<p>Not right now, but IOG is working for a way to burn these, so for now, keep them around!</p>

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2021-05-04T16:44:32.153Z
2021-05-04T16:44:32.153Z
Marek Mahut - StakeNuts
<p>For a minting policy that specifies a 'before' slot requirement, it is impossible to mint new tokens after the specified time slot. Is it also impossible to burn existing tokens after the specified time slot?</p>

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Burning tokens after the 'before' time slot?
# Burning tokens after the 'before' time slot?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-05-04)

For a minting policy that specifies a 'before' slot requirement, it is impossible to mint new tokens after the specified time slot. Is it also impossible to burn existing tokens after the specified time slot?

**Tags:** minting

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-05-04. Score: 2

Not right now, but IOG is working for a way to burn these, so for now, keep them around!


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