So looking at POW block 10506. Can someone explain to me what is happening there? Is this the interest being generated? or something else happening
Looks like HODL being sent back the the same address.. I can assume there was a Deposit being made here
http://hodl.explorer.ssdpool.com:9168/tx/3ece08575be99a6ad0ad07d1f9269117b3be7c7309968b8a5d8be55c405495b0 Looks like an output (balance) need to be split to make the deposit.. this is why there is a "change" address.. when an output is spent in any crypto it must be spent in full.. if that output is more then what the user needs to send.. then the rest is sent back to the user in the form of change.. this change is by design sent to a key from the users Keypool and not back to the original sending address..
Then looking at block 10506
http://hodl.explorer.ssdpool.com:9168/tx/1197b811413db0e4a9e021ed14986ed7145d6b9681f8c5fc6a260b4ed21c6928We can see this change being sent back to the original sending address.. it also look like this user consolidated many mined blocks (smaller 50 HODL outputs) in to one single big output as well as adding that change output...
As for the seeing "interest being generated" this will not be seen on the block explore in the form of HODL being added to addresses.. Lets take a look at the 5 blocks I mined to send to the CPU miner Donation address
http://hodl.explorer.ssdpool.com:9168/tx/c5d149b0d202ef34d335c577dfd4d42f78a8067e88d2fdc4626e4f63094a6c81If we look at this I mined 5 blocks 250 HODL you can see the input of 250 HODL on the blockchain then through calculating the blockchian knows the output after interest is added is 250.42321703 (this was also shown in my wallet before it was sent)
With the interest being handled on the blockchain like this a Private Key from one wallet can be dumped (taken) and imported in to another wallet and the interest will be there ready to use... Something like this can be useful in Cold Storage bc even though that private key is not online either bc the PC is shut off or its Printed on paper it will still be gaining interest
*Note you only gain interest for 30 days on a output (balance) that hasn't moved.. So Cold Storage will need to be moved around every 30 days to continue earning interest.. However it is best to limit movement to when you need to.. This is bc when HODL are moved to an address they are locked in at the Standard interest rate at that moment (block) and seeing how we are still in the bonus time frame this interest drops ever block.. Once this bonus time has passed it will be back to ~5% APR but still need to be moved every 30 days