Two Polkadot governance referenda submitted June 23 have drawn near-unanimous early support for a staking overhaul that would cut the nominator unbonding period from 28 days to 48 hours and eliminate validator commissions entirely.
Faster exits: unbonding cut from 28 days to 48 hours
Referendum #1910 proposes reducing the unbonding window to two eras (approximately 48 hours) and removing nominator slashing altogether. As of June 26, it holds 14.31 million DOT in aye votes against 1 DOT in nays. The proposal argues the 10,000 DOT minimum self-stake requirement now covers the security cost formerly passed to nominators through slashing exposure.
Zero commissions: validator rewards shift to self-stake
Referendum #1909 addresses the validator side. Commissions would fall to zero, with the maximum cap updated to match; rewards would shift to self-staked DOT through a concave weighting model designed to limit the share of returns that large validators can capture. The chill threshold, the point at which under-staked validators become removable from the active set, drops to 32%. Vote totals as of June 26: 14.16 million DOT in favor, 3,001 DOT against.
The Dynamic Allocation Program budget would be redistributed to 45.2% for general staker rewards, 22.6% for validator self-stake incentives, and 32.2% held in a buffer reserve. Both referenda remain in the decision period, each with 28 days remaining, and neither has executed.
