From: Sunny King <sunnyking9999@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 00:18:41 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: PPCoin: Proof-of-work target spacing auto-adjusts based on proof-of-stake
X-Git-Tag: v0.4.0-unstable~171
X-Git-Url: https://git.novaco.in/?p=novacoin.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=bb2d1adf243226e21e4af203a510cb8a40a0cf73

PPCoin: Proof-of-work target spacing auto-adjusts based on proof-of-stake
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diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 3377465..b8b665b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -710,10 +710,10 @@ int64 GetProofOfStakeReward(int64 nCoinAge)
     return nSubsidy;
 }
 
-static const int64 nTargetTimespan = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60; // one week
-static const int64 nTargetSpacing = 10 * 60;
-static const int64 nInterval = nTargetTimespan / nTargetSpacing;
-static const int64 nMaxClockDrift = 2 * 60 * 60; // 2 hours
+static const int64 nTargetTimespan = 7 * 24 * 60 * 60;  // one week
+static const int64 nTargetSpacingStake = 10 * 60;       // ten minutes
+static const int64 nTargetSpacingWorkMax = 2 * 60 * 60; // two hours
+static const int64 nMaxClockDrift = 2 * 60 * 60;        // two hours
 
 //
 // minimum amount of work that could possibly be required nTime after
@@ -761,6 +761,8 @@ unsigned int static GetNextTargetRequired(const CBlockIndex* pindexLast, bool fP
     // ppcoin: retarget with exponential moving toward target spacing
     CBigNum bnNew;
     bnNew.SetCompact(pindexPrev->nBits);
+    int64 nTargetSpacing = fProofOfStake? nTargetSpacingStake : min(nTargetSpacingWorkMax, nTargetSpacingStake * (1 + pindexLast->nHeight - pindexPrev->nHeight));
+    int64 nInterval = nTargetTimespan / nTargetSpacing;
     bnNew *= ((nInterval - 1) * nTargetSpacing + nActualSpacing + nActualSpacing);
     bnNew /= ((nInterval + 1) * nTargetSpacing);