# Proposal: Increase GRT Value Capture Through Higher Burns

**URL:** <https://forum.thegraph.com/t/proposal-increase-grt-value-capture-through-higher-burns/7059>\
**Category:** Governance & GIPs\
**Created:** [September 5, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/proposal-increase-grt-value-capture-through-higher-burns/7059 "2026-09-05T17:51:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![SoonersWin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6f9a4e/32.png) [@SoonersWin](https://forum.thegraph.com/u/SoonersWin)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.thegraph.com/t/proposal-increase-grt-value-capture-through-higher-burns/7059/1 "2026-09-05T17:51:08Z")

</div>

I am a long-term GRT holder and supporter of The Graph, and I believe the project has strong technology and meaningful long-term potential.

My concern is that The Graph’s technological growth has not translated into equally strong economic value capture for the GRT token.

I believe the Foundation and Council should seriously study increasing GRT burns and reducing net issuance over time.

I am not suggesting burns merely to increase the token price. I am suggesting a more sustainable economic model in which increasing network usage creates increasing demand and scarcity for GRT.

One possible approach would be to dedicate a percentage of qualifying protocol revenue to GRT burns.

For example:

- Begin by using 25% of qualifying protocol revenue to purchase and permanently burn GRT.
- Include revenue from query fees, Substreams, Token API, Amp, AI-agent services, x402 payments, enterprise services, and other Horizon-based data services.
- As protocol revenue grows, consider gradually increasing the burn percentage.
- Long term, target a point where GRT burns substantially offset annual issuance, and eventually consider net-zero or modestly deflationary supply growth if network economics allow it.

I also believe The Graph should publish a simple quarterly report showing:

1. GRT issued;
2. GRT burned;
3. Net change in supply;
4. Protocol revenue;
5. GRT staked and delegated; and
6. Revenue generated by the major data services.

The objective should be to create a stronger economic flywheel:

**More network usage → more revenue → more GRT demand and burns → stronger token economics → stronger staking incentives and network security.**

The Graph has built valuable infrastructure. I believe the token economics should increasingly allow GRT holders and network participants to share directly in that success.

I would appreciate feedback from the Foundation, Council, Indexers, Delegators, developers, and other GRT holders on whether a revenue-based burn mechanism should be studied and what percentage would be appropriate.

Thank you for considering the proposal.

C.B.  
Long-Term GRT Holder