Lenders deposit funds into ZeroLend and receive interest payments from borrowers (supply-side fees).

ZeroLend is a non-custodial lending protocol built on Ethereum and other adjacent blockchains.

ZERO tokenholders own and govern the protocol. They currently take a cut of the total interest paid by borrowers (revenue).

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# ZeroLend Maximum token supply Methodology

## 1. Overview

The token supply maximum metric represents the theoretical maximum number of tokens that can ever exist for the ZeroLend protocol. This is a hardcoded configuration value based on the protocol's tokenomics design rather than a calculated metric from blockchain data. The metric provides the upper bound for token issuance and is used for calculating percentage-based metrics like token supply utilization rates.

## 2. Data sources

- **Protocol specifications**: Hardcoded maximum supply value from ZeroLend's tokenomics documentation
- **Launch date configuration**: Official token launch date specified in protocol documentation

## 3. Step-by-step calculation

### Component A: Maximum supply configuration
- **Purpose**: Establish the theoretical maximum token supply for ZeroLend
- **Logic**: The maximum supply is set as a fixed value of 100,000,000,000 tokens (100 billion). This represents the absolute maximum number of tokens that can ever be minted according to the protocol's design
- **Key fields**: The `token_supply_maximum` field contains the hardcoded value of 100 billion tokens

### Component B: Launch date establishment
- **Purpose**: Define when the token supply maximum becomes effective
- **Logic**: The launch date is set to May 6, 2024 at 00:00:00 UTC, marking when the ZeroLend token officially launched and the maximum supply constraint became active
- **Key fields**: The `timestamp` field establishes the effective date for the maximum supply value

### Final aggregation
- **Combining components**: The maximum supply value and launch date are combined into a single record representing the protocol's token supply ceiling
- **Time aggregation**: The metric uses daily granularity and a fill-forward strategy to ensure the maximum supply value is available for all reporting periods from the launch date onward
- **Final calculation**: The final metric is the static value of 100 billion tokens, applied consistently across all time periods since the token launch date

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

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