The TRON Network has officially passed Committee Proposal No. 102 at 14:00:00 on June 13, 2025 (GMT+8), which aims to vote to modify the TRON Network's on-chain parameters No. 5 and No. 31, adjusting the block reward from 16 TRX to 8 TRX and reducing the voting reward from 160 TRX to 128 TRX. The proposal is now in effect, and the following is the specific content of this adjustment.

Why is TRON Network promoting this proposal at this time?

Over the past few years, a series of proposals related to the TRON token economic model have had a significant impact on TRX supply, causing TRX to shift from inflation to deflation. However, recent data shows that this trend may rebound. In particular, after the total energy cap was increased from August to October 2024, the net value of TRX supply has gradually increased in recent months, indicating that inflation may reappear.

TRX supply has been deflationary since 2022

TRX supply has seen a net increase in recent days

The feasibility and rationality of the proposal

The TRON community conducted in-depth discussions on the proposal on the Github platform and in multiple core developer community meetings, and ultimately unanimously decided to pass it.

The TRON network previously provided a high TRX block reward, which effectively stimulated early network staking and transaction growth. However, as the network develops, this reward level may gradually dilute the value of the token, thereby weakening the incentive for long-term staking.

After reducing the TRX reward from 176 TRX to 136 TRX, the annual deflation rate of TRX will reach about 1.29%, which is more in line with TRON’s current transaction volume and network activity.

Most other mainstream public chains have designed corresponding inflation control mechanisms:

BTC: As we all know, Bitcoin will be halved every four years.

· ETH: The Ethereum chain implemented the EIP-1559 proposal in 2021 and introduced the Base Fee to accelerate the burning of transaction fees. After the merger was completed in 2022, the inflation rate of ETH dropped from about 4% to the current 0.3%, a decrease of about 90%.

Solana: The issuance rate of SOL is preset by the protocol and is currently around 5.1%, with a planned reduction of 15% per year.

TRX has maintained its current issuance rate for more than five years. Considering the significant increase in energy limits and changes to a series of key parameters, it is necessary to readjust the issuance rate.

The core concern in the discussion is that reducing TRX rewards may weaken the benefits of staking users. However, if the additional income from energy leasing is taken into account, the annualized rate of return on staking may drop from about 9.15% to 7.08%, but it is still attractive and competitive in the market.

Proposal Highlights

This adjustment will play a positive role in the following aspects:

Enhanced deflationary effect: Lowering TRX block rewards will increase the deflation rate of the network, thereby increasing value.

Encourage participation in staking: Under TRON’s perfect staking system, TRX appreciation will attract more users to stake to obtain on-chain resources required for transactions.

Strengthening network security: The growth of staking users will drive an increase in the amount of TRX locked, which will help raise the threshold for network protection.

Optimize economic incentives: Flexibly distribute tokens in line with the growth of the network, so that both new and old users can obtain substantial returns.

Summarize

After the reward adjustment plan takes effect, it is expected that the annual deflation rate of TRX will increase from 0.85% to 1.29%, which will further accelerate the deflation process of TRX, optimize TRON's economic model, and ensure the long-term sustainable development of the network.