The Aptos community proposal seeks to halve staking rewards

A member of the Aptos community, MoonSheisty, presented a proposal to reduce the staking rewards for the network's native token, Aptos (APT), by almost half.

The community-driven proposal suggests a significant decrease in staking rewards, aiming to adjust the annual yield for validators and delegators.

This adjustment of reward yields from 7% to 3.79% over three months is considered a strategic step to ensure long-term sustainability and economic balance of the Aptos network. It will also align Aptos' staking rewards with other layer 1 blockchains and encourage capital efficiency.

The Aptos proposal sparks a debate on staking cuts and network decentralization.

The initiative has garnered attention on X, although early comments on GitHub reveal some resistance. Community member ElagabalxNode warned that reducing rewards without "compensatory mechanisms like a robust delegation program" could leave smaller validators behind, potentially undermining the decentralization and long-term resilience of the network.