However, this issue can not be overlooked, as Litecoin miners» concerns are similar to those of Bitcoin miners when Bitcoin underwent its first halving, with
the lower block reward affecting the returns on investment for mining rigs.
Not exact matches
Now, keep in mind that for miners to mine Bcash at all, its difficulty must be even
lower than its
block reward, compared to Bitcoin, and that if that is the case, all profit - maximizing miners are expected to pile on.
So, if Bcash's
block reward is worth 15 percent of Bitcoin's
block reward, Bcash's difficulty must also be 15 percent of Bitcoin's difficulty, or
lower.
This would in turn means that the
block rewards would be even less valuable, difficulty would needs to be even
lower for miners to hop on, and miners would be able to mine the 2016
blocks even faster next time.
This causes the diminishing
block reward to result in total aggregation of bitcoins which is
lower than ultimate cap of 21 million as determined by the current bitcoin protocol.
To safeguard the integrity of the token, the new protocol will also
lower the
reward miners receive per
block to 3 ETH from 5 ETH.
The main declared advantages of proof of stake approaches are the absence of expensive computations and hence a
lower entry barrier for
block generation
rewards.
With
lower fee, the
reward for mining the
block will go down too.
To safeguard the integrity of the token, EIP 649 will also
lower the
reward miners receive per
block to 3 ETH from 5 ETH.
This is a
lower reward than for a main chain
block.