A member of the Aptos community submitted a proposal on April 18 to slash staking rewards for the network's native token, Aptos (APT), by nearly 50%, reducing the reward yield from 7% to 3.79% over three months. The proposal aims to improve capital efficiency and align Aptos staking rewards with other layer-1 blockchains. While it has sparked interest on X, early comments on GitHub show some resistance. Some community members are concerned that reducing staking rewards without "compensatory mechanisms" could push smaller validators out of the network, weakening Aptos' decentralization and long-term resilience.