# backing ratio

URL: https://blockspace.wiki/glossary/backing-ratio/

In the BYTES and BTP drafts, a population's attributed bytes divided by its supply. The one-BYTES-per-byte peg "is not enforced; it is measured" by this ratio, which falls when another claimant is later recognised on the same bytes.

Sources:

- block.space docs: BYTES · https://block.space/docs/bytes
- block.space docs: BTP · https://block.space/docs/btp
- Blockspace Holdings records

Updated: 2026-10-20