Frequently asked questions

An open-source proof-of-work coin built on Bitcoin-derived code. It uses SHA-256d, targets a block every 240 seconds and pays 50 VVC per block. The chain launched in 2021 and runs on Vivuscoin Core 1.1. More on the What is Vivuscoin page.

Vivuscoin launched in 2021 as an open-source project and is maintained in the open: the code, the release tags and the issue tracker are on GitHub, and the contact is support@vivuscoin.com.

It is a fork of the Bitcoin Core software, not of the Bitcoin chain. Vivuscoin has its own genesis block, its own network and its own coins; no Bitcoin balance carries over. The code is MIT-licensed at github.com/vivuscoin/vivuscoin.

Today it is a proof-of-work network you can run, mine and send coins on. The whitepaper describes a long-term research motivation: simulating a human brain in a computer, with Vivuscoin as the currency for computational resources in that future.

Yes: the whitepaper (PDF) from 2021. It explains the mission and contains no supply or economics figures; the numbers on this site come from the chain and its source code.

About 127.03 million VVC. The exact figure at the current tip is the block explorer's totalcoins value (127,033,220 at block 24,097 on 2026-09-23), and it grows by the block reward with every block. The consensus code paid larger subsidies in the first 120 blocks, which is why the total is higher than 50 VVC multiplied by the block height. Details on the Supply page.

By mining. Every block pays a subsidy of 50 VVC to the miner who finds it, halving every 210,000 blocks. The rule is GetBlockSubsidy() in src/validation.cpp on GitHub.

Yes. The block reward halves every 210,000 blocks until it rounds to zero, so the total is capped. Ordinary emission adds about 6.6 million VVC a year at the 240-second target in the first era and half that in the next; the schedule is on the Supply page.

Mine it through the solo stratum endpoint, or register your address for the airdrop: 500 VVC for each of the first 1,000 registered addresses, then 50 VVC. VVC is not listed on an exchange yet.

You register a VVC address on the airdrop page, one claim per address. Payouts are batched daily and every transaction id is published. Phase 1 is 2,000,000 VVC: 500 VVC for each of the first 1,000 registered addresses, then 50 VVC, at most 200 claims a day; the full rules are on the airdrop page.

Yes. Point any SHA-256d miner at stratum+tcp://pool.vivuscoin.com:3333 with your VVC address as the username and x as the password. It is solo mining: a block you find pays the full 50 VVC reward to your address. Full guide on the Mining page.

Vivuscoin Core, the reference wallet and full node. Version 1.1 is available for Windows, macOS and Linux from the GitHub releases page; see Wallets. Hardware wallets and mobile wallets do not support VVC.

Per-block difficulty adjustment: difficulty is recomputed every block from a weighted average of the last 60 block times (LWMA-1), so it follows the real hash rate closely. Stall protection: if no block arrives for 24 minutes, the required difficulty eases step by step within set limits, so a gap closes within hours. Tighter timestamps: a block may be at most 12 minutes in the future instead of 2 hours. Reorg limit: reorganisations deeper than about 10 blocks are refused, so settled balances stay settled. Same genesis, same network, same coins. Upgrade to 1.1 before block 24,147.

It is fully synced when its block height matches the block explorer or the status page. If it sits at zero with no connections, add addnode=seed1.vivuscoin.com and addnode=seed2.vivuscoin.com to vivuscoin.conf and reopen it.

No. The .dmg is unsigned, so macOS refuses to open it on double-click. Right-click the app and choose Open the first time. Verify the checksum from the release page before you do.

Yes. The 64-bit Linux tarball on the release page contains vivuscoin-qt, vivuscoind and vivuscoin-cli, statically linked, for Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 11 and newer. You can also build from source; see Developers.

stratum+tcp://pool.vivuscoin.com:3333, username = your VVC address, password x. The endpoint runs in solo mode: the block reward pays your address directly and the pool holds nothing. Details and example commands on the Mining page.

Difficulty adjusts every block from the last 60 block times, aiming at one block every 240 seconds. More hash rate raises it within blocks; less lowers it. The live value is on the status page and the Mining page.

Yes: the block explorer at vivuscoin.com/explorer/ shows blocks, transactions, addresses, search and a rich list, with a JSON API. The network status page shows height, last block time, difficulty and seed-node state.

P2P port 8168. Seed nodes seed1.vivuscoin.com and seed2.vivuscoin.com; add them with addnode= in vivuscoin.conf if your wallet finds no peers. Chain parameters are listed on the Developers page.

Mining pool statistics, block explorer improvements, further airdrop phases, more wallets and exchange listings, and a review of the proof-of-work algorithm. See What’s next.

Email support@vivuscoin.com or open an issue on GitHub. General discussion is in the BitcoinTalk announcement thread and the Telegram group; see Community & contact.

At github.com/vivuscoin/vivuscoin, MIT-licensed. Releases and checksums are published there too.