Solana Proposes Accelerated Deflation: 22 Million SOL to Be Burned in 3 Years—Will the Price Soar?

[Crypto World] The Solana developer community has recently put forward a bold proposal—to directly double the network’s deflation rate. What does this mean? The ultimate inflation target of 1.5%, which originally would have taken 6.2 years to reach, could now be achieved in just 3.1 years.

The numbers speak for themselves. If this plan goes into effect, 22 million SOL will be permanently removed from the circulating supply in the future. This is a permanent removal, not just temporarily locked. Such a hardcore reduction, in theory, could directly ease selling pressure—the circulating supply gets smaller, so naturally, there are fewer tokens available to sell.

Of course, reducing supply is only half the story. The other half depends on whether demand can keep up. If the market values this scarcity, a price increase is a reasonable expectation. That said, SOL is currently hovering around $125.8, and the real test lies ahead—whether the proposal will pass, and if the market will actually buy into this narrative once it does.