A no-code fix that stops Regen bleeding money on inflation — so we can get back to revenue
Hey all —
Concrete one, and it is a governance vote we can pass this week.
I have been in the community calls and governance threads for a while now — the ERC-1155 credit-wrapping proposal, the Hybrid Ecological Bonds design, and the Economic Reboot framework — and they all point toward the same goal:
Making Regen economically self-sustaining.
This is the smallest, highest-leverage step in that direction.
The problem, in plain terms
Regen is minting new REGEN at the maximum possible rate: 10% inflation, pinned at the ceiling.
It is stuck there by construction.
The mint module’s goal_bonded target is 67%, but our actual bonded ratio is around 60.6%. The stock Cosmos formula only lets inflation fall once the real bonded ratio meets the goal. Since 67% is a target we structurally cannot reach right now, inflation sits at max indefinitely.
That means every holder is being diluted every block, while the network spends its own runway for security we are not actually getting.
That is real money leaving the network every day, for nothing.
The fix — no new code, no chain upgrade
This proposal is a standard x/mint parameter update:
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goal_bonded: 67% → 60%
Match reality, so inflation can finally ease off the ceiling. -
inflation_max: 10% → 7%
Slow dilution while the bonded pool is thin.
It takes effect the moment it passes.
That is the whole thing. It is the one lever fully in governance’s hands, and it works immediately.
Why it matters beyond the numbers
Every point of needless inflation drains value and attention away from what actually grows this network:
Ecocredit issuance, ecocredit sales, ecological work getting done, and ecological workers getting paid.
Stop the bleed, protect REGEN’s value, and the community and Foundation can put energy back into revenue instead of fighting dilution.
A note on “Proposal A”
The WG’s drafted Economic Reboot signaling proposal — hard cap, burn pool, M012 — is well-intentioned.
But honestly, it depends on code that does not exist yet. regen-ledger has no x/supply module or custom mint module today. Passing that proposal as-is records sentiment, but it does not change what happens the next day.
This mint-params fix is different.
It is real.
It is standard.
It executes on passing.
Let’s do the thing that works now, then build the bigger vision on top of a network that has stopped bleeding.
The ask
The proposal is on-chain:
Please vote YES.
If you do not think REGEN is worth staying bonded even after a real fix, that is a fair read too. But let’s at least stop the structural bleed first.
Happy to walk anyone through the exact parameters or the encoded proposal.
— brawlaphant