RSC Token Burns

RSC Token Burns

ResearchCoin has a fixed maximum supply of 1,000,000,000 RSC. Tokens are emitted gradually to contributors (see RSC Emission Schedule), and from August 2025 a portion is permanently removed from circulation through burns.

A burn is an on-chain transfer to an address from which tokens can never be recovered. Burned RSC leaves circulating supply for good and cannot be re-issued.

RIP-23: Transaction Fee Burn

Burns were introduced through RIP-23, approved by RSC holders on Snapshot in August 2025. Under it, 100% of transaction fees collected by the ResearchHub Foundation on platform activity: bounties, funding, tips and other fee-generating actions, are burned automatically on a weekly cadence.

Burns execute on Base. The amount is determined entirely by fees collected that week. Before RIP-23, these fees accrued to the Foundation treasury.

Burn Tracker

Total RSC burned and every individual transaction: researchhub.foundation/burns.

Burns can also be verified on BaseScan.