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Topic: coinbase transaction when block reward is 0 (Read 1036 times)

legendary
Activity: 1205
Merit: 1010
March 23, 2013, 11:36:00 PM
#6
Coinbase shouldn't reach 0 until 4*32=128 years later.

full member
Activity: 125
Merit: 101
A corner case to keep in mind if we ever want to prohibit zero value outputs!

i didn't know they were currently allowed, thanks Smiley
legendary
Activity: 1120
Merit: 1152
A corner case to keep in mind if we ever want to prohibit zero value outputs!

Ha, good point!
staff
Activity: 4284
Merit: 8808
A corner case to keep in mind if we ever want to prohibit zero value outputs!
legendary
Activity: 1120
Merit: 1152
Blocks are already valid with the coinbase reward set to 0 - the reward is allowed to be less than the maximum allowed.
full member
Activity: 125
Merit: 101
once all 21 million bitcoins have been mined, will a block be valid if its coinbase's output is 0 BTC (assuming there are no transactions with fees in the block)?
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