The Debate Over ETH's Monetary Policy | DH + RSA

The Ethereum community is currently in debate, are we going to change the monetary policy of ETH? Why should we? Who gets to decide? What should it be?

Today's episode of Bankless Takes is a masterclass on monetary policy for Ethereum and beyond.
------
➡️ Apply to the Cartesi Grants Program here:
https://bankless.cc/Cartesi
------
📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24
https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium

------
BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:

🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE
https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2 ⁠

🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK
https://bankless.cc/Mantle

🏠 CASA | SECURE YOUR GENERATIONAL WEALTH
https://bankless.cc/Casa

🔗CELO | CEL2 COMING SOON
https://bankless.cc/Celo

🗣️TOKU | CRYPTO EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION
https://bankless.cc/toku

------
TIMESTAMPS
00:00:00 Intro

00:03:23 Defining Monetary Policy

00:07:35 Total Monetary Base

00:12:46 M1 Chart
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M1NS

00:15:54 M2 Chart
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2NS

00:20:05 Inflation + Purchasing Power
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCNS

00:22:50 Bitcoin Issuance Policy
https://river.com/learn/who-creates-new-bitcoin/

00:30:22 Ethereum's Monetary Policy
https://studio.glassnode.com/metrics?a=ETH&c=native&m=supply.Current&resolution=24h
https://notes.ethereum.org/@mikeneuder/iiii
https://ultrasound.money/

00:35:27 ETH Social Contract

00:37:23 Bitcoin Monetary Policy

00:43:09 History Of ETH Issuance
https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/pull/971

00:50:58 Proposal Breakdown
https://ethresear.ch/t/endgame-staking-economics-a-case-for-targeting/18751

01:01:57 ETH Supply Curve
https://imgur.com/pVrZ9Ii

01:13:37 David's Opinion on Moving Forward

01:19:08 Ryan's Opinion

01:25:06 Policy Option 2

------
Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:
https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠