# Epoch 8

Epoch 8 continues to require contestants to pay to purchase contest CML seeds. The contest seeds can be bought using the [purchase form](https://forms.gle/9McACwtEeyX4GXov6).

## Rules for Epoch 8

* The tipping rounds will happen every 1000 blocks instead of every 100 blocks as before. We’re reducing the tipping frequency for TApps to help speed up the sync time of new nodes onboarding onto the network.
* Epoch 7 rules will still apply to epoch 8.


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