# What is the Cost to Mint Stead? Aside from being backed by RWA, and having a built in burn mechanism that makes Stead deflationary, another guarantor of increased value of the tokens will be their emission price. Their is a pre-determined minimum price at which Stead can actually be minted. Every 30 days, the minimum price (called the Base Price) will increase by 0.9%, or about 11.35% annually.\ \ So how does this impact your ability to mint tokens? At launch, the cost for 1 Stead will equal 70 cents ($0.7), therefore being equal to 0.7 USDT or 0.7 USDC or 0.7 DAI, but will only be able to be minted for Tether specifically. If the price of Stead doubles 30 days later to $1.40 then it will take 1.4 USDT to mint a token. If however the price drops to only $0.40 then the cost to mint 1 Stead will be $.707 instead. This is because any price below the Base Price will not be considered an acceptable minting parameter, but any price above the Base Price will become the new minting price.

Above: Stead tokenomics simulated over a 120 month period, where the Base Price, which limits token minting, can be seen pushing the real price up whenever it crosses below. Note that the Base Price rises over time.

In this way, the minimum cost of Stead minting will increase by 11.35% annually. As a result, future buyers will have to pay more to purchase tokens, thus giving them an ever increasing price floor, and a stable and predictable price arc.
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