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Proposal to burn validator rewards to cap staking at 50%
A draft EIP co-authored by Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake proposes a tapered issuance burn that destroys a rising share of validator rewards as the staking ratio climbs, hitting a 100% burn (zero net issuance) at roughly 60.25 million ETH staked (~50% of supply), phased in over 18 months to prevent overconcentration among large custodians. Aave's Stani Kulechov criticized the plan as likely to kill ETH borrowing and DeFi yield use cases, while Grayscale's Zach Pandl argued reduced inflation should be a first-order positive for ETH's price. The proposal was submitted ahead of the deadline for Ethereum's upcoming Hegotá upgrade.
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