Early polling from Terra vote indicates 91% are in favor of 'rebirth'

Early polling from Terra vote indicates 91% are in favor of 'rebirth'

Despite the overwhelming approval of the proposal as of Wednesday, many Terra users on social media suggested the network burn its LUNA tokens. Terraform Labs CEO Do Kwon’s plan to create a new blockchain “without the algorithmic stablecoin” TerraUSD (UST) has the support of 85 million community votes.In a proposal opened to the Terra (LUNA) community on Wednesday, more than 91% of votes at the time of publication were in favor of “rebirthing” the Terra network — roughly 85 million out of 93 million, with up to 284 million votes yet to be cast. The proposal needs roughly 188 million votes....


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