~21M max supply, no premine, no ICO. Every TDC earned through CPU proof-of-work since genesis, December 2020.
Tidecoin uses a doubling-interval quartering schedule: each halving interval is twice the length of the previous one, and the block reward is quartered (divided by 4) at each step.
| Era | Interval (blocks) | Duration | Block reward | Cumulative supply |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 262,800 | ~6 months | 40 TDC | 10,512,000 |
| 2 | 525,600 | ~1 year | 10 TDC | 15,768,000 |
| 3 | 1,051,200 | ~2 years | 2.5 TDC | 18,396,000 |
| 4Current era | 2,102,400 | ~4 years | 0.625 TDC | 19,710,000 |
| 5 | 4,204,800 | ~8 years | 0.15625 TDC | 20,367,000 |
| 6 | 8,409,600 | ~16 years | 0.0390625 TDC | 20,695,500 |
nSubsidy >>= (halvings * 2)Right-shift by 2 bits per era — quartering the reward.Yes — 100% fair launch. Every TDC earned through proof-of-work mining from block zero.
Zero coins were created before public mining began.
No token sale of any kind — no pre-sale, no private round, no public offering.
No team tokens, no vesting schedule, no foundation reserves, no DAO fund.
YespowerTIDE is designed so anyone with a personal computer can participate. No ASIC or GPU advantage.
Every TDC in existence was earned through proof-of-work mining from block zero.