# Validators and Staking Yields **URL:** \ **Category:** Governance\ **Tags:** parameter-change\ **Created:** [July 8, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/validators-and-staking-yields/616 "2026-07-08T17:24:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2026, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/validators-and-staking-yields/616/1 "2026-07-08T17:24:46Z")
# 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: - `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: > **[Mintscan](https://www.mintscan.io/regen/proposals/64)** > > Interchain block explorer and data analytics for sovereign blockchain networks. 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 ---
**Author:** ![Gregory\_Regen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/gregory_regen/32/91_2.png) [@Gregory\_Regen](https://forum.regen.network/u/Gregory_Regen)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 1:16am UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/validators-and-staking-yields/616/2 "2026-07-14T01:16:44Z")
I think this is a good step, of course also we could vote to ask the foundation to stake their CS endowment tokens as well and reduce inflation that way. Honestly I’d suggest we potentially just think about reducing inflation event further than you suggest. ---
**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 3:39am UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/validators-and-staking-yields/616/3 "2026-07-14T03:39:55Z")
this is a governance activator, we have reached quorum ---
**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/validators-and-staking-yields/616/4 "2026-07-18T20:41:40Z")
vote passed, lets proceed ---
**Author:** ![brawlaphant](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forum.regen.network/brawlaphant/32/71_2.png) [@brawlaphant](https://forum.regen.network/u/brawlaphant)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://forum.regen.network/t/validators-and-staking-yields/616/5 "2026-07-18T21:35:56Z")
**Follow-up: Proposal #64 is now in effect.** Inflation is live at **7.0%** , down from the previous 10% ceiling. Thank you for the unanimous vote. The companion measure is now on-chain as **Proposal #66**. Proposal #66 activates **Phase 1 of the M013 Burn Pool** , directing **15% of community-pool revenue to the null burn address every block**. It uses standard `x/protocolpool` messages, requires no chain upgrade, and does not affect validator commissions. **Details and discussion:** > [@Activate the M013 Burn Pool (Phase 1): turn network revenue into a standing REGEN burn — no chain upgrade](https://forum.regen.network/t/activate-the-m013-burn-pool-phase-1-turn-network-revenue-into-a-standing-regen-burn-no-chain-upgrade/617): > > Following the mint-params fix now in voting (#64), here is the market-side companion: Start M013 Burn Pool now, using only stock modules. No chain upgrade. Effective the moment governance passes it. What it does This is a single governance proposal that: Enables uregen distribution in x/protocolpool. Creates a continuous fund streaming 15% of community-pool revenue to a burn address. That 15% figure is a governance dial. The revenue source is community-pool revenue from validator block re… **Vote by July 25:** > **[Mintscan](https://www.mintscan.io/regen/proposals/66)** > > Interchain block explorer and data analytics for sovereign blockchain networks.