# Newbie ? about XCP cap, creation, & securing the network **URL:** \ **Category:** Counterparty\ **Created:** [June 2, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/newbie-about-xcp-cap-creation-amp-securing-the-network/310 "2014-06-02T07:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Sage](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/Sage)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/newbie-about-xcp-cap-creation-amp-securing-the-network/310/1 "2014-06-02T07:54:22Z")
Where can I get the info about how XCPs are created?  Who they are given to when created?  The total cap of XCPs?  How XCP transactions are secured?  Sorry if this is obvious… but I couldn’t find the answer on any of the Wiki’s. ---
**Author:** ![something](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/something/32/240_2.png) [@something](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/something)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/newbie-about-xcp-cap-creation-amp-securing-the-network/310/2 "2014-06-02T11:12:52Z")
[https://www.counterparty.co/resources/faqs/](https://www.counterparty.co/resources/faqs/) and check other resources ([https://www.counterparty.co/resources/](https://www.counterparty.co/resources/)) including the external ones like XCP Bitcointalk, Reddit threads. ---
**Author:** ![Equality\_7\_2521](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a587f6/32.png) [@Equality\_7\_2521](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/Equality_7_2521)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/newbie-about-xcp-cap-creation-amp-securing-the-network/310/3 "2014-06-02T12:54:34Z")
You can find the complete list of burned BTC here - [http://www.blockscan.com/burn.aspx](http://www.blockscan.com/burn.aspx)