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| author | Patrick Lodder <[email protected]> | 2021-08-20 02:16:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Patrick Lodder <[email protected]> | 2021-08-20 03:07:25 +0200 |
| commit | 73d8703534757f525530dbe4d7590ec2165ee507 (patch) | |
| tree | 7580bce2a9387f2e693292207bd3859281a4d83b /doc | |
| parent | undo change to CONTRIBUTING.md (diff) | |
| download | discoin-73d8703534757f525530dbe4d7590ec2165ee507.tar.xz discoin-73d8703534757f525530dbe4d7590ec2165ee507.zip | |
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"
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/FAQ.md | 40 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/doc/FAQ.md b/doc/FAQ.md index 2191e573f..d09d60bba 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ.md +++ b/doc/FAQ.md @@ -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 | |