# 4.1 Minting and Supply Model: Your Steps, Your Wealth Every **$SWEAT token** is born from your movement. A currency forged not by machines, but by your own human effort. Whether you’re walking to work or jogging in the park, Sweatcoin’s advanced technology verifies your steps, minting $SWEAT directly into your Sweat Wallet. It’s one of the only assets in the world where **physical activity** creates digital value, making every step a proof of effort. Unlike Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies with fixed supply caps, **$SWEAT embraces an uncapped emission model**. As long as people move and join the Movement Economy, new tokens can be created, reflecting the boundless and global nature of human energy, a resource accessible to anyone, anywhere. While an uncapped supply might seem counterintuitive in a world that often directly equates scarcity with value, $SWEAT’s design turns this model into a strength through a carefully engineered **deflationary framework**. We ensure scarcity and protect value over time through two primary mechanisms: **more effort to mint over time** and **token burns**. By making $SWEAT progressively harder to earn and actively reducing supply through burns, we **create a system where the value of your tokens grows as the ecosystem scales**, balancing accessibility with long-term sustainability. Here’s how it works: at launch in **September 2022**, it took just **1,000 steps to mint 1 $SWEAT**. But earning $SWEAT gets harder over time, where each day the step requirement increases by **12 steps**. By **April 2025,** approximately 943 days since launch, the step requirement has risen to around **7,600 steps** for 1 $SWEAT. This **linear difficulty increase** creates **predictable scarcity**, ensuring that early adopters and consistent movers are rewarded most. Meanwhile, token burns (detailed in Section 4.4) actively remove $SWEAT from circulation, further tightening supply as demand grows. * **Example**: In September 2022, a quick 1,000-step walk earned you 1 $SWEAT. Today, in April 2025 you’d need 7,600 steps, equivalent to a 5-mile run, for the same token. A year from now, that could climb to over 11,000 steps, making each $SWEAT a powerful symbol of your commitment.

Figure : $SWEAT Minting Difficulty Over Time with Total Emitted From Steps

This approach mirrors the Movement Economy’s ethos: **your effort drives value, and scarcity ensures that value endures**. Unlike Bitcoin’s halving, which reduces mining rewards through computational limits, $SWEAT’s deflationary curve is tied to **human effort**—a more inclusive and sustainable approach that ensures accessibility while protecting long-term value.