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Morning Edition · Thursday, August 27, 2026Published at 1:48 AM EDT · New York
Cardano and Solana Votes Expose How Little Participation Decides Chain Policy
Cardano's delegated representatives and stake pool operators sit below participation thresholds while Solana weighs proposals that would cut about $1.5 billion in annual token issuance.
Two governance processes on two large blockchains ran into the same problem this week. On Cardano, delegated representatives and stake pool operators are below the participation thresholds their voting rules require, CryptoSlate reported. O…
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On-Chain Governance Decides Money Policy on Thin Turnout
Proof-of-stake networks increasingly settle monetary questions like issuance and fee burns through votes with low and hard-to-interpret participation, so supply schedules on these chains keep becoming contestable policy rather than fixed parameters.
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