Ergo Sustainability
Built to Last: Long-Term Economics and Security
Core Idea
"A blockchain designed for centuries, not quarters."
Most blockchains face a fundamental problem: what happens when block rewards run out? Bitcoin's security budget relies on fees that may not materialize. PoS chains depend on perpetual inflation. Ergo solves this with storage rent - a small fee on dormant UTXOs that provides sustainable miner revenue forever. Combined with a carefully designed emission schedule and state management, Ergo is built for genuine long-term sustainability, not just the next market cycle.
Why Ergo Is Different
Storage rent isn't just about miner revenue - it's about blockchain health. By incentivizing the cleanup of unused state, Ergo prevents the bloat that makes full nodes increasingly expensive to run. Lost coins gradually return to circulation instead of being locked forever. And because rent is only charged on boxes untouched for 4+ years, active users are unaffected. This is sustainability through design, not hope.
Key Differentiators
Storage rent: sustainable miner revenue after emission ends
State cleanup: incentivizes removing unused data
Lost coin recovery: dormant coins return to circulation
Predictable emission: known supply schedule
Full node affordability: manageable state size forever
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