NEAR Governance Votes To Scrap Developer Gas Rebates In Tokenomics Shift

NEAR governance has voted to remove the network’s 30% developer gas rebate program, redirecting all execution fees toward a protocol-level burn once the change is implemented through the nearcore v2.14 upgrade. The proposal, listed as HSP-027 on House of Stake , passed as part of a broader tokenomics adjustment. The change is expected to take effect with nearcore v2.14 in August 2026. That timing matters because the rebate is not gone from mainnet until the upgrade happens. Still, the decision i