Liquidity providers deposit funds into Idle Finance and receive a return on investment (supply-side fees).

Idle Finance is an asset management protocol built on Ethereum. Idle Finance was founded by Matteo Pandolfi, William Bergamo & Samuele Cester and launched in 2019.

IDLE tokenholders own and govern the protocol. They currently take a cut of the total return on investment paid by liquidity providers (revenue). Idle Finance’s investors include BR Capita, Greenfield One, Gumi Cryptos, etc.

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# Idle Finance Maximum token supply Methodology

## 1. Overview

The token supply maximum metric represents the theoretical maximum number of IDLE tokens that can exist according to the protocol's tokenomics design. This is a protocol-defined constant that establishes the upper bound for token supply, typically used for calculating metrics like token supply ratio or understanding the protocol's monetary policy. The metric answers the business question: "What is the maximum possible supply of IDLE tokens as defined by the protocol?"

## 2. Data sources

This metric relies on protocol governance and tokenomics specifications rather than blockchain data sources:
- **Protocol tokenomics documentation**: Official specifications defining the maximum supply limits for IDLE tokens
- **Governance decisions**: Protocol governance votes or initial deployment parameters that established the 13,000,000 token maximum
- **Smart contract parameters**: Deployment configurations that may have hardcoded or set the maximum supply limit
- **Protocol launch information**: Historical records indicating when the token was first deployed or supply tracking began

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Static supply definition
- **Purpose**: Establishes the protocol-defined maximum token supply as a constant value
- **Logic**: The calculation uses hardcoded values representing the Idle protocol's tokenomics parameters. The launch date is set to November 26, 2020, marking when the token was first deployed or when supply tracking began. The maximum supply is defined as exactly 13,000,000 IDLE tokens, representing the theoretical upper limit for token issuance according to the protocol's monetary policy
- **Key fields**: The `timestamp` field marks the protocol launch date, `timestamp_grain` is set to daily aggregation, and `token_supply_maximum` contains the 13,000,000 token limit

### Final aggregation
- **Combining components**: No combination is needed as this is a single static value
- **Currency conversion**: Not applicable - this metric represents token quantity, not monetary value
- **Time aggregation**: The metric uses a fill-forward strategy, meaning the maximum supply value established on the launch date propagates to all subsequent days
- **Final calculation**: The final metric value is the constant 13,000,000 IDLE tokens, standardized through the finalization macro to ensure consistent formatting and time series representation across the entire protocol history from launch date forward

*This methodology was automatically generated by Token Terminal's methodology analyzer.*

Maximum number of tokens that can exist under the current token economics.

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