This is a common mistake by "developers" who don't really know what they are doing. They think the above line limits the total supply. But it does not. All it is used for is a sanity check for transaction creation.
The idiot can't even code well but will lead a decentralized coin. How does he even improve on the platform when its warped from the beginning and he wasn't even aware. SMFH All this fools with their yearn to get rich quick.