VivuscoinMining Vivuscoin
Vivuscoin is SHA-256d proof of work with a 240-second block target and a 50 VVC reward. The project runs a solo stratum endpoint: point any SHA-256d miner at it with your VVC address as the username, and a block you find pays the reward straight to that address. No account, no pool balance, nothing to withdraw.
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Proof of work in Vivuscoin
Vivuscoin uses SHA-256d, the same double SHA-256 hash as Bitcoin, on Bitcoin-derived code. The rules that matter to a miner:
- Block target: 240 seconds. Difficulty is set so that the whole network finds one block every four minutes on average.
- Reward: 50 VVC per block, halving every 210,000 blocks. Transaction fees in the block go to the miner as well.
- Coinbase maturity: 100 blocks. A reward can be spent after 100 further blocks; the wallet shows it as immature until then.
- Difficulty adjusts every block from a weighted average of the last 60 block times (LWMA-1), so it follows the hash rate on the network. The live value is in the tiles above.
Solo mining through our stratum endpoint
Any SHA-256d stratum miner can connect. Your VVC address is the username, the password is x.
The endpoint runs in solo mode: the block template's coinbase pays the address you authorise with, so a block you find pays its full 50 VVC reward directly to your wallet. There is no pool wallet, no share accounting that turns into payouts, no minimum, no fee and nothing to withdraw. It also means there is no smoothing: you earn a whole block or nothing.
Use an address that starts with A from the Vivuscoin wallet. Bech32 vvc1 usernames have not been tested against the endpoint yet, so stick to A addresses for now. A username that is not a valid VVC address is rejected at login.
Pool URL: stratum+tcp://pool.vivuscoin.com:3333 Username: your VVC wallet address (e.g. A... from the Vivuscoin wallet) Password: x Example: -a sha256d -o stratum+tcp://pool.vivuscoin.com:3333 -u <YOUR_VVC_ADDRESS> -p x
Your miner sends work to the stratum endpoint; when a block is found, its reward is paid by the block itself to the address you used as the username.
Step by step
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Get a VVC address
Install Vivuscoin Core, let it sync fully (its height matches the block explorer), and create a receiving address in the Receive tab. It starts with
A. Back upwallet.dat: the block rewards land in this wallet and nowhere else. -
Pick mining software
Any miner that speaks stratum and hashes SHA-256d will do. For a first connection test a CPU miner such as cpuminer (
-a sha256d) is enough; for actually finding blocks see the hardware notes. Vivuscoin has no miner of its own and recommends none. -
Run the miner
Three example command lines. They are examples; check your miner's own flags, in particular how it selects the algorithm.
cpuminer / cpuminer-multicpuminer -a sha256d -o stratum+tcp://pool.vivuscoin.com:3333 -u <YOUR_VVC_ADDRESS> -p x
cgminercgminer -o stratum+tcp://pool.vivuscoin.com:3333 -u <YOUR_VVC_ADDRESS> -p x
bfgminerbfgminer -o stratum+tcp://pool.vivuscoin.com:3333 -u <YOUR_VVC_ADDRESS> -p x
Replace
<YOUR_VVC_ADDRESS>with the address from step 1. cgminer and bfgminer hash SHA-256d by default; other miners need the algorithm named. A working connection shows a subscribe, an accepted authorisation and a new job every 30 seconds or so. -
Watch for your block
Your miner reports accepted shares; a share that meets the network difficulty is a block. The network status page shows the block height and the time of the last block, and your wallet shows the reward as an immature balance. To inspect a block, open it on the block explorer: each block page shows the coinbase and the address it paid.
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Wait for the reward to mature
A block reward becomes spendable after 100 further blocks. At the 240-second target that is about 6 hours and 40 minutes.
Hardware
The network is small and difficulty follows whatever hash rate is on it, so the question is what matches the network rather than what is fastest.
| Hardware | Typical SHA-256d rate | Makes sense for |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | tens of MH/s | Testing the connection |
| Single GPU | about 1–3 GH/s | Mining; throttle it if blocks come faster than every four minutes |
| SHA-256 ASIC | tens of TH/s and up | Far more than the network needs; difficulty rises to meet it within blocks and falls back after it leaves |
Difficulty is recomputed every block from the last 60, so it tracks your hash rate within an hour or two. A steady, modest hash rate keeps blocks close to the 240-second target; a duty-cycled or throttled device is the considerate choice on a network this size.
Mining FAQ
Is there a fee?
No. The endpoint runs in solo mode with no fee and no donation: the whole 50 VVC reward plus the block's transaction fees go to your address in the block itself. The pool never holds coins, so there is nothing to deduct.
Can I use a normal pool?
We know of no third-party pool for VVC, and this endpoint does not do shared payouts. If you want to run your own, any solo-mode stratum server built for Bitcoin-derived nodes can be pointed at a Vivuscoin full node; how to run a node is on the Developers page. A pool that promises VVC payouts is not affiliated with this project.
What about the old pool instructions?
The host and port have not changed: pool.vivuscoin.com:3333. The old homepage line with -p c=VVC is obsolete; the password is now simply x, and the username is your address rather than an account name.
Where do I see my blocks?
In your wallet, as an immature balance that matures after 100 blocks, and on the network status page as a rising block height. Open the block on the block explorer to see the coinbase and the address it paid, or use a full node's getblock.
Wallets
Get the address your rewards will be paid to.
NextWhat’s next
Where the project is heading.
NextDevelopers
Run your own node; chain parameters and RPC.
NextSupply
Total supply, block reward and the halving schedule.
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The other way to get VVC. Register an address: 500 VVC for each of the first 1,000 registered addresses, then 50 VVC.