user104: I’ve heard people claim that bitcoin is the only crypto currency which has actually decentralised monetary policy (being the basis for the claim that it cannot therefore be changed).
Since minting takes place as part of the proof of work, I can understand this, perhaps, at least at a high level.
Are block producer rewards in Cardano a source of newly minted ada?
Is there any analogy to bitcoin halvings?
How does one go about understanding the monetary policy, to then be able to asses whether it is truly decentralised?

user2517: Short answer, all ada in existence was minted in the genesis block, there is no more ada that can be minted or burned.
The minted ada went to the treasury and stake pool operators receive a reward from it until it gets depleted, then all rewards will be generated by fees.
A better an complete read for this is here https://docs.cardano.org/explore-cardano/monetary-policy

104: <p>I’ve heard people claim that bitcoin is the only crypto currency which has actually decentralised monetary policy (being the basis for the claim that it cannot therefore be changed).</p>
<p>Since minting takes place as part of the proof of work, I can understand this, perhaps, at least at a high level.</p>
<p>Are block producer rewards in Cardano a source of newly minted ada?
Is there any analogy to bitcoin halvings?</p>
<p>How does one go about understanding the monetary policy, to then be able to asses whether it is truly decentralised?</p>
 2517: <p>Short answer, all ada in existence was minted in the genesis block, there is no more ada that can be minted or burned.</p>
<p>The minted ada went to the treasury and stake pool operators receive a reward from it until it gets depleted, then all rewards will be generated by fees.</p>
<p>A better an complete read for this is here <a href="https://docs.cardano.org/explore-cardano/monetary-policy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.cardano.org/explore-cardano/monetary-policy</a></p>
