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Time-Based Rewards and a Steam No. 1

Background: As Bitcoin recovered, altcoins finally showed a slight willingness to follow. Today: Officials announced a contract upgrade enabling rewards based on the time since the last challenge, so keys could receive due compensation even after a network interruption. Impact and what follows: The upgrade made elapsed time part of reward calculation alongside challenge results, while the page fixes made it easier for holders to check their actions.

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Background: As Bitcoin recovered, altcoins finally showed a slight willingness to follow. The community was also watching more concrete matters: how Sentry challenge rewards were calculated, whether the staking page showed usable records, and how players would receive Riftstorm's public test.

Today: Officials announced a contract upgrade enabling rewards based on the time since the last challenge, so keys could receive due compensation even after a network interruption. They also fixed redemption records that failed to load on the staking page and pools that appeared twice. That same day Riftstorm reached No. 1 on Steam's popular free games chart, shifting chat from reward formulas to a game people were playing.

Impact and what follows: The upgrade made elapsed time part of reward calculation alongside challenge results, while the page fixes made it easier for holders to check their actions. The chart position gave the game visibility, though whether players would stay remained to be seen. The new reward mechanism still had to prove itself in operation.