There are 850,000 PLU in circulation but a total supply of 20,000,000 PLU. When/how will they be released, as a newbie I don't understand ...
The remaining 19.000.000 are stuck in an Ethereum Smart contract that will be the funding source for the reward system. The system is completely explained in the whitepaper chapter 2.4.1.
https://plutus.it/assets/Plutus.it-White-Paper-v1.1.pdfSo the remaining tokens are not yet in circulation. They will be rewarded to people who use the DEX or Tap 'n Pay app to exchange FIAT for Bitcoin or Ethereum. The expectation is that the smart contract will be empty by the year 2150 or something. People are only getting as many PLU as high as the exchange fees on the DEX. This way the exchange will basically be free. Which makes it attractive to use.