Vivuscoin
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Get started with Vivuscoin

Install the wallet, let it sync, create an address, then get VVC by mining solo or through the airdrop. There is no exchange to sign up for, because VVC is not listed anywhere. You can do every step below today; coins move again once blocks are being produced.

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Four steps, in order

Each step takes a few minutes. The only waiting is the first sync, and it stops at block 24,092 because that is where the chain is paused.

  1. Install a wallet

    Vivuscoin Core is the only wallet. The current release is v1.0.0.3 for Windows and macOS, published on GitHub in 2021. The buttons link to the latest release assets and fall back to the release page.

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    • Windows: run the .exe installer. Windows may warn about an unknown publisher; the binary is built from the public source.
    • macOS: the .dmg is unsigned, so a double-click is refused. Right-click (or Control-click) the app, choose Open, and confirm once.
    • Linux: the 2021 GUI build does not run on current distributions. Build from source (see Developers) or wait for v1.1, which ships Linux binaries.

    v1.1 wallets are coming.

    They will replace v1.0.0.3 and you will need to upgrade before the activation height, which is not set yet. Installing v1.0.0.3 now is still the right first step: your keys and address carry over.

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  2. Let it sync, then back it up

    On first start the wallet downloads the whole chain from the seed nodes. It is small, and the wallet is fully synced when it shows block 24,092. It will not go further: the chain has been paused there since 2021, and that is expected.

    If the wallet sits at zero and reports no connections, add the seed nodes by hand. Create or edit vivuscoin.conf in the data directory (locations are listed on the Wallets page) and restart the wallet:

    vivuscoin.conf 
    addnode=seed1.vivuscoin.com
addnode=seed2.vivuscoin.com

    Before you receive anything: Settings → Encrypt Wallet, then File → Backup Wallet and keep the wallet.dat copy somewhere offline. The file holds your keys; anyone with it and your passphrase controls your coins.

  3. Get a receiving address

    Open the Receive tab and request a new address. An address from the wallet starts with A. Legacy (non-segwit) addresses start with 7 or 8, and bech32 addresses start with vvc1; all three are valid on the network. This address is what you give to the airdrop form or use as your mining username.

    • Copy the address with the wallet's copy button rather than by hand, and check the first and last characters after pasting it anywhere.
    • When someone first sends to you, ask for a small test amount before a larger one.
    • Nobody from Vivuscoin will ever ask for your private keys, your passphrase or your wallet.dat.

  4. Get VVC, and watch for it

    There are exactly two ways to get VVC, and neither involves buying it:

    • Mine it. Point any SHA-256d miner at stratum+tcp://pool.vivuscoin.com:3333 with your 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. Mining guide.
    • Register for the airdrop. One claim per address. The programme distributes part of the founder's holding, which is about 94 % of the 127.03 million VVC in existence; the size and schedule are published before the first payout. Airdrop sign-up.

    To see whether anything has happened, watch the block height and last-block time on the network status page, and look your address up on the block explorer to verify a payment or a mined block; your own wallet shows the same balance.

    Transactions confirm only once blocks are being produced again.

    The chain is paused at 24,092 until the v1.1 restart (see the roadmap). You can install, sync, create an address, register and even point a miner at the endpoint now; rewards and airdrop payouts arrive once blocks flow.

What to expect while the chain is paused

The wallet behaves like any Bitcoin-derived wallet, with one difference: the block counter stops at 24,092 and the "last block" time is 2021-09-22. That is not a sync problem. The 2021 difficulty rules let the difficulty get pushed up, the hash power left, and no block has been found since. The v1.1 upgrade changes those rules so the chain recovers from a stall on its own.

Two consequences for a new user:

  • A transaction you send now stays unconfirmed until blocks are produced. It is not lost, but it is not final either. There is no reason to send anything yet.
  • When v1.1 ships, every wallet must be upgraded before its activation height. Old wallets that are not upgraded will stop following the chain at that height. The height is announced with the release, not before.

Everything about who holds the supply is on the Supply & transparency page; the short version is that the founder holds about 94 % of it, which is why the airdrop exists.

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Wallets

Downloads, checksums, backups and what changes in v1.1.

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Mining

Solo stratum, example commands, hardware notes.

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Airdrop

Register an address; rules and payouts are published.

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FAQ

Short answers on supply, wallets, mining and the restart.

Have your address? Put it to use.

Register it for the airdrop, or use it as your mining username. Nothing is sent until blocks flow again.

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