Copied from the XBC Blog - http://www.bitcoinplus.org/content/xbc_update_15122016.phpIts been nearly a year since I joined the XBC Team. In that time I have always seen myself as the one working behind the scenes keeping things ticking along. However as a hobbyist coder myself it was only recently that I started to look through the XBC Source code. A couple of things jumped out at me.
- Inflation Rate is set at 20%
- Maximum Coin Total is set at 1,000,000 (1Million) Coins
Since that time I’ve been in touch with Mammix (Wallet Developer) in order to establish when the 20% inflation rate was added to the source code as I have always been under the impression it was 10%. Going back through the Github it appears the 20% variable was committed on 31/03/2015. This was because the code concerned was in part cloned from a previous source code.
I then asked for all the specifications of XBC to be audited once more and can confirm the current Wallet specs are the following (Source Code -
https://github.com/bitcoinplusorg/xbcwalletsource)
- POW Algorithm = X13
- POW Reward = Zero
- POS Reward = 20% Annually. (Calculated per 365 days)
- Minimum Stake age = 12 hours (Coins must be in the wallet for 12 hours before being eligible for Staking).
- Coin Reward maturity = 110 blocks
- Total Max Coin supply = 1,000,000 (After which no NEW coins are rewarded. Currently rewards are made up of NEW coins and transaction fees. Once 1,000,000 coins is reached all rewards will come from transaction fees only).
- Block Time = 60 Seconds
- Staked Coins Confirmation = 110 (Once newly created coins have reached 110 block confirmations they will become spendable)
Coin Specifications have been fully updated at -
http://www.bitcoinplus.org/xbc_specifications.php. On the Coin Specifications page I have also added a table showing Approximate Total Coin Supply by Year (Inflation fixed at 20%).
XBC Community Roadmap
This now makes the XBC Roadmap page even more important. Does the community wish to change the inflation back to 10% ? Does the community wish to lower the inflation to even less. At the currrent rate of 20% total coin supply of 1 Million will be reached in approximately 14-15 years time. After that time all rewards will be made up of Recycled Transaction Fees Only.
I have added a few more options to the voting list at
http://www.bitcoinplus.org/roadmap.php to reflect this.
Also I have had 1 person contacting us expressing concern at how the Voting has been set up as it is very easy to post fraudulent votes. No voting system will ever be 100% fair. Even if each vote required x amount of XBC it would still be open to corruption. Even if voting was restricted to 1 vote people can create multiple accounts with multiple IP address's. Therefore please see the Roadmap voting for what it is. A guide for us to gauge community feeling. We make no guarantees that what is voted number 1 will ever be implemented. Remember - the XBC wallet CAN NOT be updated without community concensus.