# An Ethereum Proposal Tries to Fix Who Pays for Shared Upgrades

A research post argues the network suffers a coordination failure in which everyone benefits from improvements but no one wants to pay, and proposes redirecting validator revenue to address it.

- Published: 2026-06-21T10:31:57.554Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-06-21/an-ethereum-proposal-tries-to-fix-who-pays-for-shared-upgrad
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/validator-redirected-revenue/25248)

A new post on the Ethereum Research forum confronts a problem that protocol economics rarely names directly: shared improvements are underfunded because they are a public good. The proposal, titled "Validator Redirected Revenue," describes…

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