Metropolis Difficulty Bomb Delay and Block Reward Reduction

Status history

1. Draft21 Jun 2017
2. ⋯Finaldate not observed

Abstract

Starting with BYZANTIUM_FORK_BLKNUM the client will calculate the difficulty based on a fake block number suggesting the client that the difficulty bomb is adjusting around 3 million blocks later than previously specified with the Homestead fork. Furthermore, block rewards will be adjusted to a base of 3 ETH, uncle and nephew rewards will be adjusted accordingly.