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Changes to “ZBC is never burned”

#99 (zoobc.how, 2026-10-26 20:39 UTC) → #155 (zoobc.how, 2026-10-26 21:37 UTC): Seed article updated

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Coins in an account whose key is lost are not stranded for ever. The account keeps paying its rent until its balance cannot cover the next payment; then it is pruned and its dust goes to the pool. The coins return to circulation through the nodes, and no ZBC is lost.
 
+ > [!example] **Example.** At the starting price of 0.01 ZBC every 30 days, an abandoned account holding 1 ZBC pays rent 100 times, for a little over eight years, and is then pruned.
− > **Example.** At the starting price of 0.01 ZBC every 30 days, an abandoned account holding 1 ZBC pays rent 100 times, for a little over eight years, and is then pruned.
 
## Other assets can be burned
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