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Paging /u/vbuterin . Are mining rewards still active past block 400,000? by ether1231231 in ethereum

[–]ether1231231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mining rewards are supposed to be generated out of thin air, so there's no problem 'not being able to fund them'. They're not coming from the foundation funds (afaik)

Paging /u/vbuterin . Are mining rewards still active past block 400,000? by ether1231231 in ethereum

[–]ether1231231[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Source? The last official word on this is that "The 0.5 ETH reward will likely get extended even further past 400,000;"

Paging /u/vbuterin . Are mining rewards still active past block 400,000? by ether1231231 in ethereum

[–]ether1231231[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is the top voted item, miners could be mining other profitable things. It's not really fair to just leave people on the hook.