The governance body overseeing Cosmos Hub's native token, ATOM, has given the green light to a proposal aimed at reducing the maximum inflation rate of ATOM from around 14% to 10%.

This approved alteration will result in a decrease in Atom's annualized staking yield, moving it from approximately 19% to roughly 13.4%, as outlined in the proposal.

Cosmos Hub serves as the core blockchain within the broader Cosmos network, a network of interconnected blockchains. Atom, the native token of the Hub, is utilized for staking, governance activities, and transaction fees.

The proposal narrowly passed with 41.1% of votes in favor, as opposed to 38.5% against, marking the highest-ever voter turnout in the Cosmos ecosystem. Interestingly, the proposal was on the brink of failure just hours before the deadline, but a last-minute surge in votes and some reversals from validators tipped the outcome narrowly in favor.

The proposal contended that the relatively high inflation rate of Atom, compared to its peers, led to excessive costs for the Hub in terms of security. It also argued that validators would still be able to maintain profitability or break even with an inflation rate of 10%.

The most substantial opposition to the proposal came from the validator AllNodes, who expressed their concerns in a post on X. AllNodes characterized the proposal as "an unexpected, narrow-minded, and inadequately investigated concept that could have adverse effects on small validators, as well as on individuals and enterprises involved in the development, trading, and validation of Atom."