Cardano Supply Overview
Explore the complete Cardano ADA supply distribution for epoch 597, which began on 2025-11-25 and is still ongoing.
This interactive insight helps you understand how the total ADA supply is allocated across key categories — from circulating supply and reserves to staking rewards and the treasury.
At the close of each 5-day epoch, the Ouroboros protocol performs supply and reward calculations across all participating nodes. The resulting transfers distribute staking rewards and allocate a portion to the Cardano treasury, supporting ongoing development and ecosystem growth.
| Category | ada | % | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Circulation | 35,893,941,446 ada | 79.76% | Sum of all circulating UTxOs |
| Treasury | 1,646,055,930 ada | 3.66% | All ada currently in the treasury pot |
| Rewards | 724,590,209 ada | 1.61% | All unclaimed rewards |
| Deposits Stake | 4,386,200 ada | 0.01% | Deposit pot for registered stake pools and staking accounts |
| Deposits DRep | 494,500 ada | 0.00% | Deposit pot for registered DReps |
| Deposits Proposal | 300,000 ada | 0.00% | Deposit pot for active governance actions |
| Fees | 48,288 ada | 0.00% | Fees collected |
| Total Supply | 38,269,816,573 ada | 85.04% | All ada in circulation + unclaimed rewards + deposits + fees + treasury |
| Reserves | 6,730,183,427 ada | 14.96% | Difference between maximum and total supply |
| Maximum supply | 45,000,000,000 ada | 100.00% | The maximum amount of ada that can ever exist, based on the genesis block definition. |
Epoch 597 facts:
Q: How did the values change compared to the previous Epoch?
A: At the start of epoch 597, the Cardano Ouroboros protocol distributed the staking rewards for epoch 595 and transaction fees collected in epoch 596. This transferred 11,170,101 ada from the reserves to the active supply, equivalent to a 0.17% decrease in reserves and a 0.03% increase in active supply.
Q: How much ada was added to the treasury?
A: A total of 4,044,353 ada — 36.21% of the overal staking rewards — was allocated to the treasury, marking a 0.25% increase compared to the previous epoch.
Q: How many fees were collected and distributed?
A: In the currently running epoch, 48,288 ada in transaction fees have been paid so far. 57,828 ada from epoch 596 was distributed as rewards and treasury extension. These fees came from 175,629 transactions, averaging 0.34 ada per transaction, and accounted for 0.52% of the total rewards distributed
Q: Were there withdrawals from the treasury in epoch 597?
A: There were no treasury withdrawals during this epoch.
Q: Where can I learn more about the Cardano Mainnet reward calculation?
The reward calculation is based on the ledger specification. Further information can be found in the Cardano Blueprint documentation. There is an independent Java implementation with many explanations, as well as a training course from Cardano Academy on calculating staking rewards.