Staker Space requests community feedback on a limited, evidence-based reimbursement for operating a Heima collator after fixed collator-staking inflation ended, and on a separate prospective mechanism for maintaining independent block-production capacity.
This discussion does not ask to reverse referendum #37 or recreate the former inflation schedule. We acknowledge that the referendum passed and that continuing to operate did not create an automatic entitlement to payment. The narrower question for token holders is whether a documented contribution toward infrastructure that has continued serving Heima for more than 20 months without protocol compensation is in the network’s interest.
No on-chain spend is being submitted with this discussion. We first want feedback on the reimbursement method, an acceptable amount, and the appropriate funding source.
Staker Space’s collator address is:
47BHMeKG1Q36gU6WP9ZGiqFhEPF5BhfyTVn9NSaemMd9e9uP
The account joined the collator candidate set in block 1,012,761 on 12 November 2022 and has remained an active candidate since then.
At the latest live-chain review, Heima had three selected candidates. In completed round 5,467, only two received authoring points:
47BH…e9uP): 36,040 points4C7V…bwCy: 35,960 points4BVD…KktE: 0 pointsStaker Space therefore provided approximately 50.1% of the authoring points in that round. We will refresh this evidence across several completed rounds before submitting any on-chain request.
Heima is currently producing blocks, and one collator can continue producing blocks alone. However, only two producing collators leaves little operational redundancy. If both stop, users cannot execute new transfers, withdrawals, or other transactions until block production resumes. Existing balances remain on-chain, but the chain becomes unavailable for new activity during the halt.
Referendum #37 approved setting parachain-staking inflation to zero. It executed at block 6,458,400 on 29 December 2024 at 08:56:06 UTC.
The proposal text described a replacement under which 30% of network gas fees would reward collator-staking participants. The executed call itself only set inflation to zero. The currently deployed runtime allocates transaction fees 40% to treasury, 0% to block authors, and 60% to burn.
The observable result is that Staker Space has received neither fixed inflation nor an author transaction-fee share during the period beginning 29 December 2024. As of 3 September 2026, that period is 613 days, or approximately 20.1 months.
We present this as the practical outcome of the governance change, not as a claim that referendum #37 was invalid.
The requested period would begin at the execution of referendum #37 on 29 December 2024 and end on the date of the eventual on-chain proposal.
The request would be based on documented attributable costs rather than rewards that might have been earned under the former inflation schedule. The public cost schedule would include:
We would publish the fiat cost total and a fixed HEI request calculated using a stated market-price methodology, preferably a 30-day volume-weighted average ending before submission. We would also state what portion of the total cost Staker Space will continue to absorb voluntarily.
At the time of research, the on-chain Heima treasury held approximately 5,889 HEI. That was worth roughly $827 at the contemporaneous market price. This balance should not be confused with HEI’s market capitalization and is not sufficient for a meaningful 20-month infrastructure reimbursement.
We therefore ask the community and council to advise on one of two paths:
Staker Space will not submit a spend that the treasury cannot pay, and we do not propose forcing funds out of another account without clear authorization.
Prospective service should be decided separately from retrospective reimbursement. A future 12-month arrangement could be paid quarterly in arrears and conditioned on public evidence of:
Separating the decisions prevents a one-time reimbursement from becoming an open-ended commitment and gives token holders clear control over future spending.
Staker Space would be the beneficiary of the reimbursement and therefore has a direct financial interest in this discussion. We are publishing the service address, dates, methodology, chain state, and supporting links so holders can independently evaluate the request.
We previously attempted to discuss continued collator operation through Heima community channels but did not receive a response. We are therefore bringing the question to the public governance forum, where it can be considered transparently.
We ask token holders and council members to comment on:
After a public comment period, we will incorporate corrections, publish the cost evidence and final amount, confirm that the treasury can fund the request, and only then prepare an on-chain proposal.