Avalanche economists float zero inflation for validators

Avalanche Foundation economists are arguing for moving validator funding away from token inflation — the mechanism most layer-1s use to tax holders — toward zero inflation. The position was surfaced in a retweet on the Avalanche X account, which relayed a The Block report titled around economists wanting inflation at zero.

• Signals a shift in thinking about Avalanche tokenomics, likely tying into the Foundation's broader work on chain-level economic metrics like Gross Chain Income (GCI).
• Comes alongside the Foundation's push to reframe how Avalanche's on-chain economy is measured and funded.