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authorPatrick Lodder <[email protected]>2021-08-20 02:16:13 +0200
committerPatrick Lodder <[email protected]>2021-08-20 03:07:25 +0200
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Fixup README changes
- Revert moving of ports and branching strategy because those are actively preventing questions and PR difficulty - Remove travis badge because we no longer use travis - Fix formulation throughout the document - Rewrite the contribution section - Switch from Dogecoin devs twitter to Dogecoin twitter under communities - Add Q&A board to FAQ section - Fix document language selector - Bring tables back to "mining information"
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Dogecoin uses a simplified variant of the scrypt key derivation function as its
proof of work with a target time of one minute per block and difficulty
readjustment after every block. The block rewards are fixed and halve every
100,000 blocks. Starting with the 600,000th block, a permanent reward of
-10,000 Dogecoin per block will be issued.
+10,000 Dogecoin per block will be issued.
Originally, a different payout scheme was envisioned with block rewards being
determined by taking the maximum reward as per the block schedule and applying
@@ -29,18 +29,26 @@ lessen the impact of sudden increases and decreases of network hashing rate.
**The current block reward schedule:**
-1–99,999: 0–1,000,000 Dogecoin
-
-100,000–144,999: 0–500,000 Dogecoin
-
-145,000–199,999: 250,000 Dogecoin
-
-200,000–299,999: 125,000 Dogecoin
-
-300,000–399,999: 62,500 Dogecoin
-
-400,000–499,999: 31,250 Dogecoin
-
-500,000–599,999: 15,625 Dogecoin
-
-600,000+: 10,000 Dogecoin
+| Block | Reward in Dogecoin |
+| :------------------- | -----------------: |
+| 1–99,999 | 0–1,000,000 |
+| 100,000–144,999 | 0–500,000 |
+| 145,000–199,999 | 250,000 |
+| 200,000–299,999 | 125,000 |
+| 300,000–399,999 | 62,500 |
+| 400,000–499,999 | 31,250 |
+| 500,000–599,999 | 15,625 |
+| 600,000+ | 10,000 |
+
+**The original block reward schedule, with one-minute block targets and
+four-hour difficulty readjustment:**
+
+| Block | Reward in Dogecoin |
+| :------------------- | -----------------: |
+| 1–99,999 | 0–1,000,000 |
+| 100,000–199,999 | 0–500,000 |
+| 200,000–299,999 | 0–250,000 |
+| 300,000–399,999 | 0–125,000 |
+| 400,000–499,999 | 0–62,500 |
+| 500,000–599,999 | 0–31,250 |
+| 600,000+ | 10,000 |