InactiveIssuance
Storage Plain v101 → currentTotal amount of tokens that are inactive (not in circulation).
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The Big Picture
Some tokens exist on-chain but are not part of active circulation - burned tokens, permanently locked amounts, etc. InactiveIssuance tracks this, allowing calculation of true circulating supply: TotalIssuance - InactiveIssuance.
Use Cases
- Calculate active circulating supply
- Track burned or locked tokens
- Build tokenomics dashboards
From Chain Metadata
The total units of outstanding deactivated balance in the system.
Purpose & Usage
Purpose
Track tokens that exist but are not actively circulating.
Common Query Patterns
- Single value query
Stored Value
Code Examples
import { ApiPromise, WsProvider } from "@polkadot/api";
import { stringCamelCase } from "@polkadot/util";
const provider = new WsProvider("wss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443");
const api = await ApiPromise.create({ provider });
// Query InactiveIssuance storage (no keys - plain value)
const result = await api.query
[stringCamelCase("Balances")]
[stringCamelCase("InactiveIssuance")]();
console.log("InactiveIssuance:", result.toHuman());Runtime Info
- Pallet
- Balances
- Storage Kind
- Plain
- First Version
- v101
- Current Version
- v393