# Inflation Prior to Protocol 12, Bantu had a built-in inflation mechanism conceived to allow account holders to collectively direct inflation-generated spirits toward projects built on Bantu. As the network evolved and grew, it became increasingly clear that inflation wasn't working as intended — account holders either didn't set their inflation destination or joined inflation pools to claim the inflation themselves, and the operational costs associated with inflation payments continued to rise — and so a [protocol change to disable inflation](https://github.com/stellar/stellar-protocol/blob/master/core/cap-0026.md) was proposed, implemented, voted on by validators, and ultimately adopted as part of a network upgrade. The inflation operation is now deprecated. For more info, check [here](https://www.stellar.org/blog/our-proposal-to-disable-inflation) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://developers.docs.bantufoundation.org/glossary/inflation.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.