The Ethereum community is considering changes to the network’s staking reward model to only incentivize staking up to a certain point. If implemented, the change would likely reduce nominal rewards for stakers. We think that such a change would be positive for the price of Ether (ETH) over time because a) it would help control ETH inflation, and b) would bolster the use case of ETH as a store of value. There are two issues motivating the change: (1) Reduced token burn increasing net issuance. The supply of ETH depends on the difference between new issuance and token burn. Currently, all base transaction fees on the ... (full story)