Yeah - in a way it seems counterintuitive, but in reality the main goal is to amplify the up-moves and soften the down-moves. Take Antiample (XAMP) for instance - it does not increase balances, only decreases. This type of deflationary behavior should on paper make coins "scarce" and therefore drive the price up, but the reality is people don't like having fewer of something. Our approach was to just pause rewards while ramping up the reward rate for when demand starts increasing again.