A Vote for the Longevity of CAKE

TL;DR

• Again on April nineteenth, a proposal was made to vary the CAKE tokenomics.

• The proposal could be very more likely to undergo with over 55% of individuals selecting for ‘an aggressive discount in staking rewards’ (and subsequently an aggressive discount in inflation for the challenge).

• What’s cool is that once we zoom out and take a look at this course of as an entire, it is basically totally different than something we have seen earlier than.

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Think about your financial institution saying: “As an alternative of that 20% curiosity we promised you, we will offer you 3-5%.”

“We imagine it is higher for all of our clients and in the event you do not agree, you are welcome to depart.”

Properly that is just about precisely what’s occurred with the PancakeSwap challenge over the previous week or so.

Again on April nineteenth, a proposal was made to vary the CAKE tokenomics.

This is the lengthy and the wanting it:

“Present inflation charges are unsustainable for CAKE over the long run, and reductions are required for the long run well being of PancakeSwap.”

Translation:

We thought we may supply 20% yield on staked CAKE, however seems, if we wish this challenge to final indefinitely, we have to minimize that all the way down to 3-5%.”

The group response was…attention-grabbing.

On one hand, since April 19 the quantity of staked CAKE has diminished from 1.007 billion to 677.851 million (as of this writing) and the value has dropped by almost 25%.

On the similar time, the proposal could be very more likely to undergo with over 55% of individuals selecting for ‘an aggressive discount in staking rewards’ (and subsequently an aggressive discount in inflation for the challenge).

So mainly, CAKE holders are saying: “Hey, we do not like this, however the actuality is that that is the perfect factor for the challenge total.”

Whether or not that is good or dangerous, proper or incorrect, we’re not those to say.

What’s cool, nonetheless, is that once we zoom out and take a look at this course of as an entire, it is basically totally different than something we have seen earlier than.

Those who’re impacted are making the calls, fairly than it being pressured on them (as is the case with conventional banks).

That is a really cool function of Web3.