From 89940a5e2f1148898abde310081e1ea10c5aeabc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NotRin7 <arianhashani07@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:38:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] better diff adjustment at block 350.000

---
 src/policy/policy.cpp |  9 +++++++--
 src/pow.cpp           | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 src/script/standard.h |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/policy/policy.cpp b/src/policy/policy.cpp
index 7d75248..077cdc2 100644
--- a/src/policy/policy.cpp
+++ b/src/policy/policy.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <consensus/validation.h>
 #include <coins.h>
+#include <validation.h>
 
 
 CAmount GetDustThreshold(const CTxOut& txout, const CFeeRate& dustRelayFeeIn)
@@ -117,9 +118,13 @@ bool IsStandardTx(const CTransaction& tx, bool permit_bare_multisig, const CFeeR
             return false;
         }
 
-        if (whichType == TX_NULL_DATA)
+        if (whichType == TX_NULL_DATA) {
+            if (ChainActive().Height() < 350000 && txout.scriptPubKey.size() > 83) {
+                reason = "scriptpubkey";
+                return false;
+            }
             nDataOut++;
-        else if ((whichType == TX_MULTISIG) && (!permit_bare_multisig)) {
+        } else if ((whichType == TX_MULTISIG) && (!permit_bare_multisig)) {
             reason = "bare-multisig";
             return false;
         } else if (IsDust(txout, dust_relay_fee)) {
diff --git a/src/pow.cpp b/src/pow.cpp
index cd01e1e..23c19cc 100644
--- a/src/pow.cpp
+++ b/src/pow.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,20 @@ unsigned int GetNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex* pindexLast, const CBlockHead
     if (params.fPowAllowMinDifficultyBlocks && pindexLast->nHeight >= 0)
         return LwmaCalculateNextWorkRequired(pindexLast, params);
 
+    // Palladium: Hard Fork at 350,000 for fast difficulty adjustment
+    if (pindexLast->nHeight + 1 >= 350000) {
+        int64_t nIntervalNew = 60;
+        if ((pindexLast->nHeight + 1) % nIntervalNew != 0)
+            return pindexLast->nBits;
+
+        int nHeightFirst = pindexLast->nHeight - (nIntervalNew - 1);
+        assert(nHeightFirst >= 0);
+        const CBlockIndex* pindexFirst = pindexLast->GetAncestor(nHeightFirst);
+        assert(pindexFirst);
+
+        return CalculateNextWorkRequired(pindexLast, pindexFirst->GetBlockTime(), params);
+    }
+
     if (pindexLast->nHeight >= 29000)
         return LwmaCalculateNextWorkRequired(pindexLast, params);
 
@@ -110,19 +124,25 @@ unsigned int CalculateNextWorkRequired(const CBlockIndex* pindexLast, int64_t nF
     if (params.fPowNoRetargeting)
         return pindexLast->nBits;
 
+    // Palladium: Hard Fork at 350,000 for fast difficulty adjustment
+    int64_t nTargetTimespan = params.nPowTargetTimespan;
+    if (pindexLast->nHeight + 1 >= 350000) {
+        nTargetTimespan = 7200; // 60 blocks * 120 seconds
+    }
+
     // Limit adjustment step
     int64_t nActualTimespan = pindexLast->GetBlockTime() - nFirstBlockTime;
-    if (nActualTimespan < params.nPowTargetTimespan/4)
-        nActualTimespan = params.nPowTargetTimespan/4;
-    if (nActualTimespan > params.nPowTargetTimespan*4)
-        nActualTimespan = params.nPowTargetTimespan*4;
+    if (nActualTimespan < nTargetTimespan/4)
+        nActualTimespan = nTargetTimespan/4;
+    if (nActualTimespan > nTargetTimespan*4)
+        nActualTimespan = nTargetTimespan*4;
 
     // Retarget
     const arith_uint256 bnPowLimit = UintToArith256(params.powLimit);
     arith_uint256 bnNew;
     bnNew.SetCompact(pindexLast->nBits);
     bnNew *= nActualTimespan;
-    bnNew /= params.nPowTargetTimespan;
+    bnNew /= nTargetTimespan;
 
     if (bnNew > bnPowLimit)
         bnNew = bnPowLimit;
diff --git a/src/script/standard.h b/src/script/standard.h
index a710990..2d4b61f 100644
--- a/src/script/standard.h
+++ b/src/script/standard.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public:
  * Default setting for nMaxDatacarrierBytes. 80 bytes of data, +1 for OP_RETURN,
  * +2 for the pushdata opcodes.
  */
-static const unsigned int MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY = 83;
+static const unsigned int MAX_OP_RETURN_RELAY = 520;
 
 /**
  * A data carrying output is an unspendable output containing data. The script