October 2023 Work Progress Report: Node updates, KAS and ERG rewards reduced

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October October

Reward Reduction Update

ERGO (ERG) Reward Reduction

In accordance with the ERGO EMISSION SCHEDULE, the ERGO block experienced a reward reduction this month. Miners should note that the block reward has been reduced from 36 ERG to 33 ERG. As always, stay up to date and calculate your profitability using 2CryptoCalc, which reflects the latest changes.

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LIKE reward reduction

Likewise, KASPA also experienced a reduction in compensation under the KASPA EMISSION SCHEDULE. Block reward for miners has been adjusted from 174.61 KAS to 164.81 KAS. Stay up to date on these changes by using 2CryptoCalc to calculate Kaspa mining profitability.

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Cryptocurrency Node Updates

This month, several cryptocurrency nodes were updated to better serve the community. Here are the latest versions and major changes:

Zcash (ZEC) 5.7.0

Deprecation of ‘fetch-params.sh’: The ‘zcashd’ binary now bundles zk-SNARK parameters directly, so no separate download or save is required.
Improved Mempool metrics: The metrics now include weighted bucket versions called `zcash.mempool.actions` and `zcash.mempool.size.weighted`.

Neuro (CKB) 0.111.0

Highlights: This version enables the ‘ckb2023’ hard fork in the development chain. Additionally, the ongoing soft fork activation has begun starting with v0.110.2.
Key changes: Numerous consensus changes and RPC changes have been implemented. For example, `epoch_duration_target` now affects the epoch length in dummy mode.

Horizen (ZEN) 4.1.0

Upcoming network upgrade: The hard fork of the Horizen mainnet will occur on September 26, 2023 at block #1426200.

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Implementation of ZenIP-42204: Protected transactions with transparent inputs are removed from Horizen mainchain. This means that Coinbase transactions will continue to mature after 100 block confirmations, but will no longer be protected.

CAS v0.12.14

The main feature of this version is an anti-spam patch. To enhance security, we introduce measures against dust attacks.

Flux 6.2.0

This optional release focuses on improvements and bug fixes.
Release Highlights: This release includes a series of improvements such as optimized Flux node RPC calls, rate limiters, improved DOS protection, and several bug fixes.

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