Maximum Annual Issuance Rate Proposed to Drop to 1.6%: NEAR Governance Proposal HSP-029 Enters Voting Phase

Odaily Report: NEAR ecosystem governance proposal HSP-029 has entered the voting phase, proposing to gradually reduce the maximum annual issuance rate of the NEAR token from 2.5% to 1.6%. The proposal, put forward by SVRN CEO Sal Ternullo, plans to decrease linearly by approximately 3.75 basis points per epoch over 24 months, while maintaining the 90/10 split between stakers and the treasury. If passed, a 90-day grace period will be implemented before the reduction officially begins.

Proposal estimates show that the plan is expected to reduce NEAR issuance by approximately 11.8 million tokens over two years, and by a cumulative total of approximately 66.1 million tokens over six years, equivalent to a 4.36% reduction in supply compared to the current state. The staking annualized yield will gradually decrease from the current 5.268% to 3.372%. The proposal must go through a dual process to take effect: after passing the House of Stake vote, validators must independently adopt it through the standard protocol upgrade process. Currently, the NEAR network has 406 active validators with a staking rate of 42.71%.