I recommend that you don't just look at the above image but also read the COTI blog post explaining the tokenomics = https://medium.com/cotinetwork/cotis-token-metrics-revision-network-growth-c8a7293f90e1

It should be noted that the COTI coin is not inflationary which is why the COTI team do not do burns.

I added the Coti yearly inflation at the bottom of the chart to explain how much in stock to flow values your coins change each year as a percentage of circulating supply.

NOTE: While I use the term inflation in the above image and in the below text; what is actually happening is the stock to flow ratio changing. The word inflation is easier for most to understand , and I use it so I don't have to explain the details of stock to flow ratios.

I included inflation in the above image as everyone complains about inflation in FIAT but not in crypto.
For example if you were holding 10,000 COTI in Aug 2022 this would be 0.0009% of circulating supply.
In August 2023 with the extra coins released over the past 12 months you would be holding 0.0081% of circulating supply
This equals a -9.85% decline in your "purchasing power"

Current circulating supply can be found here = https://coti.io/circulation.html

Now if your wondering how to offset this decline.
The COTI team have your back with the COTI treasury, which offers good staking rewards to those taking part.
See https://www.cotinode.network/treasury or https://treasury.coti.io/

Lets use the treasury as an example on how to offset the decline.

Assume I want to achieve 8% APY in rewards from the treasury as payment for participating in the COTI network.
Well we already know that the Aug 2022 --> Aug 2023 decline is 9.85%. This means that I'm already making a loss of 1.85% on my goal APY.

So I add the 9.85% to my goal of 8% and come up with an APY amount of 17.85%.
From looking at the current APY numbers in the treasury (in below image), I would choose an X2 with a 120 day lock to earn the rewards I require.

NOTE: APY changes multiple times a day. - Everyone has to take into account their risk tolerance levels and chances of being liquidated when using multipliers