Stakers deposit funds into Stride from any Cosmos chain and receive a return on investment in the form of staking rewards (supply-side revenue).

Stride is a blockchain ("zone") in the Cosmos ecosystem that provides liquidity for staked tokens. Stride was founded by Aidan Salzmann, Vishal Talasani, and Riley Edmunds and launched in 2022.

STRD holders own and govern the Stride Blockchain. They currently take a cut of the total staking rewards earned by the protocol (revenue). The Stride blockchain is economically secured by staked ATOM via interchain security with the Cosmos Hub. Stride's investors include Pantera Capital, North Island Ventures, Distributed Global, Everstake, etc.

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# Stride Maximum token supply Methodology

## 1. Overview

The Stride maximum token supply metric represents the theoretical maximum number of STRD tokens that can ever exist according to the protocol's tokenomics design. This is a static protocol parameter rather than a calculated metric, representing the hard cap on token issuance as defined by Stride's governance and tokenomics structure. This metric answers the question: "What is the absolute maximum number of STRD tokens that can exist?"

## 2. Data sources

This metric is derived from:
- **Protocol tokenomics specification**: The maximum supply parameter as defined in Stride's token design and governance documentation
- **Launch date reference**: The official token launch date serving as the starting point for metric availability
- **Static configuration**: Predetermined protocol parameters rather than dynamic blockchain data

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Static maximum supply definition
- **Purpose**: Define the absolute maximum token supply for the Stride protocol
- **Logic**: The maximum supply is set as a fixed value of 100,000,000 STRD tokens, representing the theoretical cap on total token issuance. This value is derived from Stride's tokenomics design and governance decisions rather than calculated from blockchain events
- **Key fields**: The `token_supply_maximum` field contains the hardcoded value of 100,000,000 tokens

### Component B: Launch date establishment  
- **Purpose**: Set the starting point from which the maximum supply metric becomes relevant
- **Logic**: The token launch date is defined as September 6, 2022, at 00:00:00 UTC. This represents when the STRD token became active and when the maximum supply parameter became applicable to the protocol
- **Key fields**: The `timestamp` field marks the beginning of metric availability

### Final aggregation
- **Combining components**: The timestamp and maximum supply value are combined into a single record representing the protocol's token supply ceiling
- **Currency conversion**: Not applicable - this metric represents token quantity, not value
- **Time aggregation**: The metric uses a daily grain with a fill-forward strategy, meaning the same maximum supply value propagates to all subsequent days from the launch date
- **Final calculation**: The final metric value is exactly 100,000,000 STRD tokens for all dates from September 6, 2022, forward, representing the unchanging maximum possible token supply for the Stride protocol

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

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