merge fix

Author: sckuzzle

assets/rpip-10/expense_5.md

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ The core protocol development team will provide quarterly updates on the roadmap
 - 2026-07-26
 - 2026-10-24
 
-The amount will be paid in a lump-sum payment of: `54683.160115634004`, which is `5%` of RPL inflation over that time.
+The amount will be paid in a lump-sum payment of: `54376.1983684802`*, which is `5%` of RPL inflation over that time.
 
 ### Calculation 
 Calculates the amount of RPL inflation to be spent on core protocol development, by calculating the projected RPL inflation 1 year and multiplying by the percentage of inflation allocated to core protocol development.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ $$
 
 Where:
 - $ProtocolFunding$ is the lump-sum payment of RPL to be paid for protocol development funding.
-- $StartSupply$ is the RPL supply at the given start block. The core protocol team have been paid up to reward interval 41 (2025-10-24). So the start supply will be calculated from the block after interval 40. The supply at that block is expected to be `21873264.04 RPL`.
+- $StartSupply$ is the RPL supply at the given start block. The core protocol team have been paid up to reward interval 41 (2025-10-23). So the start supply will be calculated from the block after interval 41. The supply at that block is expected to be `21870340.41 RPL`.
 - $InflationPerDay$ is the standard RPL inflation day rate, queried from the RPL token contract (`getInflationIntervalRate`).
   https://etherscan.io/token/0xd33526068d116ce69f19a9ee46f0bd304f21a51f#readContract 
 - $DevelopmentPercentage$ is set at `5%` of RPL inflation.
@@ -42,5 +42,7 @@ inflation  *  0.05 / 10**18
 54522.380398575624
 ```
 
-Note:  since last year's funding overpaid by one day, `146.18` was subtracted from the above figure, giving `54376.2` as the final payment amount.
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+*Note: Last year's funding interval had a duration of 365 days and funded one day into reward period 29. In order to define this and future funding periods to begin and end with reward periods, this funding period begins the same day the last period's ends.  `146.18` RPL is subtracted from the above figure so as not to pay twice for the same day, giving a final funding amount of `54376.1983684802` RPL.  
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