PUP-32: Accelerating the Road to Revenue (ARR)

[Dermot (Dermot O'Riordan)]

@bulutcambazi

For 10B relays, Infura would already charge 6x of what Pocket would emit – remember, 220k is constant up to 10B but Infura figures mentioned in the proposal is for 1.3B relays

It is true that the figures in the proposal are for 1.3B relays, but it’s important to bear in mind two key points:

1. Node runner costs don’t scale linearly with relays. My understanding is that the current number of staked chains would be pretty much sufficient for 10B relays.

2. More relays means more protocol revenue. Which will further cut net inflation by way of the burn. Even if the current gateway fee stayed constant (which is highly unlikely given that it is currently artificially low to help bootstrap the current gateways), at 10b relays, there will be a hell of a lot more buy pressure on POKT from gateways alone, nevermind any other source

@Dermot

All holders of POKT will benefit from a reduced supply, including node runners, as it is likely that their node rewards will go up as each unit of POKT they receive for the work will be more valuable (unless there is a USD cap, which is a separate conversation, and explicitly not part of the ARR proposal).