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The Polygon Foundation is preparing to permanently burn 100 million POL, equivalent to about 1% of the initial supply of this token. This move is expected to reduce the circulating POL and strengthen the deflationary mechanism of the Polygon ecosystem.
On September 19, Polygon CEO Sandeep Nailwal announced that the Polygon Foundation is preparing to implement the first burn of 100 million POL. With an initial supply of 10 billion POL, the amount of tokens removed is equivalent to about 1% of the total initial supply.
The contract serving the token burn mechanism has now been deployed on the testnet. Polygon plans to bring this mechanism to the mainnet after completing the final signature from the Security Council.
Notably, the POL burn process will be designed as a permissionless mechanism. This means that once the system is activated, any community member can execute a transaction to trigger the burning of 100 million POL, rather than relying on the Polygon Foundation.
The amount of POL chosen to be burned is currently among the approximately 121 million POL accumulated through transaction fees and other fees incurred on the network. If the 100 million POL burn is executed, about 83% of the POL currently in the fee collector will be permanently removed from the supply.
This mechanism is also designed to allow for future burns. According to the mentioned plan, the community can activate quarterly burns, depending on the amount of POL accumulated from network fees.
Sandeep Nailwal stated that POL has transitioned to a deflationary state since January 2026. This means the amount of tokens removed from supply through the burn mechanism can begin to counterbalance the amount of new POL issued in the system.
