If you follow cryptocurrencies, you’ve probably heard of coin burning. It is a method of reducing the supply of a coin. Coin burning became popular around 2017 and has been duplicated almost endlessly since then. It is now a common trend in the cryptocurrency industry. The phrase “coin burning” conjures up ideas of an investor setting fire to real money. Of course, this is not physically feasible because digital currencies are only present in virtual form. Token burning is when a coin’s creators remove a particular amount of tokens from circulation. Burning tokens has several purposes, the most common of which is to minimize the market’s inflationary pressures. It is like a public company repurchasing stock. Such companies use the cash available to acquire common equity shares, reducing the total outstanding shares. This strategy increases earnings per share by boosting the value of outstanding shares. The net profit to share ratio increases. Big blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum don’t employ this methodology. On the other hand, altcoins and smaller tokens commonly burn to regulate the circulating supply, further drawing in investment. But how do cryptocurrencies get burnt? Token burning has many variations, but the ultimate goal is to reduce the total number of available tokens. While you can’t burn Cryptocurrency, you can make it unusable. Token signatures are visible to all nodes but are permanently frozen, saved in an ...
