Rotki founder warns the idea could create a large-staker cartel and divert as much as 10% of network-wide staking rewards.
Ethereum developer and Rotki founder Lefteris Karapetsas has publicly opposed a proposal to finance core development through validator yield (staking rewards paid to network validators). He said the plan raises two main concerns, most notably the risk of concentrating power among large stakers and allowing them to retain up to 10% of total network rewards. The criticism lands as Ethereum participants debate how to fund protocol maintenance without undermining decentralization, a recurring tension in proof-of-stake networks.