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# Minting and the Nomination system
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Authoritative overview aligned with qortal.dev/wiki/minting and
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qortal.dev/wiki/q-mintership. Prefer this over older “sponsorship key” language.
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## What minting is
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Minting is how Qortal produces blocks. Accounts with minting rights run a full
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node and share in each block’s reward while online. It is not Proof of Work
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mining and not Proof of Stake — influence comes from sustained participation
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(`blocksMinted` → minting **level**), not from buying hardware races or locking
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coins.
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One minting account per person. Running multiple minting accounts to multiply
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rewards is not allowed; Minter Admins remove related accounts from the MINTER
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group if the rule is broken.
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## Levels (practical facts)
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- `blocksMinted` is cumulative and never resets.
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- Level drives reward share and permissions (e.g. Level 5+ can nominate).
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- Level 1 is about 7,200 online minted blocks. Credits are batched (~every
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1,000 blocks), so Level 1 often shows after roughly 8,000–9,000 online blocks.
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Trust the Level shown in Hub, not a raw counter alone.
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Approximate block-reward share by level bands:
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- Levels 1–2: 6%
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- Levels 3–4: 13%
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- Levels 5–6: 19%
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- Levels 7–8: 26%
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- Levels 9–10: 32% (tier may be inactive until minters exist there)
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- Legacy QORA transition share: 1%
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- Minter/Dev Admin share: at least 3% (details evolve; see live chain / Q-Mintership)
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## Block reward emission
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At Genesis (29 June 2020) the reward was 5 QORT per block. About every six
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months it steps down by 0.25 QORT toward a floor of 2 QORT. After that, yearly
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votes can adjust within 1–5 QORT per block. There is no hard cap on total QORT;
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new coins are created by minting.
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## From sponsorship to Nominations (current)
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Qortal **no longer uses sponsorship keys** for onboarding minters.
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Current path = **Nominations** inside the **Q-Mintership** Q-App, approved by
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community-elected **Minter Admins** on-chain:
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1. A **Level 5+** minter publishes a **nomination card** for you (you cannot
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nominate yourself).
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2. A poll opens; community and admin votes are tracked separately.
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3. At roughly **40% Minter Admin “yes”**, admin action buttons unlock.
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4. An admin creates a **MINTER group invite**; ~40% of admins must sign via
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group approval (~9 of ~21 admins at typical counts — the exact number changes).
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5. You **JOIN_GROUP**, then add a minting account in **Q-Node** and keep a
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synced full node online.
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What helps a nomination: registered name, real QDN publishes, helpful community
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presence, and a nominator who knows your work. Viewing content alone is weak
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evidence; durable QDN publishes are strongest.
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## Guides to open on QDN
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- **Welcome to Qortal** (APP) — onboarding / orientation for newcomers.
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- **Q-Minter** (WEBSITE, “Q-Minter Guide”) — detailed minting guide.
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- **Q-Mintership** (APP) — live nomination board and admin flow.
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When the user is in QDN mode, recommend opening these as QDN tabs.
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