[WFC] DOT #1718 - Medium Pressure Capped & Stepped Supply Schedule
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https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1718

The Polkadot community is voting on a new money plan called "Capped & Stepped Supply."

  • It would limit the total number of DOT coins to 2.1 billion.
  • Every two years, 19% of the remaining coins would be made, starting in 2026.
  • This plan would make less new money than the current system.
  • It aims to help Polkadot be more careful with spending and find new ways to earn money.
  • If no extra money is earned, staking rewards would drop over time.
  • The community can vote for this plan or choose to keep things the same.
  • Other money rules, like fees and treasury spending, can still be changed later.
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5-member quorum not met.
Vote #1: NAY
8 available members.
No CoI reported. DV delegation exercised.
https://polkadot.subscan.io/extrinsic/27474601-2
https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1718#3

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Looking for tokenholders to weigh in and decide

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This solution offers a balanced reduction in inflation that responsibly lowers staking rewards while maintaining a sustainable and stable supply growth. From the three offered solutions, this one seems to be the best in our eyes.

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This is less than slapping a band aid to someone who has already lost an arm.

What happens to MILLIONS of DOT already procured through high-inflation years? Are we going to retroactively burn the staking rewards they accrued so far?

To my mind, DOT was never to capture or store value at all, the whole NPoS rests on that fact. Parachains were always supposed to capture value instead but since this hasn't happened we're dealing with half baked ideas to "make DOT great again". None of which address the actual problem.

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Sorry, this is important and I'm not sure I'm confident enough to give correct decisions, but generally I think reducing inflation is a right direction. I'm curious whether we can reduce the reward to validators and we should see balances between cost and network security.

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I'm not satisfied at all with the quality and depth of the discussions around economical changes. This is an extremely vital area that should be discussed over a longer period of time, and the discussions should be led by economists, and the proposals should also be submitted by economists. And all aside, I think more emphasis should be placed on the value and utility of the token rather than economical adjustments.

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I would like this to be decided by the community, and I would also like to receive comments and evaluations from experts in the field.

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I would like a panel of experts debating the merits of this proposal, and how we can go about changing the economic models we do have today, with minimum negative impact to the token.

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Timestamp
Created
Aug 20 2025 12:08
Start date
Aug 20 2025 00:00
End date
Oct 19 2025 00:00
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Abstain
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