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title: Total Supply
description: "## **Understanding Total Supply** In cryptocurrency, the term **total supply** refers to the total number of tokens or coins that have been issued or mined by a project. This includes: - **Tokens in Circulation**: Tokens that are currently being used…"
url: "https://docs.pecunovus.com/info/total-supply/"
updated: "2025-03-06"
category: The Basics / Tokenomics
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# Total Supply

## **Understanding Total Supply**

In cryptocurrency, the term **total supply** refers to the total number of tokens or coins that have been issued or mined by a project. This includes:

- **Tokens in Circulation**: Tokens that are currently being used or traded by the public.
- **Tokens Held by the Project Team**: Tokens reserved for the development team, advisors, or other strategic purposes.
- **Tokens Allocated for Future Use**: Tokens set aside for future development, rewards, or other project-related activities.

## **Pecu Novus Total Supply**

### **Maximum Total Supply of PECU**

- **Maximum Supply**: The maximum total supply of Pecu Novus tokens (PECU) is capped at 1 billion tokens.
- **Fixed Supply**: There will only ever be 1 billion PECU tokens in existence.

 
 ![](https://docs.pecunovus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pecu_initialsupply.png)

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## **Lock Up Period**

##### Currently there are approximately 130 million PECU coins locked up with release dates spanning from 2026 through 2034.

![](https://docs.pecunovus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pecu_lockupperiods.png)

## **Halving Events**

##### Beginning in 2017, every decade the Pecu Novus Network will experience the halving of rewards to validators. Through 2027 there will be a maximum of 20 million PECU coins distributed to validators and every decade thereafter the rewards are reduced by half.

![](https://docs.pecunovus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Pecu_halving.png)

## **Implications of a Fixed Supply**

- ##### **Scarcity**: A fixed supply ensures that the number of PECU tokens remains constant, creating scarcity. Scarcity can drive demand, as users and investors know that the supply cannot be increased arbitrarily.
- ##### **Value Maintenance**: By preventing inflation, a fixed supply helps maintain the value of PECU tokens. Unlike fiat currencies, which can be printed in unlimited amounts, a fixed supply in cryptocurrencies can protect against devaluation.
- ##### **Burn Mechanism:** A burn mechanism is in place from gas fees generated (50% of gas fees burned) that permanently removes PECU from circulation, this reduces the supply and increases the scarcity. This helps control inflation, stabilize tokenomics, and makes PECU more deflationary over time.

##### The Pecu Novus Blockchain Network has a maximum total supply of 1 billion PECU tokens, which will never be exceeded. This fixed supply ensures scarcity and helps maintain the value of PECU tokens by preventing inflation. The burn mechanism is a deflationary tool that helps control inflation. By managing the total supply effectively, Pecu Novus aims to create a stable and valuable cryptocurrency ecosystem for its stakeholders and users.