To New Bounty Hunters,
I was asked in a message how often the generation shares will be paid, below is the answer.
Generation rounds are 4,000 blocks long, about a month:
http://devtome.com/doku.php?id=devcoin#viewing_disbursementsPeople who received coins for round 22, whether from bounties:
https://github.com/Unthinkingbit/charity/blob/master/bounty_22.csvor devtome writer earnings, will get paid in round 22. Any work done after about block 85,000 and until block 89,000 will go into round 23. Round 22 starts at block 4,000 * 22 = 88,000. At the time of this writing, the block number is 82,867:
https://vps.vircurex.com/At about 1,000 blocks per week, work until roughly April 9 will go into bounty 22. Payments for bounty 22 will be between block 88,000, which will start around April 30, until around May 30. If your devcoin address is on your machine, in May you'll see many 45,000 devcoin payments arriving from generation.
The number of receiver lines will only be known at block 85,000, when the writer earnings are generated and the receiver file is made. Assuming there are 60 receiver lines this round, each line will get a payment every 60 blocks, and on average each line will receive a total of 180,000,000 devcoins 60 = 3,000,000 devcoins. For example, if someone made four generation shares from the signing bonus, and two for articles, for a total of six shares, they would get six payments every 60 rounds, or an average of a payment every 10 rounds. Their total payment would be on average 6 * 3,000,000 devcoins = 18,000,000 devcoins. Calculated at one payment every ten rounds, that gives the same figure of 4,000 10 * 45,000 devcoins = 18,000,000 devcoins.