Burn Report
THORChain team are announcing the following has been burnt as part of Project Surtr.
- 626,934.093 RUNE from Community Wallet
- 2,004,606.71 from Operational Wallet
- Total: 2,631,540.803 RUNE

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Community Initiatives
During the month of August, numerous activities were conducted which involved RUNE disbursements to the community.
All activities provided a direct benefit in expanding the knowledge and engagement for THORChain, BEPSwap and the Binance Chain ecosystem, and all participants exchanged their time and effort for RUNE.
- Binance DEX AMA and RUNE giveway
- TomoChain AMA and RUNE giveway
- Atomic Wallet AMA and RUNE giveway
- BNBBeer and BNBCoffee initiatives
Operational Expenses
During the month, RUNE was also paid out to parties contributing to THORChain’s business development, as well as staff incentives. All parties are directly aligned with the THORChain ecosystem and were part of the month’s biggest announcements, such as $90m more in project values committing to BEPSwap.
- Advisory expenses
- Business Development expenses
- Staff incentives
Next Month Budget
THORChain team will continue to heavily engage in business development with more partners to be onboarded to BEPSwap in the coming months. RUNE will be allocated for these initiatives.
AMAs will be scheduled with the new BEPSwap partners with a small budget in RUNE.
Community
RUNE has been allocated for the development and growth of THORChain and its protocol, such as BEPSwap. All disbursements from these allocations will come with full disclosure and RUNE not allocated will be burnt each month.
The community is welcome to suggest programs.
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/thorchain_org
- Telegram Community: https://t.me/thorchain_org
- Telegram Announcements: https://t.me/thorchain
- Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/thorchain
- Github: https://github.com/thorchain
- Medium: https://medium.com/thorchain
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