Galaxy Digital Proposes New Voting Framework to Reduce Solana Inflation
Galaxy Digital has proposed a new voting system for Solana called MESA (Multiple Election Stake-Weight Aggregation) to improve how inflation rates are adjusted. Instead of binary voting, MESA lets validators choose from a range of deflation rates, with the average outcome applied as policy. This approach aims to reflect the community’s diverse preferences more accurately while maintaining the current disinflationary path. The proposal is neutral regarding any specific rate and invites community feedback before a formal governance vote.
Derar Hadri 
Galaxy Digital’s research team has unveiled a new governance proposal aimed at reshaping how Solana (SOL) determines its token inflation rates. The suggested framework seeks to introduce a more flexible and representative voting system to address community concerns over rigid governance mechanisms.
Introducing MESA: A Smarter Way to Vote
At the heart of the proposal is a novel mechanism dubbed Multiple Election Stake-Weight Aggregation (MESA). Unlike the traditional binary “yes or no” votes, MESA allows validators to vote across a range of predefined deflation options—such as 15%, 20%, or 25%. The weighted average of these votes would then be applied as the new inflation adjustment, offering a more nuanced and democratic decision-making process.
This approach aims to remedy criticism following Solana’s recent SIMD-228 vote, which many argued failed to reflect the diversity of opinion within the validator community due to its limited options.
Maintaining Predictability While Enhancing Flexibility
Under the MESA model, Solana’s existing disinflationary curve with a terminal inflation rate of 1.5% would remain unchanged. What MESA would modify is the trajectory and speed at which the network arrives at that final rate.
Galaxy’s team shared a simulation to illustrate the concept, showing how a 30.6% annual deflation rate could emerge organically through community vote aggregation.
More importantly, the proposed system maintains predictability, a key requirement for both developers and investors. “Instead of throwing darts until the community is happy with an individual proposal,” Galaxy stated, “it is more efficient to simply ask each person what they want and settle on the aggregate.”
Neutral Ground, Community Feedback Encouraged
The proposal does not endorse any particular inflation or deflation rate. Rather, it seeks feedback from the Solana community on potential implementation details such as vote distribution methods, quorum thresholds, and validator participation.
While Galaxy’s staking affiliate could technically benefit depending on the chosen rate, the firm emphasized that the proposal itself is neutral and focused solely on enhancing governance efficiency.
A period of community discussion and a formal governance vote is expected to follow in the coming weeks.
