An illustration of every node checking a block against the rules before it joins. It is not live network data.

Coin and supply

One billion ATON.

Never more. Paid out slowly.

ATON is the coin you pay with on the network. New ATON goes to miners as blocks are made, on a long that slows into a small and keeps tapering. There will never be more than one billion, and none exist before the first block.

The supply

Where every ATON comes from

1

Never more than one billion

One billion ATON is a hard cap. A payment network carries many small payments, and a large supply keeps each one a sensible size.

2

A long emission

Miners are paid new ATON for each block, through the . The amount per block comes down slowly over a long time, instead of stopping.

3

A small permanent tail

Once the emission has slowed, a small carries on, tapering inside the cap. It keeps miners paid without relying on a fee market that may never arrive.

4

Nothing before the first block

There is no . Apart from the , named before launch, every unit is mined.

The picture at the top shows the shape: a long emission that slows, then a tail that keeps tapering. It has no numbers on it, because none are settled yet.

What it is for

A coin for paying

ATON is a payment network. Its coin is what you pay with, and what miners are paid in. This site gives no view on what it is worth, and never will.

How the launch is fair

Not settled yet

What is still to be decided

The curve the emission follows and how the tail tapers are not specified yet. When they are, they go into the specification first.

The shape of the emission: The curve the emission follows, and how the tail tapers, are not specified yet.

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