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kaspa in 6 numbers, every monday

block rate, miner fees, emission, holders and addresses, each with its date and source. one free mail every monday, the next on 2 nov.

number of the week · reading 26 oct 2026 · next 2 nov

1.41%

kaspa closed the week 1.41% above its 50 week average.

week to 24 oct 2026 · weekly close against the average of the last 50 weekly closes, source kraken daily candles · our own series since 24 nov 2024

  • 17 oct · 1.46% below
  • 25 jul · 38.32% below

blocks keep landing 10 times a second

9.962 blocks per second over 600 seconds on 21 oct 2026, counted by kaspa pulse from the kaspa rest api. the protocol is set to 10 a second since the crescendo upgrade on 5 may 2025.

our count sits 0.4% under the protocol rate of 10

counted 21 oct 20269.962protocol rate10
blocks per second over 600 seconds, counted 21 oct 2026

fast blocks need miners. so who pays them? next

fees paid 0.14% of miner revenue from 26 sep to 25 oct

new coins paid the other 99.86%. that is why the emission schedule matters so much for kaspa security.

new coins pay almost all of it

new coins 99.86%fees 0.14%
26 sep 2026 to 25 oct 2026, miner revenue in KAS · fees source kaspalytics, new coins computed from the emission schedule

and the new coins get fewer every month. next

daily emission steps down to 1,680,086 KAS on 4 nov

it steps down every month by the same factor and halves once a year. at flat fees, each step is close to a 5.6% cut in miner income in KAS.

1,680,086 KAS a day on 4 nov, after 1,779,989 on 5 oct

1.5M2.0M2.5M4 nov · 1,680,086may 26aug 26nov 26feb 27may 27
computed from the emission schedule, factor 2^(1/12) down per month · KAS per day

who is holding all those coins? next

295,772 addresses hold at least 100 KAS

1,262 more than on 18 oct. the count rose on all 7 days to 25 oct. read on 25 oct 2026, source kaspalytics.

net change per day, 7 of 7 days up

01920+5302122232425+46
net change per day, 19 oct to 25 oct 2026 · source kaspalytics address thresholds

one more number, and it gets quoted wrong a lot. next

54.9 million addresses, but not 54.9 million holders

most hold dust. above 0.01 KAS it is 768,253 addresses, read on 25 oct 2026, source kaspalytics.

only 1.4% of all addresses hold more than 0.01 KAS

addresses with any balance54,887,787addresses above 0.01 KAS768,253
25 oct 2026 · source kaspalytics address thresholds

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