Hey #Minestrs! We've updated some of the game logic and UI. Details below!

1) Epoch winners (rank 1) will be given 60% of the epoch payout and the remaining 40% will be split between the rest of the players, according to the number of blocks they won. This keeps the incentive to win intact while also rewarding every other player that wins blocks!

2) The gSats block reward has been removed (these were the gSats awarded to the block winner each block). Unlike the actual bitcoin network, Minestr players do not need to expend work in order to win individual blocks. So all the block reward really did was give an unfair advantage to those who joined before others (like proof-of-stake), by allowing them to increase their hash rate at no extra cost. Now that the block reward has been removed, the only way to increase hash rate is by doing work: earning gSats by answering quiz questions or by purchasing gSats with real sats. Of course the epoch payout remains intact!

3) Epochs have been shortened to 1008 blocks; approx. 1 week, and half an actual bitcoin epoch. We felt that 2 weeks was too long for one game. Let's see how it goes with 1 week!

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