Mint Tokens
Create additional tokens to increase supply. Useful for rewards, incentives, and controlled inflation.
What is Token Minting?
Token minting is the process of creating new tokens and adding them to the total supply. Only addresses with mint authority can perform this action. Common use cases include:
- Rewarding community members and contributors
- Funding development through strategic minting
- Liquidity mining and staking rewards
- Ecosystem growth and partnerships
Supply Management
Minting increases total supply, which can affect token economics:
How to Mint Tokens
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Navigate to "Mint Tokens" on SUI Lab
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Select the token you want to mint (must have mint authority)
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Enter the amount of new tokens to mint
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Specify the recipient address (or use your own wallet)
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Review the impact on total supply and token economics
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Confirm and sign the minting transaction
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New tokens are created and sent to recipient
Minting Strategies
Controlled Inflation
Mint tokens on a predictable schedule (e.g., 2% per year) to fund ongoing development while maintaining value.
Reward Minting
Mint tokens specifically for staking rewards, liquidity mining, or community incentives.
Vested Minting
Mint tokens with vesting schedules for team, advisors, or partners to align long-term interests.
Emergency Minting
Reserve mint authority for critical situations like bug fixes or protocol upgrades requiring new tokens.
Minting Considerations
- • Excessive minting can dilute token value for existing holders
- • Announce minting events to community for transparency
- • Have a clear economic justification for new tokens
- • Consider maximum supply caps in your tokenomics
- • Large mints can impact market price
Best Practices
- • Maintain transparency about minting schedule and purpose
- • Use multi-sig for minting decisions on serious projects
- • Document all minting events for audit trail
- • Consider community governance for large mints
- • Balance inflation with value creation
- • Implement minting caps if possible
Requirements
You must have mint authority for the token to mint new tokens. If authority has been revoked or transferred, you cannot mint. This is by design to prevent unauthorized inflation.
Mint Additional Tokens
Create new tokens for rewards, incentives, or controlled supply expansion.