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Morning Edition · Saturday, October 3, 2026Published at 1:57 AM EDT · New York
Ethereum Researchers Propose an On-Chain Purchasing-Power Signal Anchored to Compute
The design pays reporters to stake Ether behind a claimed price threshold, aiming to produce an inflation-adjacent reference without trusting a data provider.
A proposal posted to Ethereum Research sets out a minimal mechanism for producing a purchasing-power signal on-chain without relying on a trusted data provider. A requester posts a reward to solicit a report. Any participant may answer by p…
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Macro Reference Data Moves On-Chain
Builders keep attempting to replace trusted off-chain economic statistics with incentive-based on-chain mechanisms, because on-chain credit markets cannot price duration or real returns without a verifiable reference for the value of money.
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