# Buy Back + Burn #### Purpose and Functionality The primary objective of the buyback and burn mechanism is to reduce the overall supply of WOW tokens in circulation. This is achieved by the protocol 10% of its profits to purchase WOW from the open market. Once these tokens are bought back, they are permanently removed from circulation, or "burned." #### Impact on Token Value By decreasing the supply of tokens, the buyback and burn strategy can potentially increase the value of remaining tokens. This is intended to create scarcity, making the tokens more valuable over time as the supply diminishes. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.wealthofwisdom.io/tokenomics/buy-back-+-burn.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.