<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><author_name>npub1du3xh5wgds32a5fweqkd9k45kh30wl7kv2kyu8ugz9c2ztdg00tqqvyg93</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.ae/npub1du3xh5wgds32a5fweqkd9k45kh30wl7kv2kyu8ugz9c2ztdg00tqqvyg93</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.ae</provider_url><html>📅 Original date posted:2014-10-25&#xA;📝 Original message:On Saturday 25. October 2014 13.27.30 Adam Back wrote:&#xA;&gt; - alternatively you might say why not 1/100th reward reduction per 2&#xA;&gt; week period rather than 1/2 every 4 years, a difficulty retarget could&#xA;&gt; be a convenient point to do that.&#xA;&#xA;mining equipment has a much shorter lifetime than 4 years, so the halving &#xA;makes it easy to base purchases on.&#xA;Also, divide by two is the cleanest way to get to zero after a specific amount &#xA;of divisions.</html></oembed>