Zcash’s slow start was an idea worth carrying forward.
Thank you to the miners and pool operators who helped get Wcash this far.
Block 40,000 is almost here.
Zcash got this right in 2016: give miners time to join.
Start rewards small. Let the network find its feet before the largest rewards arrive.
Wcash’s slow start ends at block 40,000. Just 555 blocks left, roughly 12 hours at the target pace.
Zcash’s original ramp took 20,000 blocks at 150 seconds each. Wcash uses 40,000 at 75 seconds.
Ten years apart, both gave the slow launch about five weeks.
Now Wcash is nearing the end of that ramp, mined alongside Zcash with the same Equihash work. Afterward, rewards decline smoothly, without scheduled halvings.
To the miners and pool operators who joined while rewards were still small: thank you.
There’s room for more.
https://t.co/qZZVTkeggV
https://t.co/ioBmYt3EeJ
The funding code for @WcashFoundation is merged into Wolf’s main branch.
Activation is set for block 33,000, during slow start: 30% of WEC block subsidies for ~511 days at target block times.
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