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This motion recommends reducing maximum and minimum dissolve delays of neurons.

Propose a text that can be adopted or rejected. No code is executed when a motion is adopted. An adopted motion should guide the future strategy of the Internet Computer ecosystem.




## TL;DR
Mission70 aims to reduce ICP inflation by at least 70% by the end of 2026 through a mix of supply adjustments and driving demand through new mainstream functionality and partner ventures. The would like to thank the community for their support for the first step. We seek community support in the second step which is reducing the minimum and maximum dissolve delays of neurons. These changes aim to curb inflation and create a sustainable path forward for the network.

https://internetcomputer.org/whitepapers/mission70.pdf


## Analysis
The current reward determination and allocation mechanism has several limitations that are relevant when evaluating possible changes:

The eight-year maximum dissolve delay encourages long-term commitment to the network, which is desirable from a governance perspective. However, such long lockups require correspondingly high rewards to compensate participants for the extended illiquidity. This contributes significantly to overall inflation. Reducing the maximum dissolve delay, together with a proportional reduction in reward levels, could lower inflation while still preserving incentives for meaningful long-term participation.

The current minimum dissolve delay of six months is long compared to lock up periods on many other blockchains. This creates a barrier to entry for new participants who are   willing to stake but prefer shorter commitment horizons. Furthermore, the final six months of the dissolve period do not accrue rewards, making short-term staking even more economically unattractive.

## Suggested Changes
We propose to reduce the maximum dissolve delay from 8 years to 2 years. At the same time, we propose to reduce the minimum dissolve delay for voting from 6 months to 2 weeks. All existing neurons would undergo a one-time migration in which their dissolve delays are capped at 2 years. 10 Please note that this one-time reduction of dissolve delays would not affect the age bonus of non-dissolving neurons. All such neurons would retain their existing age bonus.

After the migration, all existing dissolving neurons with remaining dissolve delays above 2 years would have their dissolve delays set to 2 years, causing them to complete dissolution simultaneously. To mitigate the resulting surge in neuron dissolutions, one could implement a dissolution queue similar to the Ethereum Validator Queue. When the total ICP amount scheduled to dissolve on a given day exceeds a governance-defined threshold,  the queue would automatically stagger dissolutions over subsequent days.

## Special Treatment of 8-Year Gang
The 8-year gang refers to long-term Internet Computer supporters who set their dissolve delay to the current maximum of eight years. Neurons that have historically maintained an 8-year dissolve delay should be given a special flag and receive a dedicated reward boost of 10% in recognition of their long-term alignment with the network. The reward boost would remain in effect until the end of 2030. This special flag and the corresponding reward boost would be lost once the neuron starts to dissolve similar to the age bonus.


## Implementation Details
The key implementation details for this proposal can be found in the official mission 70 whitepaper:
https://internetcomputer.org/whitepapers/mission70.pdf

A series of proposals to adjust network tokenomic model will be necessary to complete the full implementation. These proposals will be implemented soon if this proposal is adopted.



## CLOSING
We would like to thank the community for their continued support of these initiatives. The Internet Computer has been a great success. The advent of Caffeine AI has been wildly successful with hundreds of thousands of active users. With V3 on the horizon, this will only continue to get better. We also are proud of strong community projects such as YRAL who recently achieved half a million downloads. We hope the community will adopt this proposal to ensure a sustainable path forward for continued success.




Mission70: Reduce Dissolve Delays and Staking Rewards