How much XMR is created every minute through tail emission?

Monero’s tail emission creates about 0.3 XMR per minute on average. It pays a base reward of 0.6 XMR per block, with a new block arriving roughly every two minutes—not on an exact schedule.

How the per-minute amount works

A block is a batch of transactions added to Monero’s shared record. Miners use computing power to help secure that record, and the network rewards them with newly created XMR.

To turn the block reward into a per-minute rate, you divide the reward by the average time between blocks:

• New XMR per block: 0.6 XMR.
• Target time between blocks: 2 minutes.
• Average creation rate: 0.6 ÷ 2 = 0.3 XMR per minute.

That number describes the whole Monero network. It is not the amount you receive for running a miner, opening a mining page, or keeping your computer on for one minute.

Why “per minute” is an average

Monero does not release 0.3 XMR whenever a clock ticks over to the next minute. New coins are created when a miner finds a valid block.

You might see two blocks arrive close together, followed by a longer wait before the next one. That is a normal part of mining. Monero adjusts its mining difficulty—the measure of how hard it is to find a block—after every block to keep the long-term average near two minutes.

So, during a particular minute, there may be no new block and no new mining reward. During another minute, there may be more than one. The 0.3 XMR figure is a useful long-term average, not a guaranteed minute-by-minute output.

What that adds up to over time

Using the same target pace, tail emission produces approximately:

• 18 XMR per hour: 0.3 × 60.
• 432 XMR per day: 0.3 × 1,440.
• 157,680 XMR per 365-day year: 432 × 365.

These are estimates based on the target block time. Actual totals over a particular period depend on how many blocks are mined. Oversized blocks can also have their base reward reduced under Monero’s block-size penalty rules.

Transaction fees are separate. They can increase what a miner receives for a block, but they are existing XMR paid by users—not newly created coins. You therefore do not add fees when calculating tail emission.

Why this rate continues

Tail emission began around June 2022, after Monero’s main emission had produced roughly 18.13 million XMR. Under the current protocol, the 0.6 XMR base reward continues indefinitely rather than falling to zero.

This gives miners an ongoing reward for securing the network, alongside transaction fees. It also means Monero has no fixed maximum coin supply.

The amount added at the target pace stays roughly constant. But as the total supply grows, that yearly addition becomes a smaller percentage of the total. That distinction helps you understand why continuing coin creation does not mean an ever-increasing percentage inflation rate.

The bottom line

For a quick calculation, use 0.3 XMR created per minute across the entire network, or about 432 XMR per day. Just remember that coins arrive through block rewards, not a timer, and your personal mining earnings are only a possible share of those rewards.