Stellar Targets First-Quarter 2027 Rollout of Fee-Funded User Rewards

Stellar is targeting implementation across its network in the first quarter of 2027 for a proposal to fund user rewards with transaction fees, Chief Product Officer Tomer Weller said at Meridian 2026.

Weller said the proposal remains under discussion and a governance vote is expected soon. Any rollout depends on approval.

The plan would use fees Stellar already collects to fund user rewards instead of issuing new tokens. Stellar is exploring ways to link rewards to on-chain activity and account balances. The proposal aims to benefit Stellar Lumens (XLM) holders and users, while describing the fee-funded payments as user rewards.

Weller said Stellar has operated with a fixed supply and no inflation or staking rewards since 2019. The plan would add a fee-funded rewards mechanism to that model.

The proposal builds on Stellar’s tokenomics review and possible fee-pool rewards plan. A governance vote is the next step, with implementation targeted for the first quarter of 2027 if approved.