Three major overhauls are currently in the hands of Solana validators. Since August 23, 2026, they have started voting on three governance proposals simultaneously, with the deadline set for the end of epoch 1023, or around 15:30 UTC on Thursday, August 27, 2026. This decision is not just a routine update, but a mandate to ratify the network constitution, cut the SOL token inflation schedule, and restructure the transaction fee system.
The price of SOL has risen during this voting period. The asset was trading around $94.27 on August 24, recording a 1.8% increase in 24 hours. Looking further back, the token registered a 25% surge over the past week.
Cutting Emissions by 18.9 Million SOL
The proposal drawing the most attention is SGP-0002. This new rule aims to double the annual disinflation rate of SOL from 15% to 30%. With a steeper decline, the network could reach its 1.5% inflation floor in just 2.8 years - cutting the waiting time from the initial estimate of 5.7 years.
Based on the technical document SIMD-0550, this accelerated disinflation could potentially save the issuance of approximately 18.9 million new SOL over the next six years compared to the current emission schedule.
Despite promising a tighter supply, the track record shows that altering the inflation rate requires a strong consensus. In March 2025, a proposal to cut emissions by up to 80% failed to pass despite securing 61.39% support from the participating stake.
New Constitution and Fee Split
Beyond token supply matters, the community is also presented with SGP-0001, a move to ratify the Solana Constitution. This document serves as a network-level decision framework that will ultimately activate an on-chain governance system named ‘svmgov’. To pass, this proposal requires a quorum of at least one-third of the total stake, and approval from two-thirds of the participating stake.
The third proposal, SGP-0003, targets how the network manages base transaction fees. This plan splits the fee into two portions: an ‘inclusion fee’ for the block leader, and a ‘resource fee’ which will be 100% burned. Its companion technical proposal, SIMD-0553, sets the inclusion fee at a fixed 2,500 lamports per transaction.
What Happens After the Voting Ends?
These three proposals carry significant weight, but the final outcome is currently only a political mandate. Any changes to inflation or the fee scheme will still require a technical implementation phase after the voting closes. Participants have until Thursday afternoon to determine whether this new architecture is worth advancing or should be rejected.
Reported by crypto.news.
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