Solana validator proposals could raise daily SOL burn and speed up inflation cuts

Solana validators are backing two linked governance proposals that would change how much SOL is destroyed and how quickly new supply declines, according to a report from Solana Compass summarizing the discussions around the network changes.

One proposal would make transaction fees more closely reflect network resources, which would increase the amount of SOL burned each day. The other would accelerate Solana’s disinflation schedule, bringing its 1.5% terminal inflation rate forward by several years if it is approved.

Two proposals, one supply-side push

Under the fee-change proposal, daily SOL burns could rise from roughly 650 tokens to as many as 9,000. At current price levels cited in the report, that would lift the daily dollar value of burned SOL from about $47,000 to as much as $650,000.

The second proposal would double the annual disinflation rate to 30%, which would move Solana’s terminal inflation floor to 2029 from 2032 and reduce emissions over the next six years. The report says that would remove about 18.9 million SOL from expected issuance over that period, equivalent to roughly $1.36 billion.

The proposals are being discussed together because the burn increase alone would not outweigh Solana’s ongoing issuance. Even at the top end of the projected range, 9,000 SOL burned a day would still sit below the network’s roughly 60,000 SOL in daily inflation, according to the report.

Early support is led by Helius

Validator signaling has started, but the proposals still need broader backing before they can advance. The report says 16 validators had signaled support so far, representing 2.3% of the set, with 24.94 million SOL in stake behind the proposals.

Helius accounted for 16.03 million SOL of that total, followed by Blueshift with 3.6 million SOL and Temporal Emerald with 1.24 million SOL. The proposals must reach a 15% signaling threshold before any actual vote, and the current signaling period runs until Aug. 18.

The supply changes would not make SOL deflationary on their own, but they would push the network in that direction by combining lower issuance with higher burns. Whether the proposals clear the required support threshold will determine if they move from validator discussion to the next stage of Solana governance.