Validators process transactions and receive fees from users (supply-side fees).

Sui is a smart contract platform for decentralized applications (a blockchain). Sui was founded by Evan Cheng, Sam Blackshear, Adeniyi Abiodun, George Danezis and launched in 2022.

Sui (Mysten Labs) team & investors own and govern the protocol. They currently don’t take a cut of the total transaction fees paid by users (revenue). Sui's investors include a16z, Coinbase Ventures, Electric Capital, etc.

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# Sui Maximum token supply Methodology

## 1. Overview

This metric represents the maximum possible token supply for the Sui protocol, as defined by its tokenomics design. The maximum token supply is a protocol-level constant that establishes the upper bound for SUI tokens that can ever exist. This metric answers the question "What is the theoretical maximum number of SUI tokens that can be in circulation?" and provides a fundamental parameter for understanding Sui's monetary policy and token scarcity dynamics.

## 2. Data sources

The calculation relies on protocol specification data rather than blockchain events:
- **Protocol tokenomics specification**: Sui's whitepaper and technical documentation defining the maximum token supply
- **Mainnet launch documentation**: Official records of when Sui mainnet became operational (May 3, 2023)
- **Token Terminal configuration data**: Internal data processing standards for metric formatting and temporal handling

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Protocol parameter definition
- **Purpose**: Establish the fundamental tokenomics parameters for Sui
- **Logic**: Set the maximum token supply to 10 billion SUI tokens based on the protocol's design specification. Record the mainnet launch date as May 3, 2023, which serves as the earliest date this metric becomes relevant. Configure daily timestamp granularity for consistent reporting intervals.
- **Key fields**: `timestamp` set to mainnet launch date, `timestamp_grain` set to daily intervals, `token_supply_maximum` set to 10,000,000,000 SUI

### Final aggregation
- **Combining components**: No aggregation is needed since this is a single protocol-level constant
- **Currency conversion**: No currency conversion required as this represents token count, not value
- **Time aggregation**: The metric uses a "fill forward" strategy, meaning the same maximum supply value (10 billion SUI) is reported for every day from the mainnet launch date onward
- **Final calculation**: The final metric value is exactly 10,000,000,000 SUI tokens for all time periods, representing the unchanging maximum possible token supply as defined by Sui's protocol design

*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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