I'm new to Stellar and just wondering about the coin distribution. In the announcement is written:
50B XLM: to be given in small increments to as many people as possible.
25B XLM: to be given to other businesses and non-profits to reach people that stellar.org wouldn't otherwise be able to reach through the Direct Signup program.
20B XLM: to be given to bitcoin and XRP holders (announcement about the details of this coming soon)
5B XLM: retained by Stellar.org for operations.
https://www.stellar.org/stats/ tells me that the total supply is 103,689,123,972 and only a small part has been distributed up until now.
Since there is an inflation of 1% per year, there have been added 3,689,123,972 coins up until now, right? SDF still holds the majority of the total supply, therefore the majority of those 3,689,123,972 coins also belong to them. It's an additional income, so to speak, right? SDF has an income of about 800.000.000 coins each year, amounting to about 350.000.000 USD per year (using current price).
This is in addition to the 5B XLM which are retained by Stellar.org for operations.
Do you have any plans to distribute those additional coins or is it just a "hidden" income for SDF?