POL Tokenomics Calculator Guide

The POL Tokenomics calculator is part of the Research article. Read the token mechanisms first, then change network activity, POL price, and annual issuance to inspect their mechanical effects over a 30-day window.

The calculator shows protocol fees, net base-fee accrual toward burn, new POL issuance, net supply change, burn coverage, and the activity threshold at which burn matches issuance. It uses observed data as a reference; it does not predict future activity, price, supply, or staking returns.

Inputs And Reset

Controls are available immediately. A new page starts from 1× observed activity, the observed POL price, and the 2% annual issuance reference rate. Reset inputs restores those assumptions. Inputs stay in the current page session and are not written to POLTRACK databases or public snapshots.

The price slider is logarithmic. Observed restores the price from the loaded baseline. The accounting cutoff is displayed separately from the current price reference. Baseline data refreshes every five minutes; if a refresh fails, the last loaded observations remain visible with a notice. If a baseline is unavailable, controls remain disabled while the Research article stays readable.

Fixed USD Fee Intensity

Let A be activity, P the selected POL price, P₀ the observed price, and i the selected annual issuance rate.

Scenario protocol fees/day (USD) = Observed fees/day (USD) × A
Scenario net burn accrual (POL) = Observed 30D burn accrual × A × P₀ / P

USD fees per transaction, the base/priority fee mix, and confirmed rebate proportions stay constant. Changing activity scales the fee flow. Changing only price leaves USD fees unchanged and changes their POL equivalent.

This assumption does not model blockspace capacity, congestion, gas-price responses, or changes in user behavior.

Thirty-Day Issuance And Supply Change

Scenario 30D issuance = Observed 30D issuance × i / 2%
Scenario 30D net supply change = Scenario issuance − Scenario net burn accrual

The annual control scales a short-window observed mint amount. It does not install an emission schedule or calculate a new long-term contract curve. At a selected 0% rate, modeled issuance is zero; positive net burn accrual then reduces adjusted supply.

Burn uses net base fees accrued toward burn over the same complete 30-day window, after confirmed rebates. It does not substitute a 90-day rate or count settlement of previously excluded tokens as a new supply reduction. Accrual, routing balances, and irreversible destruction remain distinct measurements.

Burn Coverage And Break-Even Activity

Burn coverage (%) = Scenario net burn accrual / Scenario issuance × 100
Break-even activity = Scenario issuance / (Observed burn accrual × P₀ / P)

The threshold is measured relative to observed 1× activity at the selected price and issuance rate. At that threshold, modeled issuance and net burn accrual are equal, so the modeled net change is zero.

Coverage is undefined when issuance is zero. No activity threshold is needed to offset zero issuance. If positive issuance has no positive burn baseline, there is no finite break-even threshold. Missing inputs remain unavailable rather than being treated as zero. Thresholds above 25× are marked as outside the calculator's activity range.

Interpretation And Limits

The calculator holds its assumptions constant. It does not model future governance changes, endogenous price or demand responses, validator behavior, realized staking APR, trading liquidity, or market valuation. It no longer displays a long-term 2033 supply graph or a full duplicate of the product dashboard.

Use the results to identify which inputs dominate POL supply economics. A scenario in which burn exceeds issuance is conditional on those inputs and accounting assumptions; it does not establish that future supply will follow that path or that POL's price will rise.