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mintage

mintage

8.6
The total number of digital tokens released
  • noun
  • /ˈmɪn.tɪdʒ/
  • Jargon
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  • Artists often limit a work's mintage to create scarcity and drive demand among buyers.

Examples

  • During the sale, the platform displayed each item's mintage alongside price and ownership history.

  • The mintage of the new NFT was limited to 500 pieces.

  • The collection has a mintage of 10,000 NFTs released on launch.

  • What is the total mintage for this digital token?

  • The collection has a mintage of 10,000 NFTs released on launch.

  • What is the total mintage for this digital token?

  • Artists often limit a work's mintage to create scarcity and drive demand among buyers.

Surface Forms

mintage singular
mintages plural

Morphology

mintage = mint (semi-transparent) = mint + age

The form clearly reflects 'mint' plus '-age', but the blockchain token sense is a modern specialized extension of coin-minting.

Etymology

Mintage comes from mint ('place that makes coins') and -age ('result' or 'act'), and a helpful way to remember the digital meaning is that 'to mint' now also means 'to create' a new token like a coin. So mintage can mean the total number made or the process of creating those digital tokens.