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Token Burning

The permanent removal of tokens from circulation by sending them to an unrecoverable address. In SORA, token burning is used as a deflationary mechanism - VAL tokens are burned …

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The permanent removal of tokens from circulation by sending them to an unrecoverable address. In SORA, token burning is used as a deflationary mechanism - VAL tokens are burned on every network transaction, and PSWAP tokens are burned on every Polkaswap transaction to reduce supply over time.

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  • VAL transaction burning
  • PSWAP swap burning
  • Supply reduction

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