Constantinople Difficulty Bomb Delay and Block Reward Adjustment

Status history

1. Draft19 Jul 2018
2. ⋯Finaldate not observed

Abstract

Starting with CNSTNTNPL_FORK_BLKNUM the client will calculate the difficulty based on a fake block number suggesting the client that the difficulty bomb is adjusting around 5 million blocks later than previously specified with the Homestead fork. Furthermore, block rewards will be adjusted to a base of 2 ETH, uncle and nephew rewards will be adjusted accordingly.