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Quote from: paramind22 on June 05, 2021, 02:55:55 PM

Does anyone know how many PandaCoins one needs to get about 2 stakes a week?

There are a number of variables, but even when you are not actually getting a stake or minting payout, you are gaining coin age. Coin age times your Pandacoin input amount or staking balance is your stake mining or minting power and the bases for rewards. So basically if you are running your Pandacoin wallet constantly, your chances of more frequent rewards and sooner rewards are the best. The others staking their Pandacoin also make a difference as well as some luck or randomness is involved. If you are not getting rewards your Pandacoin staking and minting power increases with age.

You can check the Minting tab for estimations of when you are likely to get rewards, it allows you to display your minting probability for a selected time frame. It does take 30 days for new Pandacoin transactions to fully mature for staking. You can expect 2 1/2% annually as a target and it is paid out as you find blocks with your staking and minting powers vs the network difficulty and block targeting parameters. Your rewards once mature are also eligible to engage in staking so all in all your minting rewards are much like getting compound interest payments.

What are these rewards? Pandacoins? I'm not very nictpicky about exact balances because I run a few wallets but I see the age increase but not sure any balance is shown as increasing.

The target is 2 1/2% annually, yes in Pandacoin to your Panda wallet. Proof of stake mining / minting is ongoing from a PC Panda wallet the rewards are paid out much like regular mining as PoS blocks are found. Rewards are much like compounded interest as once mature your rewards too can earn rewards.. It takes 500 confirmations for new coins to mature. Coin age plus amount of Pandacoin in an unspent output is the staking / minting power, coin age must by 30 days old. The key to getting frequent rewards is having a number of qualifying unspent outputs with varying coin ages. Check your minting tab for a view and guesstimation of your current minting status.