What is the exact inflation figure right now in Hive? How many Hive tokens are being minted every day? Answering in Quora.

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Inflation Rate in Hive

The inflation rate in Hive decreases at the rate of 0.01% per 250000 blocks. The current inflation rate can be calculated as per the following formula:

Current_inflation_rate = (978 - (head_block_number / 250000)) / 100

Head block number can be obtained from Hiveblocks.com. It is the latest block of the Hive chain.

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The current head block number= 42,065,525

Current inflation rate in Hive= (978- (42065525/250000))/100= 809.73/100= 8.097%

Hive tokens being minted every day

The formula to calculate the number of HIVE that is being minted per block is:

new_hive = ( ( virtual_supply * current_inflation_rate ) / ( 10000 * BLOCKS_PER_YEAR ) )

Virtual supply= Total supply of HIVE including the HBD in the equivalent of HIVE at the current rate, as HBD is backed by HIVE. This figure can be obtained from Hiveblocks.com

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The current total supply of HIVE= 370,786,062

Current inflation rate= 8.097% (just calculated above)

Blocks per year- One block is created every 3 seconds, so per year it will be 10,512,000 blocks.
Every 3 seconds= 1 block
Every 1 minute= 20 blocks
Every day= 20 * 60 * 24= 28800 blocks
Every year= 28800 * 365= 10,512,000 blocks

New HIVE per block= ((370,786,062 * 809.7 )/(10000 * 10512000)) = 2.856

So 2.856 new HIVE is being minted per block per day

Every 3 seconds a new block is created in Hive blockchain.

So for every day, the total number of blocks= (60/3) * 60 * 24=28,800

So the total number of new HIVE being created per day= 28,800*2.856= 82252.8

Of 82252.8 HIVE, 65% will be distributed to content creators and curators, 10% to DHF, 15% to vested token holders and the remaining 10% to witnesses.
DHF- Decentralized Hive Fund
Vested token holders- HIVE Power holders

Distribution of new Hive token every day:

  • Content creator & curator- (65%)- 82252.8 * 0.65= 53464.32 HIVE
  • DHF- (10%)- 82252.8 * 0.1= 8225.28 HIVE
  • HP Holders- (15%)- 82252.8 * 0.15= 12337.92 HIVE
  • Witnesses- (10%)- 82252.8 * 0.1= 8225.28 HIVE

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Note- The new HIVE that is being added each day to the reward pool may not be fixed and may slightly vary as it depends on a number of factors, including the variables like total supply which also vary each day, although not by a big margin, but that matters while calculating the exact number of tokens per day.

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