Polkadot, which makes you forget its old days, limits the total supply of (DOT).

The Polkadot DAO, which is the decision-making mechanism of the Polkadot ecosystem, voted “Yes” on the proposal to limit the Polkadot supply to 2.1 billion units. It was stated in the announcement that the referendum proposal numbered 1710 was accepted with 80% votes in favor.

How will the changes be made?

In the information provided by Polkadot's official X account, it was stated that there are currently a total of 1.6 billion tokens, with an additional 120 million tokens included in the supply each year, and that the supply is unlimited.

With the new proposal, the total supply will be 2.1 billion units. Additionally, the new production amount of DOT will be reduced every two years. The reduction is fixed to March 14th. This means that on every March 14th, the newly minted amount of DOT will be lower than the previous period. Thus, the inflation rate will gradually decrease and eventually reach zero.

With the new model, the total token supply will reach 1.9 billion by the year 2040. If the old system had continued, this figure would have been 3.4 billion.

It makes 2021 look good

Launched in the summer of 2020, Polkadot had risen to $50 during the 2021 bull season. The cryptocurrency, led by Gavin Wood, one of the founders of Ethereum, had then plummeted sharply during the subsequent bear season.

DOT is trading above 4.3 dollars at the time this news was written.

Published: September 15, 2025 11:16Last Updated: September 15, 2025 11:22