InactiveIssuance

Storage Plain v101 → current

Total amount of tokens that are inactive (not in circulation).

Queried by: analyticsdevelopers

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

u64

Value in RAO (÷10⁹ for TAO)

RAO -> TAO (/ 10^9)

Code Examples

import { createClient, Binary } from "polkadot-api";
import { getWsProvider } from "polkadot-api/ws";
import { sub } from "@polkadot-api/descriptors"; // generated by: npx papi add sub -w wss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443

const client = createClient(getWsProvider("wss://entrypoint-finney.opentensor.ai:443"));
const api = client.getTypedApi(sub);

// Query InactiveIssuance storage (no keys - plain value)
const result = await api.query.Balances.InactiveIssuance.getValue();
console.log("InactiveIssuance:", result);

Runtime Info

Pallet: Balances
Storage Kind: Plain
First Version: v101
Current Version: v411

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