Yakovenko wants Solana to mint SOL to buy a company, but who would own it?

Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko has floated the idea of expanding SOL’s supply, paying for a company with incremental tokens, then using the acquired business’s revenue to buy and burn SOL. The posts sketch a tokenomic cycle, but leave its issuance and acquisition mechanics undefined.In an Aug. 15 post, Yakovenko called the concept more bullish than simply lowering inflation. He clarified the next day that company revenue would fund SOL purchases and burns, which he characterized as returning value to holders.As of Aug. 18, the reviewed official merged-proposal directories contained no acquisition SGP or SIMD.Protocol approval cannot buy a company with SolanaSolana’s current governance framework could supply a directional mandate. A validator vote account with at least 100,000 SOL staked may submit a Solana Governance Proposal, support from 15% of active stake opens voting, and approval requires two-thirds of decisive stake. Individual delegators can override their validator’s vote.That would answer whether stakeholders want to pursue the idea. A completed protocol change would normally require one or more technical proposals, client implementation, and activation under the SIM...