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For days, operators had watched the combined supply of XAI and esXAI approach the first halving threshold. Officials announced the first halving as complete, saying the combined XAI and esXAI supply had reached the 1.25 billion tier and that Sentry nodes’ daily issuance had fallen under the published rule from about 1.71 million to about 856,000. After the official halving announcement, the argument turned to whether lower issuance could outweigh unlocks and weak demand.
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For days, operators had watched the combined supply of XAI and esXAI approach the first halving threshold. The Night Watchman cared about keeping nodes online, while Sisyphus was looking for a position plan he could follow.
Officials announced the first halving as complete, saying the combined XAI and esXAI supply had reached the 1.25 billion tier and that Sentry nodes’ daily issuance had fallen under the published rule from about 1.71 million to about 856,000. The official schedule set the combined cap at 2.5 billion tokens, with further cuts at 1.875 billion and 2.1875 billion, ultimately reaching a final tier of more than 26,000 tokens a day. Staking tiers would be adjusted by formula, with details to follow. The same day, node software 1.1.11 was released with redundancy and fallback for assertions and claims. That evening, the official account asked whether esXAI might someday be spent directly in games. Officials emphasized predictable issuance cuts, scarcity and long-term stability. Some community members calculated lower emissions and potential selling pressure; others worried that the long unlock period would limit any near-term price effect. The node group was lively over the announcement that the chance of winning was unchanged and each reward was halved, and uptime and staked amounts drew more attention. The Night Watchman posted that idle nodes would gradually leave and those willing to protect the network would remain. He reinvested all his esXAI as before. Sisyphus tore down a note reading “break-even price USD 1.10” and replaced it with “trim at USD 0.90 after the halving.”
After the official halving announcement, the argument turned to whether lower issuance could outweigh unlocks and weak demand. The Night Watchman chose to keep operating, though that could not guarantee future returns for every node. Sisyphus replaced a distant break-even hope with a nearer selling target. For the first time that year, the narrator heard the discussion turn from “how high can it go?” to “can it fall a little less?” The details of staking-tier changes, a possible game use for esXAI and the price response were still unresolved.