The problem with Polkadot is that the brightest minds of our time, working on this cutting-edge tech , view inflation and the treasury as a bottomless pocket from which they can always reach out and take a couple of hundred thousand. For the system to be stable, people need to consider how to generate upside, liquidity and buying pressure. Currently, only a few people in the Eco are considering this, while the majority are thinking about how to exploit inflation and the treasury.
When will the focus shift towards creating value for DOT token holders? - They finance all the beauty of Polkadot!
When will the focus shift to increasing buying pressure? - The emission issue would not have arisen if demand for DOT had been huge.
The problem is not inflation itself - but buying pressure is less than selling pressure. And we have only too options - decrease the selling pressure or increase the buying pressure, or both.
Here are my thoughts about finding new balance :