The predefined timeline and rate at which new coins are minted or released into circulation.
An emission schedule defines supply dynamics and inflation over time. Predictable issuance helps set miner incentives and market expectations.
Bitcoin Cash inherits a schedule where the block subsidy halves roughly every four years, reducing new coin issuance and affecting miner revenue.
Schedules may be deflationary (halvings), fixed-per-block, or adaptive. Some projects augment issuance with fees, burns, or treasuries to shape supply.
A chain might burn a portion of fees to offset new issuance, similar in spirit to EIP-1559’s base fee burn on Ethereum.
All terms and definitions may update as the Cryptionary improves.