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Algorand rolls out crypto’s most inclusive staking rewards program

Staking rewards have arrived on the Algorand blockchain. The Algorand Foundation announced today, January 23, 2025, that after this week's consensus mechanism upgrade, 'block rewards' are now being paid, in real-time, to validators successfully proposing blocks to the Layer-1 blockchain.

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Staking3_1_1

class Dao extends Contract {
registeredAsaId = GlobalStateKey<Asset>();
proposal = GlobalStateKey<string>();
votesTotal = GlobalStateKey<number>();
voteInFavor = GlobalStateKey<number>();
inFavor = BoxMap<Adress, boolean> ();
endTime = GlobalStateKey<number>();
createApplication(proposal: string, length: number): void {
this.endTime.value = globals.latestTimestamp + length;
this.proposal.value = proposal;
}
bootstrap(): Asset {

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