The network pushed an upgrade (EIP-1559) in August 2021 that meant transaction fees would be burned instead of directed to the network’s miners — a precursor to Ethereum’s switch to proof-of-stake last September.
EIP-1559 at times inspired Ethereum to produce deflationary blocks (more ETH burned than distributed). But the asset has now been solidly deflationary every day since late January, per network tracker ultrasound.money.
Prior to that, Ethereum had briefly entered deflationary status in November 2022, about two months after Ethereum’s Merge cut issuance by more than 90%, before slipping back to inflationary by December.
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