# Developers Reopen the Question of How Blocks Should Pay, on Both Bitcoin and Ethereum

Luke Dashjr floated either a one-month subsidy pause or a 4,375-block spending delay for miners, while an Ethereum researcher proposed turning the base fee from a floor into a midpoint.

- Published: 2026-09-11T05:49:36.633Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/crypto/2026-09-11/developers-reopen-the-question-of-how-blocks-should-pay-on-b
- Publisher: Polylog (Crypto desk)
- Section: crypto
- Sources: [Polylog editors](https://polylog.news), [Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/letting-the-base-fee-be-a-midpoint-a-temporal-liquidity-authorization-for-eip-1559/25958), [CryptoSlate](https://cryptoslate.com/bitcoin-mining-supplies-90-of-hives-1-million-daily-revenue-despite-ongoing-ai-expansion/)

The Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr raised two temporary changes aimed at miners he describes as present only for the money: extend the existing rule that newly mined coins cannot be spent for 100 blocks to roughly 4,375 blocks, about a month…

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