# Research & Technical **URL:** https://forum.namada.net/c/technical-zone/19.md [Latest](https://forum.namada.net/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.namada.net/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.namada.net/tags.md) --- ## [About the Research & Technical category](https://forum.namada.net/t/about-the-research-technical-category/621)
**Author:** [@cwgoes](https://forum.namada.net/u/cwgoes)\ **Replies:** 0
This category is for technical discussions about how Namada works and how Namada could work in the future. --- ## [Understanding Namada Inflation](https://forum.namada.net/t/understanding-namada-inflation/1800)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [15 July 2025 19:04 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/understanding-namada-inflation/1800 "2025-07-15T19:04:43Z")
Understanding Namada inflation The current, the potential, and the strategic :backhand\_index\_pointing\_down: What is Namada’s inflation rate? Currently, Namada’s inflation rate is effectively 5.536%. Breakdown → 5% stak… --- ## [Brainstorming for Namada's roadmap ⚡](https://forum.namada.net/t/brainstorming-for-namadas-roadmap/1497)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [1 July 2025 22:17 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/brainstorming-for-namadas-roadmap/1497 "2025-07-01T22:17:28Z")
There are many possibilities for Namada’s near (12 month) future and the more ultimate (~5 year) vision for Namada. We (Knowable) have been thinking about this for some time now, and I know that Heliax (esp @brentstone @… --- ## [FMD + TEE shielded msg recovery -\> fast mobile UX](https://forum.namada.net/t/fmd-tee-shielded-msg-recovery-fast-mobile-ux/1673)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 May 2025 01:19 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/fmd-tee-shielded-msg-recovery-fast-mobile-ux/1673 "2025-05-23T01:19:40Z")
Shielded message recovery will be Namada’s adoption bottleneck :ambulance: I know everyone has AI for this (Optimising Shielded State Synchronization with FMD and TEEs), but i still wrote a quick summary about why it’s … --- ## [\[idea\] Buy-and-burn with non-native fee tokens](https://forum.namada.net/t/idea-buy-and-burn-with-non-native-fee-tokens/1519)
**Author:** [@cwgoes](https://forum.namada.net/u/cwgoes)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [3 April 2025 10:27 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/idea-buy-and-burn-with-non-native-fee-tokens/1519 "2025-04-03T10:27:44Z")
Users will find Namada easier to use if they can pay for fees in whatever tokens they have available (which may not always be NAM). Supporting different fee tokens is not difficult from a technical perspective – Namada a… --- ## [\[idea\] Shielded staking & DeFi management services](https://forum.namada.net/t/idea-shielded-staking-defi-management-services/1571)
**Author:** [@cwgoes](https://forum.namada.net/u/cwgoes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [1 April 2025 02:00 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/idea-shielded-staking-defi-management-services/1571 "2025-04-01T02:00:31Z")
With the MASP and shielded set rewards, Namada offers a potentially compelling place to keep assets, especially when keeping assets in the MASP does not require forfeiting opportunities to use them elsewhere, such in sta… --- ## [\[idea\] IBC steward role for Namada](https://forum.namada.net/t/idea-ibc-steward-role-for-namada/1513)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [27 March 2025 20:55 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/idea-ibc-steward-role-for-namada/1513 "2025-03-27T20:55:37Z")
by @Gavin on behalf of Knowable Purpose Discuss the necessity / priority of implementing an IBC steward role for Namada. 1) What Namada needs to scale support across an ever-growing set of IBC tokens. Similar to the PG… --- ## [\[idea\] Namada shielded bonds](https://forum.namada.net/t/idea-namada-shielded-bonds/1579)
**Author:** [@cwgoes](https://forum.namada.net/u/cwgoes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [28 February 2025 20:24 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/idea-namada-shielded-bonds/1579 "2025-02-28T20:24:36Z")
It would be useful to have a way for interested holders of existing assets to invest in the long-term future of Namada, in a way which gives the network itself capital that it can use to build out infrastructure for user… --- ## [The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.. your crypto wallets](https://forum.namada.net/t/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up-your-crypto-wallets/1393)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [1 January 2025 01:00 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up-your-crypto-wallets/1393 "2025-01-01T01:00:35Z")
Users separate interests and activities into too many wallets, and have too many wallet addresses to manage. Namada enables users to consolidate assets scattered across chains and wallets, so that they can dispose of ad… --- ## [Proposal: Enhancing Decentralization on the Namada Blockchain](https://forum.namada.net/t/proposal-enhancing-decentralization-on-the-namada-blockchain/1386)
**Author:** [@shield-crypto](https://forum.namada.net/u/shield-crypto)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [29 December 2024 18:53 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/proposal-enhancing-decentralization-on-the-namada-blockchain/1386 "2024-12-29T18:53:34Z")
Background The Namada blockchain currently employs cubic slashing as a mechanism to incentivize decentralization. This approach penalizes validators proportionally to their stake when they exhibit malicious behavior, suc… --- ## [Understanding the MASP/CC – article discussions](https://forum.namada.net/t/understanding-the-masp-cc-article-discussions/67)
**Author:** [@awa](https://forum.namada.net/u/awa)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [12 December 2024 13:26 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/understanding-the-masp-cc-article-discussions/67 "2024-12-12T13:26:05Z")
Opening this topic on the forum for any discussions, feedback, comments on the newest article “Understanding the MASP/CC” by @bengtlofgren. --- ## [\[article\] Namada: Incentivizing Privacy](https://forum.namada.net/t/article-namada-incentivizing-privacy/212)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 March 2023 23:14 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/article-namada-incentivizing-privacy/212 "2023-03-22T23:14:29Z")
Hey, I wrote a thing! tl;dr is that Namada is about to make “privacy yield” a thing–after mainnet we’ll be rewarded for depositing and shielding Ethereum and Cosmos assets. Namada will use the battle-tested IBC for Cos… --- ## [Messages in transactions](https://forum.namada.net/t/messages-in-transactions/375)
**Author:** [@ekkis](https://forum.namada.net/u/ekkis)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [12 January 2024 16:16 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/messages-in-transactions/375 "2024-01-12T16:16:53Z")
some time ago I posted a question on the Discord channel, which never received a reply. it seems Discord is the wrong place to ask technical questions so I hope this is the right place. here’s my posting: greetings e… --- ## [Namada NAM token economics](https://forum.namada.net/t/namada-nam-token-economics/310)
**Author:** [@0xeve](https://forum.namada.net/u/0xeve)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 October 2023 14:53 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/namada-nam-token-economics/310 "2023-10-19T14:53:54Z")
I’m very eager to learn more information about the Namada NAM cryptocurrency. What’s the best resource out there to educate myself on it? Thanks! Onwards! --- ## [Shielded actions - Subscription to a dVPN node on Sentinel](https://forum.namada.net/t/shielded-actions-subscription-to-a-dvpn-node-on-sentinel/285)
**Author:** [@Daniel](https://forum.namada.net/u/Daniel)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [17 October 2023 17:08 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/shielded-actions-subscription-to-a-dvpn-node-on-sentinel/285 "2023-10-17T17:08:38Z")
Action to shield: an on-chain subscription to a dVPN node on Sentinel. What’s the asset’s chain? Sentinel blockchain. It’s based on Cosmos SDK. Is it IBC enabled or has it a bridge? It’s IBC enabled. Flow of the asset… --- ## [Shielded actions - Template to organize potential ideas](https://forum.namada.net/t/shielded-actions-template-to-organize-potential-ideas/284)
**Author:** [@Daniel](https://forum.namada.net/u/Daniel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [5 October 2023 16:11 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/shielded-actions-template-to-organize-potential-ideas/284 "2023-10-05T16:11:27Z")
I have been thinking of a template to organize ideas (once these are discussed and start to take shape) in regard to actions that could be shielded through Namada. Feel free to suggest changes to improve it. Action to s… --- ## [Join us in Discord Aug 1 16:00 utc & every week for the Namada 'Private Library' series](https://forum.namada.net/t/join-us-in-discord-aug-1-16-00-utc-every-week-for-the-namada-private-library-series/261)
**Author:** [@Gavin](https://forum.namada.net/u/Gavin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [27 July 2023 20:43 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/join-us-in-discord-aug-1-16-00-utc-every-week-for-the-namada-private-library-series/261 "2023-07-27T20:43:20Z")
join us in Discord Aug 1 16:00 utc & every week for the Namada ‘Private Library’ series i’m particularly curious to discover what can only be reasonably built with privacy / data security guarantees (beyond the fight ag… --- ## [Oblivious Message Retrieval](https://forum.namada.net/t/oblivious-message-retrieval/86)
**Author:** [@Janmajayamall](https://forum.namada.net/u/Janmajayamall)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [20 July 2023 08:43 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/oblivious-message-retrieval/86 "2023-07-20T08:43:34Z")
Below I give an overview of Oblivious message retrieval (OMR), why it is important, and how we can adapt it for private blockchains. The intention is to lay out open questions for others to chime in. OMR overview Let’s… --- ## [Namada's Positive Sum Economics Blog Post Discussion](https://forum.namada.net/t/namadas-positive-sum-economics-blog-post-discussion/246)
**Author:** [@bengtlofgren](https://forum.namada.net/u/bengtlofgren)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [16 May 2023 19:49 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/namadas-positive-sum-economics-blog-post-discussion/246 "2023-05-16T19:49:16Z")
This thread is for the discussion of Namada's positive sum economics | Blog - Namada All positive and constructive feedback welcomed! --- ## [Size matters – article discussions](https://forum.namada.net/t/size-matters-article-discussions/252)
**Author:** [@awa](https://forum.namada.net/u/awa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 May 2023 12:08 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/size-matters-article-discussions/252 "2023-05-15T12:08:27Z")
I published “Size Matters” a couple of weeks ago. Many have reached out via dms and mentioned that the article was very helpful – it’s very encouraging, thanks for that! I’m starting this thread for discussion, question… --- ## [Shaping Multichain Privacy - article discussions](https://forum.namada.net/t/shaping-multichain-privacy-article-discussions/107)
**Author:** [@awa](https://forum.namada.net/u/awa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [12 May 2023 16:41 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/shaping-multichain-privacy-article-discussions/107 "2023-05-12T16:41:51Z")
Dedicated topic to discuss the article Shaping Multichain Privacy --- ## [Namada Cubic Proof-of-stake - article discussions](https://forum.namada.net/t/namada-cubic-proof-of-stake-article-discussions/114)
**Author:** [@awa](https://forum.namada.net/u/awa)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [10 May 2023 14:49 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/namada-cubic-proof-of-stake-article-discussions/114 "2023-05-10T14:49:53Z")
This topic is dedicated to discuss Brent’s article on Namada Cubic Proof-of-stake. --- ## [Oblivious Message Detection / Retrieval for Taiga Notes – Discussion](https://forum.namada.net/t/oblivious-message-detection-retrieval-for-taiga-notes-discussion/88)
**Author:** [@bazzilic](https://forum.namada.net/u/bazzilic)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [17 February 2023 08:43 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/oblivious-message-detection-retrieval-for-taiga-notes-discussion/88 "2023-02-17T08:43:23Z")
This forum thread is to consolidate and continue our discussion on the Oblivious Message Detection / Retrieval issue. Some of the previous places this discussion took place: Taiga github repo issue #17: Optimize trans… --- ## [Private bridge protocol design rationale, constraints, and brainstorming](https://forum.namada.net/t/private-bridge-protocol-design-rationale-constraints-and-brainstorming/71)
**Author:** [@cwgoes](https://forum.namada.net/u/cwgoes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [3 February 2023 10:46 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/private-bridge-protocol-design-rationale-constraints-and-brainstorming/71 "2023-02-03T10:46:20Z")
In a world with independent privacy sets (shielded pools) on independent domains (applications or chains), privacy is competitive: users must choose privacy set A or B (along with the security assumptions of domain A or … --- ## [Privacy as a public good – shielded pool subsidies](https://forum.namada.net/t/privacy-as-a-public-good-shielded-pool-subsidies/45)
**Author:** [@awa](https://forum.namada.net/u/awa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [20 January 2023 14:34 UTC](https://forum.namada.net/t/privacy-as-a-public-good-shielded-pool-subsidies/45 "2023-01-20T14:34:12Z")
Bengt wrote this great article that explains one of the main taglines for Namada privacy as a public good. The design choice of supporting shielded set incentives is not an arbitrary one. Bengt’s article explains it very…