Circulating Supply Inflation Rate
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About this metric
What it measures
Circulating Supply Inflation Rate expresses the annualized pace of new BTC issuance relative to existing circulating supply. It scales the daily issuance rate to a year and reports the result as a percentage; a raw value of 0.0078 corresponds to 0.78% annually.
How to read it
Lower readings mean slower proportional supply expansion; higher readings mean faster issuance relative to the supply base. Halvings lower the block subsidy and therefore the baseline rate. The supplied series was 1.8% on October 17, 2022 and 0.78% on October 17, 2026, while day-to-day fluctuations reflect the pace of block production.
This is monetary supply growth, not consumer-price inflation or a forecast of BTC purchasing power. Annualizing a single day magnifies block-time noise. Early readings contain extreme values far outside plausible mature-network rates, so use the logarithmic chart and compare later periods rather than treating the early maximum as a meaningful benchmark.
- Frequency
- Daily (UTC 00:00)
- Asset
- BTC
- Category
- Supply
- Type
- Single value
FAQ
Is Bitcoin’s inflation rate the same as its yearly price change?
No. It measures how quickly the number of coins expands through issuance. Price returns depend on the market, while consumer-price inflation measures the cost of a basket of goods and services.
Why does the inflation rate vary between halvings?
Daily block production fluctuates, so newly issued BTC varies from day to day. Circulating supply also keeps growing, changing the denominator even when the subsidy per block is unchanged.
Does 0.0078 mean an inflation rate of 0.0078%?
No. The raw series is a ratio that the page multiplies by 100 for percentage display. A value of 0.0078 is 0.78%, and it is annualized rather than a daily percentage increase.
