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Sustainable KSM Economics via Burn Mechanisms (v1.2)
This proposal introduces activity-responsive tokenomics for Kusama through burns instead of a hard cap.
Key changes:
• Base inflation: 7.82% → 5%
• Fee burn: 50%
• Treasury inflow burn: 10%
• Treasury balance burn: 1% per period (100K KSM floor)
• Coretime burn: 25%
Result: Net inflation reduced from 7.82% to ~4.25% — a 46% reduction.
This proposal is complementary to @olanod's validator/core reduction plan. Together they address both supply side (burns) and cost side (validators).
Full proposal: https://gist.github.com/hantoniu-codeberg/b81ab97a9d31d1651e890aa12bb02610
Forum discussion: https://forum.polkadot.network/t/rfc-burn-based-tokenomics-for-kusama-the-ethereum-model-not-a-hard-cap/16540
Comments (6)
Proposal Failed
Hell yeah !
It's time to do something now.
And i will double on the validator/core reduction plan which is the main measure on my side :)
Thomas - LeNexus (i don't have it on that address on Kusama side from what i see lol)
Kusama sustainability including tokenomics, JAM upgrade, hard cap/burn and revenue as well as the 10m DOT Kusama Vision was discussed at first Chaos Sessions last monday.
Feel free to drop in on the next one.
You can also join the Kreivo Element channel where discussions are ongoing - this is where you'll find Daniel/@olanod too.
Chaos Sessions - A Kusama Coordination Initiative
Monday, January 17, 2026 • 3:00 – 5:00 pm (Europe/London)
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Public discussions on Element channel.
@Decent Partners thanks, Monday is the 19th of January.