On 8 Apr 2017 8:31 pm, "praxeology_guy via bitcoin-dev" < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: There is the equation: Power Cost + Captial Rent + Labor ~= block reward + fees I don't know why many people insist on calling the subsidy the blick reward. Thw block reward is both the block subsidy plus the block fees.