Can someone explain the interest rates?
So a Mintcoin generates 20% the first year. Then if it's traded to a different client, it will only generate 20% depending on how much time is left in its first year? After 4 years, all Mintcoins from the first 5 weeks will generate only 5%? But there are people still mining at 1 Mintcoin / block continuously?
The PoS minting generates blocks that are mined by wallets and small amount of PoW that is still occurring (i assume), keeping the network up.
Yes, but I'm trying to figure out coin life. Does a Mintcoin life reset back to 20% when traded to other people. If not, then does the client keep track of which coins are at a higher interest rate so it knows which ones to trade.
For a year after Mint was released, the interest rate is such that if you were to keep all your mints in your wallet without moving them for the entire year, you'd make 20%. Any 20 day PoS minting that occurs will be around 1.3-1.5% (whatever it factors out to, I forget), and after the first year any PoS minting will be towards the decreased percent.
The percent increase from PoS you receive is not about how long you've been minting, it's about how many years Mintcoin has been around.
Sorry. I'm not following the terminology.
When you say "Mint", you mean Mintcoin in general?
Basically if I hold Mintcoins in my wallet for 1 year I make 20% and doesn't matter the coin age? And if I get more Mintcoins later will the system keep track which Mintcoins are newser so I send out lower interest rate coins?
Can you explain 20 day PoS minting. I thought I read it in the FAQ, but not sure where you get 1.3-1.5%.
Think of it as a savings account at the bank. You make Total 20% in a year, but it compounds every 20 days. So every 20 days you get a small portion of that 20%. (This only occurs if the coins stay in your wallet for 20 days without being moved)
Now lets say the bank offering you that 20% rate is only offering that rate to its' clients for one year, but you'd need to sign up immediately to get all 20%. If you open your account and there's only 6 months left in that year, you only get 10% increase across those 6 months because you only benefited from half of that year at that rate.
EDIT: The amount you actually receive every 20 days is a little over 1% interest during the first year after Mintcoin was officially released. The second year that Mintcoin has been alive, you'll receive increments of interest based on however 20 days divides into 365 to make up 15% increase across the year.