proposals-to-reduce-the-ether-issuance-rate.md

Proposals to reduce the ether issuance rate

Initial links relating to proposals to cap the total ether supply or reduce the ether issuance rate

Proposals:

• EIP 960 proposes a cap to the total ether supply, ending the linear issuance rate.
• EIP 186 proposed to reduce the ether issuance rate before Casper / PoS

Historic background / precedents:

• The White Paper describes a linear currency issuance rate
• On Inflation, Transaction Fees and Cryptocurrency Monetary Policy by Vitalik Buterin

Data

• Daily rewards chart - depicts new ether supply

Articles:

• Against Vitalik’s fixed supply EIP (EIP 960) by Vlad Zamfir
• Harry Hodler and April Fool. Thoughts on EIP960.

ethresear.ch discussions:

• Possible outcomes from altering the ether supply growth rate

reddit discussions:

• Discussion of Vlad Zamfir's "Against" article
• Disappointed / disillusioned w/ EIP 960, lack of discussion of potential effects
• Initial discussion of "EIP 960"
• Let's talk about the projected coin supply over the coming years

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Principles and terminology from macro-econ

• Capital formation
• Gregory Mankiw's Principles of Economics

Articles from the business/investing world

• A visual guide to deflation by Barry Ritholtz
• Thoughts on Cost of Capital and Buffett’s $1 Test – Part 1