Post by Arslan4617 about Helium Network Token ($HNT)

$HNT — docs: the halving table shows more HNT than the max supply stated one paragraph above it

Page: docs.helium.com/tokens/hnt-token, section "Max Supply".

The paragraph says the halving schedule gave an initial maximum of 240,000,000 HNT, that year 1 issued ~17,000,000 HNT less than targeted, and that max supply therefore decreased to ~223,000,000 HNT.

The table right under it does not apply that shortfall. Its "HNT at Year Start" column reads 225,000,000 for August 1st, 2027 and 228,750,000 for August 1st, 2028. Both are above the ~223,000,000 maximum the page has just stated. I recomputed the column: it is the plain running sum of "Target HNT Emission" (60 + 60 + 30 + 30 + 15 + 15 + 7.5 + 7.5 = 225 million), so it is the pre-shortfall schedule. With the 17 million removed the two rows would be about 208.0 and 211.75 million.

Two smaller things on the same page:

1. The Year column runs 1 to 8 and then repeats 7 and 8 for 2027 and 2028. Those rows should be 9 and 10.

2. The text gives the HIP-20 cap as 34.24 HNT per 30-minute epoch and the current daily cap as 1,643.83561643 HNT. 34.24 x 48 = 1,643.52. The daily figure equals 1% of 60,000,000 / 365, so 34.24 looks like a truncated 34.2466.

What checks out: the Net Emissions example. (400 x 6/7) + (9,500 x 1/7) = 1,700, capped at 1,643.83561643, leaving 7,856.16438357 HNT burned.

Suggestions:

1. Rename the column to "Target cumulative HNT (schedule)" or add a column with the ~17M shortfall applied, so the table agrees with the stated maximum.

2. Fix the Year numbers in the last two rows.

3. Add a link to the live on-chain supply next to the table. Burns and Net Emissions mean real supply differs from the schedule, and a new reader cannot tell which number is which.

Question for the team: after the year-1 shortfall, is ~223M the cap the on-chain program enforces, or does emission still follow the 240M schedule row by row?

Source (reviewed 7 Oct 2026): https://docs.helium.com/tokens/hnt-token

AI-assisted review. The arithmetic was recomputed; nothing was checked on-chain. No affiliation with Helium.