Burn

Permanent removal of XRP from the supply via transaction costs.

Every transaction destroys its cost in XRP. There is no mechanism to reissue it, so total supply only decreases.

The effect is small at current volumes, but it means XRP has no protocol inflation at all.

Related terms

Transaction cost

The small amount of XRP destroyed to submit a transaction, which rises when the network is busy.

Maximum supply

The 100 billion XRP created at genesis — the hard ceiling on supply.