From 8bd7340773b86a0c6da23a79fe12d200c2b17c2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: leofidus Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 23:47:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] fix documentation of block reward schedule there was an off-by-one error in the documentation --- README.md | 27 ++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index dab94bae8..ebdb1583d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -29,35 +29,36 @@ Dogecoin uses a simplified variant of the scrypt key derivation function as its Originally, a different payout scheme was envisioned with block rewards being determined by taking the maximum reward as per the block schedule and applying the result of a Mersenne Twister pseudo-random number generator to arrive at a number between 0 and the maximum reward. This was changed, starting with block 145,000, to prevent large pools from gaming the system and mining only high reward blocks. At the same time, the difficulty retargeting was also changed from four hours to once per block (every minute), implementing an algorithm courtesy of the DigiByte Coin development team, to lessen the impact of sudden increases and decreases of network hashing rate. The current block reward schedule: -1–100,000: 0–1,000,000 Dogecoin -100,001–145,000: 0–500,000 Dogecoin +1–99,000: 0–1,000,000 Dogecoin -145,001–200,000: 250,000 Dogecoin +100,000–144,999: 0–500,000 Dogecoin -200,001–300,000: 125,000 Dogecoin +145,000–199,999: 250,000 Dogecoin -300,001–400,000: 62,500 Dogecoin +200,000–299,999: 125,000 Dogecoin -400,001–500,000: 31,250 Dogecoin +300,000–399,999: 62,500 Dogecoin -500,001–600,000: 15,625 Dogecoin +400,000–499,999: 31,250 Dogecoin + +500,000–599,999: 15,625 Dogecoin 600,000+: 10,000 Dogecoin The original block reward schedule with one-minute block targets and four-hour difficulty readjustment: -1–100,000: 0–1,000,000 Dogecoin +1–99,000: 0–1,000,000 Dogecoin -100,001–200,000: 0–500,000 Dogecoin +100,000–199,999: 0–500,000 Dogecoin -200,001–300,000: 0–250,000 Dogecoin +200,000–299,999: 0–250,000 Dogecoin -300,001–400,000: 0–125,000 Dogecoin +300,000–399,999: 0–125,000 Dogecoin -400,001–500,000: 0–62,500 Dogecoin +400,000–499,999: 0–62,500 Dogecoin -500,001–600,000: 0–31,250 Dogecoin +500,000–599,999: 0–31,250 Dogecoin 600,000+: 10,000 Dogecoin