Just a footnote here,,,,
no windows support for 1.0 version, only Linux support, but will be on next version release... so, however you can run a VM with Linux etc. but what a hassle lol By the time the 2nd version releases with windows support, all the early bird specials will be gone
Please correct me if I am wrong on this or there is Windows support in time for launch...
Guess ill be brushing up on Ubuntu
Edit: OC, do you know if there is or will be a Windows miner software available for pool mining? I don't want to misunderstand anything that I have read
AFAIK there will be miners available for all platforms, it depends a bit on the contest if someone will publish the miner or not, but it's very likely with a bounty of $30k
Here some Info about the Reward Structure which I've just added to the OP as well:
REWARD STRUCTURE:
2.5 minute block times, 12.5 ZEC per block
(so the same 50 ZEC per 10 minutes as Bitcoin)
- During the first four years, 80% goes to miners and 20% to Founders' Reward (so miners get 10 ZEC per block for first four years, then 6.25 ZEC, and then halving after)
- During the first ~month, the block reward ramps up linearly from 0.005(ish?) ZEC to 12.5 ZEC
(the mining slow start)
so this will be pretty hard to mine