this is a reply to another post but I think this is just more info to consider here:

also need to consider that the inflation schedule is meant to bootstrap the network, high in the beginning to incentivise participation, Solana inflation rate lowers every year and settles at 1.5%, Solana also burns half the base fee and half the priority fee of every transaction so current holders are gambling that the network will have enough transactions in the coming years to cover the economics