# I like zec very much, but I understand that its total release is not checkable. I can only trust the commitment of the development team. Can someone tell me more about the total number of releases?

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**Author:** ![moukunok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9c0ed/32.png) [@moukunok](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/moukunok)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/i-like-zec-very-much-but-i-understand-that-its-total-release-is-not-checkable-i-can-only-trust-the-commitment-of-the-development-team-can-someone-tell-me-more-about-the-total-number-of-releases/27713/1 "2018-03-12T11:19:50Z")

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I like zec very much, but I understand that its total release is not checkable. I can only trust the commitment of the development team. Can someone tell me more about the total number of releases?

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**Author:** ![Kahooli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e79b87/32.png) [@Kahooli](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Kahooli)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/i-like-zec-very-much-but-i-understand-that-its-total-release-is-not-checkable-i-can-only-trust-the-commitment-of-the-development-team-can-someone-tell-me-more-about-the-total-number-of-releases/27713/2 "2018-03-12T14:57:21Z")

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As long as there is no way to forge notes, then the current supply is  
`Current supply = 125,000 +(Current Block - 20,000)*12.5`

> **[User Expectations at Sprout Pt. 1: Slow-Start Mining & Mining Ecosystem -...](https://electriccoin.co/blog/slow-start-and-mining-ecosystem/)**
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> Zcash Sprout represents the beginning of a global ecosystem focused on user privacy and secure consensus requiring the growing support \[…\]

What part of that are you doubting?