Now back up on the new servers! Changelog:- Minimum Coin Age Required for 2000% stake rate has been increased 10x
- Maximum Per-Block Staking Reward has been increased 10x
These changes are to further curb inflation. Version 1.0 had 1990% average inflation. Version 1.6 has about 1440% average inflation; nice drop, but not far enough. Version 1.8 will be adjusted further if inflation does not respond as expected. This will be a change to reward long-term holders while encouraging those with no interest in the future of the coin to just get out and move on
The biggest criticism for high-staking coins is always inflation, inflation, inflation. DigiCube 1.6 is my theory on capping both the minimum coin age needed to stake at a high rate, thus creating incentive to hold a solid chunk of coins, while also capping the maximum reward that can be earned per block. I've posted a chart below that gives a visual representation of this idea. Below the chart is a detailed description of what this graph means and also explains how both the lower and upper thresholds are determined long-term. As you can see by the last set, the longer the blockchain goes, the farther apart these two will become; this is why I believe this scaling system will be very effective in both the short and long term growth of DigiCube
In a nutshell, there is still a way to earn over 5.5% daily stake rate and it's quite simple. To stake for large amounts, your input size must be greater than 2% of the block number. The first dots on the graph linked above are block 500k, when the fork kicks in, so we have nice round numbers to chart growth stats. At block 500k, this means you must have a coin age of greater than 10,000 (500,000 * .02) to ensure you get the maximum reward. However, there is a way around this for smaller holders that have less than 10,000 CUBE. You can also participate by stopping your coins from staking for longer. For example, if you have 5000 CUBE, you can hold them for two days without staking to still get above the threshold for higher rewards. It's a great way to give incentive to both large and small holders to continue increasing their stash to stay above the cut-off instead of dumping their stakes daily
Then there is the cap of maximum rewards per block. Right now this will not be much of an issue, but the longer the blockchain gets, the harsher the cap will be due to be a lower percentage of the total coin supply. Like the minimum coin age cap, this is also on a sliding scale, meaning it will increase with time, but slowly enough to effectively combat massive inflation. The maximum stake reward that can be earned per block is 1% of the block number. So using the same block as the example above, when the fork kicks in, the maximum reward will be 5000 CUBE per block (500,000 * .01). If the stake reward is above this value, it will be squished down to it. These are hard caps at both the lower and upper limits
The most up to date information on the situation as a whole can now always be found in-wallet by using the 'On the Web' tab