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SGP-0002 passes narrowly
Solana’s first binding on-chain governance vote approved SGP-0002, the “Double Disinflation” proposal, which doubles the network’s annual disinflation rate from 15% to 30% while keeping the 1.5% terminal inflation rate unchanged.
“SGP-0002 passed with 176.29M SOL For”
CryptoSlate said the proposal closed with 176.29M SOL For, 66.19M SOL Against, and 20.63M SOL Abstain, giving Solana validators and stakers a directional mandate to accelerate the network’s path toward lower issuance.
TradingView reported the finalized voting results as 67% support, with 25.16% voting against and 7.84% abstaining, and said overall participation reached 60.7% of eligible stake.
The vote was described as a governance mandate rather than an immediate code change, with CryptoSlate saying the emissions change “is not live yet” and that SIMD-0550 still needs implementation, client coordination, feature gating, and eventual activation.
TradingView added that the change is expected to bring Solana to its 1.5% terminal inflation rate in about 2.8 years, compared with roughly 5.7 years under the previous schedule, and estimated 18.9 million fewer SOL issued over the next six years.
Kraken flips late
The outcome hinged on late validator shifts, with CryptoSlate describing that “Validators linked to Kraken and Galaxy shifted toward majority For shortly before voting closed.”
CryptoSlate said Kraken 2, described as representing about 2% of votes, changed from Against to For, while Galaxy reallocated from mostly Abstain to majority For near the deadline.
BigGo Finance said the proposal finished with 67% support just above the 66.67% threshold required for passage, and reported that a validator linked to Kraken representing about 2% of total votes flipped from against to for as the deadline approached.
BigGo Finance quoted Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz on X: "After 500 calls in the past few hours, we got all the votes in the last seconds and passed the disinflation proposal by a literal hair," tying the reversal to “intense community pressure on the exchange.”
The Defiant reported that Kraken’s larger validator, holding 8,917,576 SOL, had voted 100% against on Friday morning and then recast at 10:37 UTC as 90.34% for and 9.66% against, moving about 8.1 million SOL.
Staking yields and rollout
With SGP-0002 accepted, the next step is implementation through SIMD-0550, and CryptoSlate said the governance process separates proposal acceptance from later implementation and activation.
“it does not immediately change SOL’s monetary schedule”
TradingView said the accelerated disinflation would reduce future SOL issuance and estimated 18.9 million fewer SOL over six years, while also lowering staking rewards for validators and delegators.
The Defiant framed the cost of the change as falling on staking yield, citing projections that first-year staking yields would be 4.34% under the accelerated schedule against 4.93% under the existing one, dropping to 2.25% by year three against 3.52%.
CryptoSlate also said SGP-0002 asks Solana to double annual disinflation from 15% to 30% while keeping the 1.5% terminal inflation rate unchanged, and added that it “does not immediately change SOL’s monetary schedule.”
Altcoin Buzz said the votes do not immediately change Solana’s code, explaining that an approved proposal provides a mandate while “the technical changes still need to be developed and implemented,” leaving the network’s tokenomics outcome tied to execution rather than the vote alone.