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The staking debate turns on exit terms and reward assumptions

Folklore proposed replacing the cited 15-180-day lockup with a 3-5% exit fee that would be burned. The argument challenged whether supply restrictions could compensate for insufficient demand. It was a community proposal for changing exit economics, not a notice that redemption contracts had changed. Comparing the proposal with the existing arrangement requires separating the cost of an early exit from the loss of flexibility during a waiting period.

Folklore proposed replacing the cited 15-180-day lockup with a 3-5% exit fee that would be burned. The argument challenged whether supply restrictions could compensate for insufficient demand. It was a community proposal for changing exit economics, not a notice that redemption contracts had changed. Comparing the proposal with the existing arrangement requires separating the cost of an early exit from the loss of flexibility during a waiting period.

Keith took a different position, citing a 140% Diamond Pool APR and estimating roughly 20% over the medium to long term after allowing for a 180-day lockup and an upcoming halving. Those were the contributor's assumptions about a particular pool, not verified dollar-denominated performance. Reading the exchange as an investment debate requires keeping pool identity, reward denomination, token-price exposure and redemption timing visible instead of combining the two contributors' figures into one yield curve.