The schedule is a pure function of block progress — no oracle, no clock, no governance surface. Every epoch the acceptance threshold shifts one bit while reward decays at the same boundary; twenty thousand openings, then the ledger seals itself.
| EPOCH | BLOCKS | REWARD | DIFFICULTY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 – 1,199 | 10,000 | 2^20 |
| 1 | 1,200 – 2,399 | 5,000 | 2^21 |
| 2 | 2,400 – 3,599 | 2,500 | 2^22 |
| 3 | 3,600 – 4,799 | 1,250 | 2^23 |
| decays by 0.5 / epoch · terminal ω = 0.1526 @ 2^36 | |||