GalaChain has come a long way. What started as a gaming-focused Layer 1 has grown into a full ecosystem, with real volume flowing through GalaSwap and GalaPump every day, and a community that helped build it every step of the way.
The momentum is clear. Thousands of users are transacting on GalaChain every day, and thanks to the friction-reduction work across the ecosystem, even AI agents are now able to operate natively on the chain. Shrapnel is migrating its entire economy onto the chain. A partnership with China’s Trusted Copyright Chain is opening a compliant pathway to 600 million gamers. The foundation is live, and there’s every reason to be proud of how far GalaChain has come.
With that foundation in place, there’s an opportunity to make GalaChain even stronger. The ecosystem has outgrown the economic design it launched with, and the chain is ready for the kind of engine that powers the biggest networks in crypto. Bigger node rewards, real burns, real fee-sharing, and a model built to run forever. This is the moment to set GalaChain up for the next decade.
Next Steps
With the ecosystem in this shape, the natural next step is giving it an economic engine that can carry it forward for the long term. That means bigger node rewards, fee-sharing that pays operators directly, and a model designed to run forever.
The original emission model was built for an earlier phase. It did its job. But GalaChain has grown into a full ecosystem with live DeFi, gaming economies, and AI-driven transactions. The economics need to match.
GalaChain is proposing to adopt the same disinflationary model used by Solana, Ethereum, and Cosmos. Starting at approval, emissions follow a defined rate that decays aggressively each year and settles at a permanent floor. This is the proven standard for Layer 1 blockchains.
What This Means for Node Operators
For node operators, everything changes. Day 1 rewards increase approximately 3.2x from current levels. The permanent floor means no node ever earns zero. Fee-sharing goes live alongside the upgrade: 50% of all gas fees on GalaChain flow directly to node operators. Every swap, every token launch, every in-game trade pays you.
What This Means for the Chain
Under the old model, burning GALA actually triggered more minting. That’s over with this upgrade. Every burned token is permanently removed.
The Vote
Question: Should GalaChain’s emission model be upgraded from the current gap-based system to a disinflationary emission model with fee-sharing for node operators?
Yes — I support upgrading to the disinflationary emission model (15% starting rate, 15% annual decay, 1.5% permanent floor) with 50% of all gas fees distributed to node operators and 50% burned permanently. I understand this replaces the 50 billion hard cap with a declining emission rate, increases Day 1 node rewards approximately 3.2× from current levels, and establishes a permanent income floor.
No — I do not support this change. The current gap model should continue as-is. I understand that under the gap model, emissions will continue declining toward zero within 2–3 years and node operator income will decline accordingly.
Abstain — I choose to abstain from voting on this proposal. I acknowledge the significance of this economic decision but require more information or am neutral on the proposed changes.
How to Vote
Every active Founder’s Node receives one vote. The voting window is open till UTC — April 24, 2026 — 00:00, and all node operators will be able to cast their vote directly at https://node.gala.com/. Review the full proposal and economic model before voting.
Vote ends in
UTC — April 24, 2026 — 00:00
Washington (EDT) — April 23, 2026 — 8:00 PM
Los Angeles (PDT) — April 23, 2026 — 5:00 PM
