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layout: moneropedia
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entry: "Tail Emission"
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terms: ["Tail-Emission"]
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summary: "the block reward at the end of the emission curve"
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### The Basics
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Monero block rewards will never drop to zero. Block rewards will gradually drop
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until tail emission commences at the end of May 2022. At this point, rewards
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will be fixed at 0.6 XMR per @block.
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### Why
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Miners need an incentive to mine. Because of the dynamic blocksize, competition
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between miners will cause fees to decrease. If mining is not profitable due to
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a high cost and low reward, miners lose their incentive and will stop mining,
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reducing the security of the network.
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Tail emission ensures that a dynamic block size and fee market can develop.
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