Thanks to Polygon community's vocal demand, the team has been working on a staking and tokenomics overhaul proposal. I just saw it and I can't stop myself from sharing some sneak peeks.
We delivered 10x growth this year in revenue. We delivered 5k tps, we delivered 25% reduction in blocktimes and are on track to deliver <1 sec blocktimes. Now its stakers' turn to get their fair share 👀
→ Native, L1-like staking on Polygon POS alongside Ethereum staking.
→ Priority fees from every transaction will flow to POL stakers. This is already approved in PIP-85 but the rollout is slow because of challenges of implementing it on Ethereum. Native staking makes implementation much cleaner.
→ Staking yield projected to almost double, funded by real network fees, not inflation
→ Additional benefits for Staking POL to incentivize more POL staking, possibly discounted gas fees
→ sPOL growth locked in - stay liquid, keep earning, use it across DeFi
→ Polygon labs will build the code and put proposal in the community forum for approval
Real usage → real fees → real rewards for the people securing the network.