GetBlockValue() only works as expected upto block 13,440,000 #3776

issue ditto-b opened this issue on March 2, 2014

ditto-b commented at 12:03 AM on March 2, 2014: contributor

This gives nSubsidy >>= 64, which is equal to the length of the type. This operation is undefined so the initial value of nSubsidy remains (50BTC per block).
jmcorgan commented at 12:43 AM on March 2, 2014: contributor

This was originally reported and discussed here:

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=130614.msg1399528#msg1399528
gavinandresen added the label Priority Low on Mar 2, 2014
laanwj commented at 11:30 AM on March 7, 2014: member

I sure hope this is fixed by Sun Mar 20 10:58:04 2264 :)
ditto-b commented at 1:25 PM on March 7, 2014: contributor

It's a couple of centuries too early, but I submitted a pull request anyway.

#3813
ditto-b cross-referenced this on Mar 10, 2014 from issue Fix for GetBlockValue() after block 13,440,000 by ditto-b
laanwj closed this on May 13, 2014
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