Before Dec 9, 2025, ORE's mint authority was controlled by the mining program. The same contract that ran rounds held authority to issue new tokens.
That contract was upgradable. Every proposal to change the mining rules carried the structural risk that someone could change the cap, too.
The fix was separation.
A dedicated mint program was deployed. The SPL mint authority migrated to it. Then the mint program's upgrade authority was revoked. Frozen.
The frozen mint program enforces three rules:
โข Max supply: 3,000,000 ORE
โข Max per mint call: 2 ORE
โข Minimum gap between mint calls: 150 slots (~60 seconds)
The ceiling resolves to 2 ORE per minute. The rules are not parameters. There is no upgrade path. The rules are the contract.
Max supply was also reduced on the same day:
5M โ 3M
A 40% cut, applied before the keys were thrown away. ORE was on track to reach 5M slower than planned, so the cap was reduced to minimize unnecessary supply overhang.
3M splits cleanly.
0-1M is the early game. 1M-2M is mid. 2M-3M is end.
The mining program โ round mechanics, fees, RNG โ stays upgradable. The supply is not. ORE holders are protected from supply changes. Forever.
Sources:
โข Freeze thread:
x.com/OREsupply/status/19984โฆ
โข Mint program source:
github.com/regolith-labs/oreโฆ