I'm looking at the xdr definition of the LedgerHeader
structure and it has the totalCoin
fields -- so, why does every ledger header need to have totalCoins
recorded in it?
How would that value ever change?
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Sign up to join this communityTotal number of all XLM is not a constant. Every week the built-in inflation mechanism distributes new lumens. You can find detailed information here.
fee_pool
and creates a portion of new coins to keep a steady total supply growth (1% yearly).
– Orbit Lens
Nov 20 '18 at 12:07
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can also vote for the inflation pools (like pool.lumenaut.net), which regularly distribute inflation rewards. The inflation
operation can be submitted by any account, and the consensus for this operation type works as usual.
– Orbit Lens
Nov 20 '18 at 21:56