The total supply of SolarCoin in circulation will be approximately §98.1 billion over the next 40 years. This is fully documented and is comprised of the following:

• Public Staking and Mining: ~§100 million (0.1%) of which §33.3 Million are publicly mined using scrypt PoW until such time that the Proof of Stake algorithm is implemented (currently scheduled to take place at Block 357,520). All publicly mined SolarCoins represent historically generated and unclaimed solar electricity. From block 357,520 forward, the only new supply of coins will come from the 1% staking interest that is built into the PoS model.
• The Generator Pool: §97.5 billion (99.4%) are currently stored in a secure, non-circulating generator pool account. These will be exchanged for “proof of generation” claims of solar electricity producers submitted over the next 40 years at the rate of §1 per MWh of solar energy generated. As claims grow, these SolarCoins will be released and become part of the “coins in circulation” such that the growth in supply over the next 40 years should mimic the growth in solar electricity generation worldwide, assuming all generators claim their coins.
• The Genesis Pool: §500 million (0.5%) are stored in the genesis pool account for environmental charities, early volunteers, advisers, builders and maintainers of SolarCoin infrastructure. Genesis pool circulation is capped so that it will never represent more than 5% of total SolarCoin in circulation at any given time.

Is time to buy or sell ?

The correct versions are 3.0.1.1 for Mac and 3.0.1.2 for Windows. Both are version 3.0.1. The last number is simply the build number. The 3.0.1 Windows wallet had to be rebuilt because the first build accidentally included a deprecated dependency.

This is a bad idea...

Yes. However, consider that after less than 3 months, the block chain requires nearly 250 MB, with most blocks containing no transactions outside of the mining or minting transaction of the block. What memory will be required of minters after 3 years, or 10? Additionally, there is computational overhead to search the blockchain and make calculations from the data. The compensation system will take these future needs into account.

We are having discussions about raising the rate as the block chain gets longer. Minters are transaction processors. Part of the tradeoff for fast confirmation times is an elongated chain. However, a long chain puts a burden on minters who must keep an updated chain. A 5% flat APR may not be enough compensation in the long run, especially considering that the true inflation will be much lower because it may not be worth it to regular users to keep a full chain just to mint on their "spending money".

Be aware that this topic is under careful consideration at the moment.

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Also, bear in mind that minting will gradually outpace mining at money creation. So far, about 83% of all potential proof of work (PoW) blocks are gone. At the moment, about 1/2 the blocks are minted by proof of stake (PoS) and 1/2 are minted by PoW. Over time, block creation shifts gradually in favor of minters. It is important to realize that, whether a block is mined or minted, each new block represents one less block to be mined. In other words, there is no set number of mined blocks. Once the block chain reaches designated heights, the mining reward will be reduced until eventually at block 1,100,000 (about 381 days) the mining reward becomes 0, irregardless of how many previous blocks were mined versus being minted.

In other words, the inflation rate right now is a little more than 1/2 the nominal rate because of minting. The long term rate will most likely be somewhat less than 5% because of the burden on minters, most of whom will probably not bother to mint because their holdings are too low and the block chain too long. In the long run, we will work to continue to refine the reward system to minimize inflation but optimize revenues for transaction processors (minters).

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