# dApp Staking Model: Criticisms of the old model and new proposals

**URL:** <https://forum.astar.network/t/dapp-staking-model-criticisms-of-the-old-model-and-new-proposals/9280>\
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**Created:** [January 5, 2026, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.astar.network/t/dapp-staking-model-criticisms-of-the-old-model-and-new-proposals/9280 "2026-01-05T19:30:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.astar.network/t/dapp-staking-model-criticisms-of-the-old-model-and-new-proposals/9280/12 "2026-01-08T18:48:07Z")

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> [@Gaius\_sama](#):
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> Total yearly issuance for dApp Staking is around 490M ASTR
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> - Approximately 30M ASTR, or about 6%, goes to dApp rewards
> - Roughly 460M ASTR goes to stakers, including bonus rewards

Almost half of that 30m goes to core and treasury..

So we’re talking about 20m ASTR going towards 69 dapps..  
Which means the average dapp earning $263 worth of ASTR a month..

Probably should of been having these discussions when the prices were 10x higher..

I vote for this moving forward:

> [@Astar Foundation Forward: Tokenomics & dApp Staking discussion](https://forum.astar.network/t/astar-foundation-forward-tokenomics-dapp-staking-discussion/9292/30):
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> What I think would work is if we mint 2% ASTR a year and use it to buy back ETH..  
> Then after 35 years we can do a “100% ASTR buyback with ETH”..

Can do 3% to help pay for costs.. But thinking about the long-term future is important..

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