Block 170,501 landed at 06:18 UTC on October 24, and the block reward is now 1,536 NOCK

Block 170,501 was mined at Oct 24, 2026, 06:18 UTC.¹ It is the first block of the fourth reward era in the Aletheia emissions table, and it paid 1,536 NOCK of new issuance: 1,228.8 NOCK to the miner and 307.2 NOCK to the protocol fund.¹³ Block 170,500, mined 4.4 minutes earlier, paid 2,048 NOCK.² This means every block from here on pays 25% less new NOCK than the blocks of the past five months.

The cut block was won in the ZK lane.¹

How the timing compared

On October 10, at that day’s 24-hour average block time, Nocktane estimated the cut for about 22:00 UTC on October 23.⁸ It landed 8.3 hours later than that estimate. Block times move with the amount of work on the network, so a two-week projection carries hours of play.

1,228.8 NOCKNew issuance per block to the miner from block 170,501 on, down from 1,638.4. The protocol fund's per-block share went from 409.6 to 307.2 NOCK.Nockscan, blocks 170,500 and 170,501, coinbase outputs

What changes per day

At the trailing 24-hour average of 184.4 seconds a block, a day holds about 469 blocks.⁴ At that pace, daily new issuance falls from about 959,755 NOCK to about 719,817 NOCK. The protocol fund’s daily inflow goes from about 191,951 NOCK to about 143,963 NOCK. These are Nocktane’s calculations at the measured average. Real days run longer or shorter, and miners also keep all transaction fees, which these figures leave out.

Of the last 99 blocks, 53.5% were won in the AI lane and 46.5% in the ZK lane.⁵

Where supply stands

At block 170,532, 31 blocks after the cut, mined supply stood at 2,365,456,384 NOCK, or 55.1% of the 4,294,967,296 NOCK cap.⁶³ The protocol fund’s balance was 30,085,952 NOCK.⁷

The next step down comes at block 380,501, when the reward falls to 1,024 NOCK.³ At the current average block time that is around January 2028. The live counter on the Network page now points at that block.