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There seems to be a bug in the block reward calculation in Babylon.

For example, in block 664451 there were 26 endorsements. So the reward should be 16 * (0.8 + 0.2 * 26 / 32) = 15.4 XTZ (source). But the baker got 14.4 XTZ.

Can someone explain how the reward is actually calculated, and why there is a discrepancy between the expected amount and the actual reward?

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The exact formula used in Babylon can be found here:

https://gitlab.com/tezos/tezos/blob/mainnet/src/proto_005_PsBabyM1/lib_protocol/baking.ml#L190

This comes to:

((16 000 000 * (8 + 2 * e / 32)) / 10) / (1 + p)

But note that these are integer divisions, hence, in your example:

8 + 2 * 26 / 32 = 8 + 52 / 32 = 8 + 1 = 9

16 000 000 μꜩ * 9 = 144 000 000 μꜩ

144 000 000 μꜩ / 10 = 14 400 000 μꜩ = 14.4 ꜩ

Edit: This feedback is from the Tezos developers TG group. You can view this spreadsheet to better understand the calculation of block rewards: https://files.fm/u/hb5eazkk

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  • Correct formula ought to be
    – Arthur B
    Commented Oct 28, 2019 at 10:55
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    (16 000 000 * (256 + 2 * e)) / (320 * (1 + p))
    – Arthur B
    Commented Oct 28, 2019 at 10:55
  • Thanks! Could you please add sources/reference to some description and implementation ?
    – Ezy
    Commented Oct 28, 2019 at 11:19
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This is a bug in babylon caused by using an integer division in a wrong place and will be fixed in the next proposal.
For now you can use the following formula to calculate the rewards :
The formula is : ((16 000 000 * (8 + floor(2 * e / 32))) / 10) / (1 + p)
More info : https://twitter.com/iguerDUNE/status/1184095825296871425

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  • Thanks! Could you please provide sources ? Context ? Implementation etc ?
    – Ezy
    Commented Oct 28, 2019 at 11:21
  • This is actually a bug in babylon. there should not be the floor function, but they used an integer division which has caused this behavior. This will be fixed in the next proposal.
    – FiFtHeLeMeNt
    Commented Oct 28, 2019 at 11:30
  • Yes so it would be great if you could contextualize the answer, and provide more infos, links etc so that everyone can understand
    – Ezy
    Commented Oct 28, 2019 at 11:31
  • I provided more info :)
    – FiFtHeLeMeNt
    Commented Oct 28, 2019 at 11:35
  • Hi this is not official info. Would it be possible you refer to official doc or implementation maybe ?
    – Ezy
    Commented Oct 28, 2019 at 11:53

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