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title: The rune mint tracker
summary: Which open rune mints are moving, how far along each is, and roughly when it mints out or closes, from the etching terms and the blocks our node sees.
published: 2026-09-21
updated: 2026-09-21
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## In one sentence

For each open rune mint, the terms come from its etching transaction and the mints so far from our `ord` index (or our own running count until it is ready), and the ETA is the blocks until the cap at the recent pace or until the window closes, whichever comes first.

## What each figure means

- **Terms:** from the etching transaction on our node: the amount per mint, the cap, and the mint window (absolute heights and/or offsets from the etching block).
- **Mints so far:** our `ord` index's count once its rune index is ready (exact). Before that, our own running count from every block the dashboard has processed: exact for a rune etched after our history starts, "at least" for one etched before. The card says which.
- **Pace:** mints in the last 6 blocks and the last 24 hours, plus what's waiting in our mempool right now.
- **ETA:** blocks until the cap at the recent pace, or until the window closes, whichever comes first.

## Known limits

- The ETA is a pace, not a promise: mints come in bursts.
- A mint transaction announced after the cap is reached still appears on-chain but mints nothing. Only a full `ord` index can say whether each one took.