# Did the PPC block reward halve recently?

**URL:** <https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/did-the-ppc-block-reward-halve-recently/395>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [October 4, 2013, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/did-the-ppc-block-reward-halve-recently/395 "2013-10-04T09:58:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt608](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@matt608](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/u/matt608)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 9:58am UTC](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/did-the-ppc-block-reward-halve-recently/395/1 "2013-10-04T09:58:50Z")

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Hello, I’m just trying to understand more about the recent increase in PPC price.

I saw on the hashrate chart that the hashrate dramatically increased in the last week or so, did the PPC block reward halve as well?

Hashrate increase:

> **[Peercoin Hashrate chart](https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/peercoin-hashrate.html)**
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> Peercoin Average hashrate (hash/s) per day chart

How does the block reward halving relate to the hashrate increasing? Can someone please explain this why correlation happened and can you estimate how long it will be until it happens again?

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**Author:** ![whifmoi](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/7993a0/32.png) [@whifmoi](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/u/whifmoi)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 10:15am UTC](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/did-the-ppc-block-reward-halve-recently/395/2 "2013-10-04T10:15:04Z")

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The PPC PoW block reward drops smoothly with a rising hashrate. For every 16 times rise in hashrate the block reward halves. The last block reward for a PoW block is around 222 PPC now.

I cannot predict anything here.

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**Author:** ![matt608](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@matt608](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/u/matt608)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 10:17am UTC](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/did-the-ppc-block-reward-halve-recently/395/3 "2013-10-04T10:17:13Z")

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Ah ok thanks, so that’s different to bitcoin where the reward drops in half.

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**Author:** ![teddyb797](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@teddyb797](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/u/teddyb797)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/did-the-ppc-block-reward-halve-recently/395/4 "2013-10-04T17:34:04Z")

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> [@matt608](#):
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> Ah ok thanks, so that’s different to bitcoin where the reward drops in half.

no.

ppc has the most unique features of any alt coin, except ppc’s clones.

proof of stake  
reward system  
fee destruction  
fast dif. adjustment (1 block)

prob. more but can’t think of right now.

ppc is the most innovative alt coin to date.

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**Author:** ![sahkan](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/user_avatar/discourse.peercoin-library.org/sahkan/32/130_2.png) [@sahkan](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/u/sahkan)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://discourse.peercoin-library.org/t/did-the-ppc-block-reward-halve-recently/395/5 "2013-10-04T17:44:18Z")

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> [@matt608](#):
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> Ah ok thanks, so that’s different to bitcoin where the reward drops in half.

Yes, reward depends on hash rate. If people stop mining the coin the reward for a PoW block will go up if the hash rate increases reward will go down.