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Ethereum researchers propose slashing validator rewards amid staking surge
A draft proposal by six Ethereum developers would reduce validator rewards as staked ETH approaches 50% of total supply, drawing criticism from the community.
A group of six Ethereum researchers and developers, including Ethereum Foundation member Justin Drake, has published EIP-8363, a draft proposal to cut validator rewards as staking adoption grows. The Tapered Issuance Burn would progressively burn larger portions of consensus-layer rewards as staked ETH approaches 60.25 million tokens—roughly half the current supply—with the reduction reaching 100% at that threshold over an 18-month phase-in period.
The authors argue that unchecked staking growth concentrates assets in large custodians and liquid staking providers, while unlimited issuance dilutes Ether's role as a neutral store of value. Jérôme de Tychey, one of the proposal's authors, warned that without intervention, staking could reach 55% of Ethereum's supply by 2028, shifting power away from raw ETH toward intermediated staking derivatives.
The proposal has sparked significant pushback from developers, stakers and DeFi participants, who contend that reducing validator rewards could force out solo operators while institutional stakers remain unaffected, suppress demand for ETH, and destabilise DeFi markets reliant on staking yields. The timing has also drawn scrutiny: the draft appeared just two days before the submission deadline for proposals targeting Ethereum's Hegotá upgrade, raising questions about whether the community has sufficient time to assess its tokenomic implications.
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