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CryptoSlate reports that Solana's SGP-0003 fee proposal failed despite majority support because abstentions counted toward the two-thirds threshold.
According to reporting by CryptoSlate, the Aug. 28 Solana fee vote on SGP-0003 failed despite receiving support from a majority of participating stake. The proposal ended with 142.844 million SOL in favor, 50.146 million against, and 72.025 million abstaining across 1,152 voters. Because abstentions were included in the governing calculation alongside For and Against votes, approval reached 53.90%, leaving the proposal short of the required two-thirds threshold.
CryptoSlate notes that the outcome illustrates the dynamic between co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and network validators and stakers. While Yakovenko shaped the economic agenda and supported an initial rate of one-tenth of a lamport per requested cost unit, validators and stakers retained formal authority over the mandate. The bundled proposal covered a three-stage path and alterations to fees, which faced opposition from entities including Jupiter, Drift, Bitwise Onchain Solutions, and Forward Industries, while Figment, Staking Facilities, Kiln, and P2P.org supported it.
Yakovenko has since favored splitting the reform into separate proposals. Any future successor proposal will require a narrower scope or a broader stake coalition to secure approval under Solana's governance framework.
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This report is synthesized from coverage by CryptoSlate. Information has been fact-checked and structured for market clarity by CoinQuickly’s research desk.
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