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Figured out the reward scheme

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2026-04-01 11:56:09 +02:00
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15
include/block/transaction.h
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@@ -20,26 +20,25 @@ static inline bool Address_IsCoinbase(const uint8_t address[32]) {
return true;
}
// 178 bytes total for v1
// 160 bytes total for v1
typedef struct {
uint8_t version;
uint64_t fee; // Rewarded to the miner; can be zero, but the miner may choose to ignore transactions with very low fees
uint64_t amount1;
uint64_t amount2;
// Only one "input" sender address
uint8_t senderAddress[32];
// The "main" recepient address and amount. This is the only required output, and is used for calculating the transaction hash and signature.
uint8_t recipientAddress1[32];
uint64_t amount1;
// The "extra" recepient address and amount. This can safely be NULL/0 if not used and has multiple uses:
// - Sending zero: parital spend, sender keeps coins on the same address
// - Sending to a different address: normal spend, sender's coins move to a new address, e.g. change address
// - Private Transactions: Can nullify the whole original stealth address input (sender) and send change to a new stealth address (recipient 2) to obfuscate the transaction graph.
// Note that coinbase will have this as NULL/0 (for now, but we could have multiple payouts in the future)
uint8_t recipientAddress2[32];
uint64_t amount2;
uint64_t fee; // Rewarded to the miner; can be zero, but the miner may choose to ignore transactions with very low fees
uint8_t compressedPublicKey[33];
// Timestamp is dictated by the block
uint8_t compressedPublicKey[33];
uint8_t version;
uint8_t reserved[6]; // 6 bytes (Explicit padding for 8-byte alignment)
} transaction_t;
typedef struct {

115
include/constants.h
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@@ -14,7 +14,18 @@
#define INITIAL_DIFFICULTY 0x1f0c1422 // Default compact target used by Autolykos2 PoW (This is ridiculously low)
//#define INITIAL_DIFFICULTY 0x1d1b7c51 // This takes 90s on my machine with a single thread, good for testing
#define INFLATION_PERCENTAGE_PER_EPOCH 15 // 1.5%
// Reward schedule acceleration: 1 means normal-speed progression.
#define EMISSION_ACCELERATION_FACTOR 1ULL
// Phase-one target horizon: emit ~2^64-1 atomic units by this many blocks at x1.
#define PHASE1_TARGET_BLOCKS 3000000ULL
// Inflation is expressed in tenths of a percent to preserve integer math.
#define INFLATION_PERCENTAGE_PER_EPOCH_TENTHS 15ULL // 1.5%
// Monero-style main emission: reward = (MONEY_SUPPLY - generated) >> speed factor.
// Keep this at 20 to match the canonical curve shape against a 2^64 atomic supply cap.
#define MONERO_EMISSION_SPEED_FACTOR 20U
// Future Autolykos2 constants:
#define EPOCH_LENGTH 350000 // ~1 year at 90s
@@ -35,32 +46,36 @@
* - Phase 2: Stable DAG growth (target is the max cap) to provide a stable environment for GPU miners, 320k blocks (roughly 11 months)
**/
static uint64_t currentReward = 0; // Global variable to track current block reward; updated with each block mined
static const uint64_t M_CAP = 18446744073709551615ULL; // Max uint64
static const uint64_t TAIL_EMISSION = DECIMALS; // Emission floor is 1.0 coins per block
static const uint64_t TAIL_EMISSION = 750000000000ULL; // 0.75 coins per block floor
static uint64_t currentReward = 750000000000ULL; // Epoch reward cache for phase 3
// No max supply. Instead of halving, it'll follow a more gradual, Monero-like emission curve.
static uint256_t currentSupply = {{0, 0, 0, 0}}; // Global variable to track total supply; updated with each block mined
// Call every epoch
// Phase 3: update once per effective epoch and keep a fixed per-block reward for that epoch.
static inline uint64_t GetInflationRateReward(uint256_t currentSupply, blockchain_t* chain) {
if (!chain || !chain->blocks) { return 0x00; } // Invalid
size_t height = Chain_Size(chain);
block_t* blk = (block_t*)Chain_GetBlock(chain, height - 1); // Last block
if (!blk) { return 0x00; } // Invalid
if (height % EPOCH_LENGTH == 0) {
// Calculate the new block reward (using all integer math to avoid floating point issues)
const uint64_t effectiveEpochLength =
(EPOCH_LENGTH / EMISSION_ACCELERATION_FACTOR) > 0
? (EPOCH_LENGTH / EMISSION_ACCELERATION_FACTOR)
: 1;
// 1. Multiply supply by 3
uint256_t multiplied = currentSupply;
uint256_t temp = currentSupply;
uint256_add(&multiplied, &temp); // currentSupply * 2
uint256_add(&multiplied, &temp); // currentSupply * 3
if (height == 0) {
currentReward = TAIL_EMISSION;
return currentReward;
}
if (height % effectiveEpochLength == 0) {
// inflationPerBlock = currentSupply * 1.5% / effectiveEpochLength
// = currentSupply * 15 / (1000 * effectiveEpochLength)
uint256_t multiplied = uint256_from_u64(0);
for (uint64_t i = 0; i < INFLATION_PERCENTAGE_PER_EPOCH_TENTHS; ++i) {
uint256_add(&multiplied, &currentSupply);
}
// 2. Divide by 70,000,000 using scalar short division
uint64_t divisor = 70000000ULL;
uint64_t divisor = 1000ULL * effectiveEpochLength;
uint256_t quotient = {{0, 0, 0, 0}};
unsigned __int128 remainder = 0;
@@ -71,43 +86,67 @@ static inline uint64_t GetInflationRateReward(uint256_t currentSupply, blockchai
remainder = current % divisor;
}
currentReward = quotient.limbs[0]; // Update the global reward variable with the new calculated reward for this epoch
return quotient.limbs[0]; // Return the least significant limb as the reward (the rest should be 0 for reasonable supply levels)
uint64_t inflationPerBlock = quotient.limbs[0];
currentReward = (inflationPerBlock > TAIL_EMISSION) ? inflationPerBlock : TAIL_EMISSION;
return currentReward;
}
return currentReward;
return (currentReward > TAIL_EMISSION) ? currentReward : TAIL_EMISSION;
}
static inline uint64_t CalculateBlockReward(uint256_t currentSupply, blockchain_t* chain) {
if (!chain || !chain->blocks) { return 0x00; } // Invalid
uint64_t height = Chain_Size(chain);
const uint64_t effectivePhase1Blocks =
(PHASE1_TARGET_BLOCKS / EMISSION_ACCELERATION_FACTOR) > 0
? (PHASE1_TARGET_BLOCKS / EMISSION_ACCELERATION_FACTOR)
: 1;
const uint64_t height = (uint64_t)Chain_Size(chain);
// After the phase-one target horizon, only floor/inflation schedule applies.
if (height >= effectivePhase1Blocks) {
return GetInflationRateReward(currentSupply, chain);
}
if (currentSupply.limbs[1] > 0 ||
currentSupply.limbs[2] > 0 ||
currentSupply.limbs[3] > 0 ||
currentSupply.limbs[0] >= M_CAP) {
return TAIL_EMISSION;
currentSupply.limbs[0] >= M_CAP)
{
// Post-Monero phase with unlimited supply: floor/inflation schedule only.
return GetInflationRateReward(currentSupply, chain);
}
uint64_t supply_64 = currentSupply.limbs[0];
// Formula: ((M - Supply) >> 20) * 181 / 256
// Use 128-bit intermediate to avoid overflow while preserving integer math.
__uint128_t rewardWide = (((__uint128_t)(M_CAP - supply_64) >> 20) * 181u) >> 8;
uint64_t reward = (rewardWide > UINT64_MAX) ? UINT64_MAX : (uint64_t)rewardWide;
// At a block time of ~90s and a floor of 1.0 coins, this will make a curve of ~8.5 years
const uint64_t generated = currentSupply.limbs[0];
const uint64_t remaining = M_CAP - generated;
// Check if the calculated reward has fallen below the floor
if (reward < TAIL_EMISSION) {
if (height < EPOCH_LENGTH * 10) { // Transitionary period to inflation of 1.5% per epoch
return TAIL_EMISSION;
} else {
return GetInflationRateReward(currentSupply, chain); // After the transitionary period, switch to the inflation-based reward
}
// Monero-style base curve against ~2^64 atomic-unit terminal supply.
uint64_t reward = remaining >> MONERO_EMISSION_SPEED_FACTOR;
// Acceleration preserves curve shape while reaching the floor sooner in block-height terms.
if (EMISSION_ACCELERATION_FACTOR > 1ULL && reward > 0ULL) {
__uint128_t accelerated = (__uint128_t)reward * (__uint128_t)EMISSION_ACCELERATION_FACTOR;
reward = (accelerated > (__uint128_t)remaining) ? remaining : (uint64_t)accelerated;
}
return reward;
// Retarget phase one to finish by PHASE1_TARGET_BLOCKS (x1), while keeping
// Monero-style behavior as the preferred curve when it is already sufficient.
const uint64_t blocksLeft = effectivePhase1Blocks - height;
const uint64_t minRewardToFinish = (remaining + blocksLeft - 1ULL) / blocksLeft; // ceil(remaining / blocksLeft)
if (reward < minRewardToFinish) {
reward = minRewardToFinish;
}
if (reward > remaining) {
reward = remaining;
}
// Phase 1 until Monero reward goes below the floor.
if (reward > TAIL_EMISSION) {
return reward;
}
// Phase 2 + 3: floor and epoch inflation updates.
return GetInflationRateReward(currentSupply, chain);
}
#endif

12
include/uint256.h
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@@ -55,4 +55,16 @@ static inline bool uint256_add(uint256_t* a, const uint256_t* b) {
return carry > 0;
}
/**
* Compares two uint256_t values in a greater-than manner.
* Returns [-1, 0, 1] if a > b, a < b, or a == b respectively.
**/
static inline int uint256_cmp(const uint256_t* a, const uint256_t* b) {
for (int i = 3; i >= 0; i--) {
if (a->limbs[i] > b->limbs[i]) return 1;
if (a->limbs[i] < b->limbs[i]) return -1;
}
return 0;
}
#endif

3
src/block/block.c
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@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ void Block_Print(const block_t* block) {
for (size_t i = 0; i < DynArr_size(block->transactions); i++) {
signed_transaction_t* tx = (signed_transaction_t*)DynArr_at(block->transactions, i);
if (tx) {
printf(" Tx #%zu: %llu -> %llu, fee %llu\n", i, tx->transaction.amount, tx->transaction.fee, tx->transaction.amount + tx->transaction.fee);
printf(" Tx #%zu: 1: %llu -> %02x%02x...%02x%02x, fee %llu\n 2: %llu -> %02x%02x...%02x%02x, fee %llu\n",
i, tx->transaction.amount1, tx->transaction.recipientAddress1[0], tx->transaction.recipientAddress1[1], tx->transaction.recipientAddress1[30], tx->transaction.recipientAddress1[31], tx->transaction.fee, tx->transaction.amount2, tx->transaction.recipientAddress2[0], tx->transaction.recipientAddress2[1], tx->transaction.recipientAddress2[30], tx->transaction.recipientAddress2[31], tx->transaction.fee);
}
}
} else {

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src/block/transaction.c
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@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ bool Transaction_Verify(const signed_transaction_t* tx) {
return false; // Sender address does not match public key
}
if (tx->transaction.amount == 0) {
if (tx->transaction.amount1 == 0) {
return false; // Zero-amount transactions are not valid
}
if (tx->transaction.fee > tx->transaction.amount) {
if (tx->transaction.fee > tx->transaction.amount1) {
return false; // Fee cannot exceed amount
}
@@ -55,10 +55,18 @@ bool Transaction_Verify(const signed_transaction_t* tx) {
return false; // Unsupported version
}
if (Address_IsCoinbase(tx->transaction.recipientAddress)) {
if (Address_IsCoinbase(tx->transaction.recipientAddress1) || Address_IsCoinbase(tx->transaction.recipientAddress2)) {
return false; // Cannot send to coinbase address
}
if (tx->transaction.amount2 == 0) {
// If amount2 is zero, address2 must be all zeros
uint8_t zeroAddress[32] = {0};
if (memcmp(tx->transaction.recipientAddress2, zeroAddress, 32) != 0) {
return false; // amount2 is zero but address2 is not zeroed
}
}
uint8_t txHash[32];
Transaction_CalculateHash(tx, txHash);

69
src/main.c
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@@ -27,6 +27,53 @@ uint32_t difficultyTarget = INITIAL_DIFFICULTY;
// extern the currentReward from constants.h so we can update it as we mine blocks and save it to disk
extern uint64_t currentReward;
static void Uint256ToDecimal(const uint256_t* value, char* out, size_t outSize) {
if (!value || !out || outSize == 0) {
return;
}
uint64_t tmp[4] = {
value->limbs[0],
value->limbs[1],
value->limbs[2],
value->limbs[3]
};
if (tmp[0] == 0 && tmp[1] == 0 && tmp[2] == 0 && tmp[3] == 0) {
if (outSize >= 2) {
out[0] = '0';
out[1] = '\0';
} else {
out[0] = '\0';
}
return;
}
char digits[80];
size_t digitCount = 0;
while (tmp[0] != 0 || tmp[1] != 0 || tmp[2] != 0 || tmp[3] != 0) {
uint64_t remainder = 0;
for (int i = 3; i >= 0; --i) {
__uint128_t cur = ((__uint128_t)remainder << 64) | tmp[i];
tmp[i] = (uint64_t)(cur / 10u);
remainder = (uint64_t)(cur % 10u);
}
if (digitCount < sizeof(digits) - 1) {
digits[digitCount++] = (char)('0' + remainder);
} else {
break;
}
}
size_t writeLen = (digitCount < (outSize - 1)) ? digitCount : (outSize - 1);
for (size_t i = 0; i < writeLen; ++i) {
out[i] = digits[digitCount - 1 - i];
}
out[writeLen] = '\0';
}
static bool MineBlock(block_t* block) {
if (!block) {
return false;
@@ -154,18 +201,20 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
}
(void)uint256_add_u64(&currentSupply, coinbaseTx.transaction.amount1);
char supplyStr[80];
Uint256ToDecimal(&currentSupply, supplyStr, sizeof(supplyStr));
uint8_t canonicalHash[32];
uint8_t powHash[32];
Block_CalculateHash(block, canonicalHash);
Block_CalculateAutolykos2Hash(block, powHash);
printf("Mined block %llu/%llu (height=%llu) nonce=%llu reward=%llu supply=%llu diff=%#x merkle=%02x%02x%02x%02x... pow=%02x%02x%02x%02x... canonical=%02x%02x%02x%02x...\n",
printf("Mined block %llu/%llu (height=%llu) nonce=%llu reward=%llu supply=%s diff=%#x merkle=%02x%02x%02x%02x... pow=%02x%02x%02x%02x... canonical=%02x%02x%02x%02x...\n",
(unsigned long long)(mined + 1),
(unsigned long long)blocksToMine,
(unsigned long long)block->header.blockNumber,
(unsigned long long)block->header.nonce,
(unsigned long long)coinbaseTx.transaction.amount1,
(unsigned long long)currentSupply.limbs[0],
supplyStr,
(unsigned int)block->header.difficultyTarget,
block->header.merkleRoot[0], block->header.merkleRoot[1], block->header.merkleRoot[2], block->header.merkleRoot[3],
powHash[0], powHash[1], powHash[2], powHash[3],
@@ -174,7 +223,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
free(block); // chain stores blocks by value; transactions are owned by chain copy
// Save chain after each mined block; NOTE: In reality, blocks will appear every ~90s, so this won't be a realistic bottleneck on the mainnet
Chain_SaveToFile(chain, chainDataDir, currentSupply, currentReward);
// TEMP
if (Chain_Size(chain) % 100 == 0) {
printf("Saving chain at height %zu...\n", Chain_Size(chain));
Chain_SaveToFile(chain, chainDataDir, currentSupply, currentReward);
}
currentReward = CalculateBlockReward(currentSupply, chain); // Update the global currentReward for the next block
@@ -187,13 +240,17 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
if (!Chain_SaveToFile(chain, chainDataDir, currentSupply, currentReward)) {
fprintf(stderr, "failed to save chain to %s\n", chainDataDir);
} else {
printf("Saved chain with %zu blocks to %s (supply=%llu)\n",
char supplyStr[80];
Uint256ToDecimal(&currentSupply, supplyStr, sizeof(supplyStr));
printf("Saved chain with %zu blocks to %s (supply=%s)\n",
Chain_Size(chain),
chainDataDir,
(unsigned long long)currentSupply.limbs[0]);
supplyStr);
}
} else {
printf("Current chain has %zu blocks, total supply %llu\n", Chain_Size(chain), (unsigned long long)currentSupply.limbs[0]);
char supplyStr[80];
Uint256ToDecimal(&currentSupply, supplyStr, sizeof(supplyStr));
printf("Current chain has %zu blocks, total supply %s\n", Chain_Size(chain), supplyStr);
}
// Print chain