Galaxy Research has introduced a new proposal to address a persistent issue in Solana’s governance—reaching consensus on reducing inflation.
Launched on April 17, the “Multiple Election Stake-Weight Aggregation” (MESA) model aims to replace the current binary system where validators vote yes or no on changes.
The traditional system struggles because, even when there’s agreement on lowering inflation, there’s little consensus on the specific amount.
This issue arose with SIMD-228, a previous proposal that was supported in principle but stalled due to disagreements over the details.
MESA transforms the voting process by allowing validators to select from multiple deflation rate options instead of just yes or no. The influence of each vote is determined by the amount of SOL staked. Once votes are cast, a weighted average is calculated to determine the new deflation rate.
