Block Economics Reopened
Core developers on major chains keep reopening issuance and fee-market rules, so the revenue design for miners and validators becomes a recurring governance fight rather than a settled parameter.
weakening · confidence 34 · Emerging (watchlist) · tracking since September 11, 2026 · updated September 14, 2026
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Luke Dashjr floated either a one-month subsidy pause or a 4,375-block spending delay for miners, while an Ethereum researcher proposed turning the base fee from a floor into a midpoint. Two independent proposals to alter miner and validator revenue on the two largest chains in the same week move issuance and fee design from settled parameter to live governance question.
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Supporting · September 11, 2026
Developers Reopen the Question of How Blocks Should Pay, on Both Bitcoin and Ethereum
Luke Dashjr floated either a one-month subsidy pause or a 4,375-block spending delay for miners, while an Ethereum researcher proposed turning the base fee from a floor into a midpoint. Two independent proposals to alter miner and validator revenue on the two largest chains in the same week move issuance and fee design from settled parameter to live governance question.
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