Aptos community proposal to cut staking rewards by nearly 50% faces pushback

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An Aptos community member submitted a proposal on April 18 to slash staking rewards for the network’s native token, Aptos (APT), by nearly 50%The proposal, submitted by a community member called MoonSheisty, aims at reducing reward yields from 7% to 3.79% in a three-month period, aligning Aptos staking rewards with other layer-1 blockchains and encouraging capital efficiency.

A community member going by ElagabalxNode noted that reducing the staking reward without “compensatory mechanisms like a robust delegation program” could push smaller validators out of the network, thus weakening the Aptos blockchain’s decentralization and long-term resistance.

Related: Aptos to accelerate innovation with new tech, investment in IndiaThe proposal addresses the validators’ role in the network, stating that Aptos should consider a community validator program to give grants and stake to small validators contributing to the ecosystem.”Aptos was founded in 2021 by a group of former Meta engineers.

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Author / Journalist: Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino

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Published On: 2025-04-18 @ 22:30:27 (1 days ago)

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