[Cryptography] Montana: A Post-Quantum Blockchain with Time as Scarcity

[Pierre Abbat]

On Sunday, May 17, 2026 7:02:51 AM EDT Mert Ali Bulut wrote:
> The protocol dictates a flat reward of 13 units per window, forever, with no
> halving or supply cap. You are essentially baking infinite, linear
> inflation into the baseline. Why would rational node operators continue to
> burn real-world energy (and pay real electricity bills) to sustain a
> network whose native token is mathematically guaranteed to dilute
> infinitely over time?

Constant emission of money is correct for a cryptocurrency. With metal 
currency, the supply of metal in the earth is fixed (barring nuclear reactions 
and asteroid mining), and a lost coin can be found with a metal detector. With 
cryptocurrency, a lost coin cannot be found, so with constant emission of 
money, the amount of money in circulation will tend to a limit where the 
emission of money is equal to the loss of coins. With a supply cap, the amount 
of money in circulation will tend to zero.

Pierre
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