,000 DOT).
Issuance Rate Reduction
The current model issues a fixed amount of ~120 Million DOT per year (328,797 per day).
The new model issues 13.14% of the remaining tokens every year. The issuance rate is updated every two years. Note that new issuance is still created every day.
This works out to ~56 Million DOT per year (152,271 per day) in the first two years (March 14, 2026 - March 14, 2028). The values are estimates and will only be known after the Polkadot runtime fixes them on 14th Match 2026.
TODO:
OpenGov approved a new issuance model for the DOT token in ref 1710. The current one is ref 1139.
The change will happen on March 14, 2026. Until then, everything stays the same.
Changes
Capped supply
The DOT token supply is currently uncapped and will be capped to 2.1 Billion DOT (2,100,000,000 DOT).
Issuance Rate Reduction
The current model issues a fixed amount of ~120 Million DOT per year (328,797 per day).
The new model issues 13.14% of the remaining tokens every year. The issuance rate is updated every two years. Note that new issuance is still created every day.
This works out to ~56 Million DOT per year (152,271 per day) in the first two years (March 14, 2026 - March 14, 2028). The values are estimates and will only be known after the Polkadot runtime fixes them on 14th Match 2026.
TODO: