What Is Pay by Burn? BitBender Explains GALA’s New Mechanism
Following the news that Gala would be working to implement a new “Pay-by-Burn” mechanism, the community was, ironically, set alight with questions. On January 13th, Gala’s President of Blockchain shared an announcement explaining the Pay-by-Burn mechanism. However, BitBinder’s explanation was met with further confusion, as users questioned the burning and minting processes involved. In response to the confusion, BitBender clarified the Pay-by-Burn mechanism with an analogy using plants, water, and flasks. However, despite his efforts, BitBender’s explanation gave rise to more questions than answers. In order to better understand the Pay-by-Burn mechanism, DailyCoin spoke with BitBender in an exclusive interview to better understand the mechanism, learn about Gala’s short-term and long-term goals, and more. burn x amount then mint the same x amount? gala won’t be deflationary at all! please someone enlighten me as i get confused about it or i don’t understand it completely. BitBender opined that the crypto community typically has a lot of misconceptions surrounding token burns. BitBender emphasized: Token burning is a process that necessitates the use of a burn wallet address—a “dead” address with no known private keys, effectively making it inaccessible. During the process, coins are removed from the circulating supply, either by the issuer or the community via incentives. These tokens are sent to the designated burn address, where they become inaccessible and, therefore, unusable. Typically, this mechanism creates scarcity as part of a deflationary model. Speaking about Gala Games’ new mechanism, BitBender explained: One aspect of the innovation that had flummoxed the community was the intention behind it, and BitBender had the answer: Under the current Gala model, daily rewards for Founder nodes are halved annually in July. Therefore the rewards for running a founder node 20 years in the future will have significantly decreased and may no longer be an incentive for a node operator, which presents the ecosystem with a long-term sustainability issue. The Pay-by-Burn mechanism is Gala’s answer. By distributing rewards over time via the ongoing, sustainable process, node operators will be incentivized to maintain their nodes. The Pay-by-Burn mechanism is expected to play a significant role in the ecosystem. When asked about Gala’s short-term and long-term goals, Bitbender shared: The President of Blockchain added: As blockchain sectors continue to grow, the issue of sustainability will become an increasingly prominent discussion. Gala’s new mechanism proves that the platform is willing to innovate and find new ways to reward its users while strengthening its foundation to enhance longevity of its mechanisms. Read about Gala’s recent community reactions:
A Burning Misconception
“When a contract burns tokens, it cuts off tokens from the total supply, or the circulating supply, and not the max supply as most people misconceive,”
Pay-by-Burn Explained by the Expert
Gala’s Pay-by-Burn burn mechanism is similar to the one used in Ethereum,” he began, “the GALA collected from purchases on the platform will be sent to a burn address for it to be never used again.”
The quantity of the GALA burnt would be distributed to GALA founder nodes to incentivize owners to keep running nodes for longer.”
What’s Next for Gala?
“Gala is simultaneously working on a range of exciting projects, which will be announced soon in a roadmap update.”
“This crypto winter might not be like other crypto winters. While prices have decreased, I believe that projects in the web3 space have continually been building, which is why I think the winter is over.”
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Why You Should Care
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