diff --git a/docs/assets/dot-inflation.png b/docs/assets/dot-inflation.png new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ff19fbec7797 Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/assets/dot-inflation.png differ diff --git a/docs/learn/learn-inflation.md b/docs/learn/learn-inflation.md index ea1695d417dd..8dacb027b7e7 100644 --- a/docs/learn/learn-inflation.md +++ b/docs/learn/learn-inflation.md @@ -19,13 +19,16 @@ of which 15% goes to the [treasury](./learn-polkadot-opengov-treasury.md) and 85 It is essential to understand that the primary objective of inflation is to incentivize network participants through [Nominated Proof of Stake (NPoS)](./learn-consensus.md#nominated-proof-of-stake) and to grow the -network through funding the on-chain treasury. Token inflation rate can be updated in the future -through [on-chain governance](./learn-polkadot-opengov.md) based on thorough tokenomics research. +network through funding the on-chain treasury. The token inflation rate can be updated through +[on-chain governance](./learn-polkadot-opengov.md) based on thorough tokenomics research. -Below is a 25-year prediction of DOT gross annual inflation assuming current fixed inflation rate. +Below is a 25-year prediction of DOT gross annual inflation (red line) and DOT total issuance (blue +line), assuming the current fixed inflation rate. + +![inflation](../assets/dot-inflation.png) Net DOT inflation depends on [treasury expenditures](./learn-polkadot-opengov-treasury.md) and -[coretime sales](./learn-agile-coretime.md#agile-coretime-implementation), and thus cannot be +[coretime sales](./learn-agile-coretime.md#agile-coretime-implementation) and thus cannot be predicted. Net inflation can be defined as follows: ```