You might not know that, but the transactions that create new XMR are not hidden, so you can just sum up all of those coinbase TX and validate the current Monero supply.
https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/dispelling-monero-fud/#you-cant-audit-the-monero-supply
MrWonderland
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2026-09-09 10:46:53 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…zas7
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