# Mining reward during first 4y **URL:** \ **Category:** Mining Support\ **Created:** [September 24, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-reward-during-first-4y/1964 "2016-09-24T13:36:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jonas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/jonas/32/530_2.png) [@jonas](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/jonas)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-reward-during-first-4y/1964/1 "2016-09-24T13:36:21Z")
How much ZEC will be mined during the first month and each month after before the first halving after 4 year ?? ---
**Author:** ![trolloniex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/trolloniex/32/2833_2.png) [@trolloniex](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/trolloniex)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-reward-during-first-4y/1964/2 "2016-09-24T14:34:29Z")
1 block every 2.5 minutes (12.5 ZEC) 24 blocks per hr (300ZEC) 576 blocks per day (7200ZEC) ~17280 blocks per month (216000ZEC) 210240 blocks per year (2628000ZEC) 1st Year 2628000ZEC 2nd Year 5256000ZEC 3rd Year 7884000ZEC 4th Year 10512000ZEC Calculations aren’t taking into account a leap year Note: founders and investors get 2.5ZEC per block ---
**Author:** ![DanLar75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@DanLar75](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/DanLar75)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-reward-during-first-4y/1964/3 "2016-09-24T18:25:50Z")
1 block every 2.5 minutes, of 12.5 divided by 4. It has the same release rate as BTC, just faster block times. The reward per block is total of 12.5 at slow-start and 50 @ full release. Not 12.5 per 2.5 min. ---
**Author:** ![trolloniex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/trolloniex/32/2833_2.png) [@trolloniex](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/trolloniex)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-reward-during-first-4y/1964/4 "2016-09-24T18:26:49Z")
I didnt mention the slow start so its easier to calculate. ---
**Author:** ![jonas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/jonas/32/530_2.png) [@jonas](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/jonas)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-reward-during-first-4y/1964/5 "2016-09-24T18:37:22Z")
Slow start is only the first 10 days ? ---
**Author:** ![Shawn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/shawn/32/187_2.png) [@Shawn](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Shawn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-reward-during-first-4y/1964/6 "2016-09-24T18:45:31Z")
First month, approximately ---
**Author:** ![Voluntary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/voluntary/32/4343_2.png) [@Voluntary](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/Voluntary)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-reward-during-first-4y/1964/7 "2016-09-24T19:13:06Z")
Where are you getting 10 minute block times from? ---
**Author:** ![DanLar75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@DanLar75](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/DanLar75)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-reward-during-first-4y/1964/8 "2016-09-24T19:35:48Z")
Not block times. 2.5 is the block time, but reward is based on Bitcoin, so each 2.5 min will disburse 1/4th of the total block reward. The curve follows BTC 100%. ---
**Author:** ![jonas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/jonas/32/530_2.png) [@jonas](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/jonas)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 8:32am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-reward-during-first-4y/1964/9 "2016-09-25T08:32:45Z")
Where can you see the hash rate on the test net ? How does the hash rate map to difficulty ? ---
**Author:** ![trolloniex](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/zcash/user_avatar/forum.zcashcommunity.com/trolloniex/32/2833_2.png) [@trolloniex](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/trolloniex)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/mining-reward-during-first-4y/1964/10 "2016-09-25T09:06:45Z")
type ~/zcash/./src/zcash-cli getinfo “difficulty” : 78.29507136 someone noted that its around 1.25x mid range CPUs per diff