{"id":565407,"date":"2023-12-14T23:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T23:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wncen.com\/?p=565407"},"modified":"2023-12-14T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T10:42:00","slug":"terra-classic-800-million-ustc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wncen.com\/ustc\/terra-classic-800-million-ustc\/","title":{"rendered":"Terra Classic Validator Presents \u2018Legally Absolved Route\u2019 To Burn 800 Million USTC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Back in August 2023, the Terra Classic community passed a proposal<\/a> that would see 800 million USTC incinerated. This move came about as the community worked to help the token recover and be re-pegged back to the US dollar. Naturally, the proposal passed and the community prepared for the massive burn. That is until the plan hit a snag.<\/p>\n The 800 million USTC mentioned in the proposal to be burned are the tokens held in the community treasury and managed by Risk Harbor. After the proposal was passed, the community turned toward carrying out the burn, until validators raised an issue with the plan.<\/p>\n According to Risk Harbor, they no longer had the keys to the wallet which happens to be a multi-sig wallet. So by default, these USTC coins<\/a> are no longer accessible. But to burn the token, validators would be required to update the codes on their nodes and the legalities around this move have been questioned.<\/p>\n As a result of this, validators have begun to vote no to carrying out the burn, citing these legal issues. This is derailing the massive burn<\/a> which is expected to reduce the token supply by around 8% in a single go.<\/p>\n In response to this, a Terra Classic<\/a> validator known as Lunanauts has proposed what they say is a \u201clegally absolved route\u201d to completing the burn. Basically, Lunanauts has devised a way in which validators would not have to update the codes on their nodes and thus, avoid any legal issues.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a proposal<\/a> made on the Terra Classic community forum titled \u201cBurn of 800m USTC Funds – legally absolved route,\u201d Lunanauts suggests using a smart contract to actually burn the tokens. The objective of the proposal, Lunanauts explained, is to still carry out the burn but eliminate legal repercussions for validators.<\/p>\n The process would involve creating a smart contract carrying a \u201csole MsgSend to transfer all holdings to Anxu.\u201d Once this is done, the multis contract can then be transferred via governance to the code id create. So there is no need for any code changes by validators. As Lunanauts explains, \u201cThe proposed method achieves the same effect as (proposal 11913) without requiring validator installations.\u201d<\/p>\n Lunanauts\u2019s \u2018solution\u2019 comes hot on the heels of Proposal 11832 which has taken another route to address validators\u2019 legal concerns. The proposal wants to blacklist the multisig wallet<\/a> holding the 800 million USTC instead, making it impossible to transfer tokens from that wallet.<\/p>\n The two proposals are currently going head to head. As always, token holders are able to vote on the proposal they want to support. Once voting ends, whatever proposal passes will determine what happens to the 800 million USTC<\/a> in the community wallet.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, all of this is being done with the endgame of re-pegging USTC to the US dollar<\/a>. The token is still trading about 96% below its peg<\/a> with a 9.78 billion total supply.<\/p>\nTerra Classic Validators Worried About Code Changes<\/h2>\n
Token price still trading well below dollar peg | Source: USTC\/USDT on Tradingview.com<\/a><\/pre>\n
Legal Way To Burn 800 Million USTC<\/h2>\n