Acceptance mints the author only **a quarter (25%)** of the reward; the other **three-quarters is held, unminted**. The held part is not yet theirs — it is released only when someone attests the act (Law 22), and an act struck before anyone attests never mints its holdback at all. The record fully pays only what someone will put coins behind; unbacked work stays quarter-paid.
VII. The confirmed record (Amendment 5, height 516)
Law 21: The holdback.
Acceptance mints the author only **a quarter (25%)** of the reward; the other **three-quarters is held, unminted**. The held part is not yet theirs — it is released only when someone attests the act (Law 22), and an act…
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