
SIMD-0228 passed. Solana inflation is now dynamic. What that means in practice: → Staking APY from inflation alone shrinks over time → The emission schedule validators relied on starts to compress → MEV becomes the natural successor: real revenue from real blockspace activity This was always coming. The economics of Solana validation were never meant to run on inflation forever. OpenMEV was built for this shift: → Transparent auctions → Clean yield → Validator revenue that doesn't depend on a token emission schedule Validators who build MEV infra now are the ones with a business when the inflation subsidy is gone.
