VivuscoinWhat is Vivuscoin?
An open-source proof-of-work coin built on Bitcoin-derived code, with 240-second blocks, a fixed emission schedule and a solo mining endpoint anyone can use.
In one paragraph
Vivuscoin (ticker VVC) is an open-source proof-of-work cryptocurrency. Its software is a fork of Bitcoin Core, it uses the same SHA-256d hash as Bitcoin, and it runs its own chain with its own genesis block: no Bitcoin balance carries over. The chain launched in 2021 and runs on Vivuscoin Core 1.1. Miners are paid 50 VVC per block, halving every 210,000 blocks, and about 127.03 million VVC exist today. The code is MIT-licensed at github.com/vivuscoin/vivuscoin.
How it works
Miners compete to find a block roughly every 240 seconds; the miner who finds one is paid 50 VVC, and that reward halves every 210,000 blocks. A block reward can be spent after 100 further blocks. Difficulty adjusts every block from the last 60 block times, so the rhythm holds at any hash rate. Anyone can run a node: it connects to the two seed nodes on port 8168, downloads every block and checks each one against the rules itself. Addresses created by the Vivuscoin wallet start with A; older-style addresses start with 7 or 8, and native SegWit addresses start with vvc1.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Proof of work | SHA-256d (the same hash as Bitcoin) |
| Block target | 240 seconds |
| Block reward | 50 VVC, halving every 210,000 blocks |
| Difficulty | Adjusts every block (LWMA-1 over a 60-block window) |
| Coinbase maturity | 100 blocks |
| Genesis block | 2021 · 000000009ba1cc4ecf00c8d24b704f3e88f8c03a70fba8f3e6c350007b5a2cd5 |
| Address prefixes | A… (default, P2SH) · 7…/8… (legacy) · vvc1… (bech32) |
| P2P port | 8168 |
| Seed nodes | seed1.vivuscoin.com · seed2.vivuscoin.com |
| Software | Vivuscoin Core 1.1 (Bitcoin Core 0.17-era fork), MIT licence |
The full parameter list, including network magic and address version bytes, is on the Developers page; live height and difficulty are on the status page.
Supply and emission
About 127.03 million VVC exist today, every one of them created by a block subsidy. Each block pays 50 VVC, halving every 210,000 blocks; the schedule and the current total are on the Supply page, and every block is on the block explorer.
What you get
A coin you can mine, a wallet you can run, and code you can read.
Open source
Vivuscoin Core is MIT-licensed on GitHub, with tagged releases and a SHA256SUMS file for every build.
Fixed emission
50 VVC per block, halving every 210,000 blocks. No other way to create VVC exists in the consensus rules.
Mine it yourself
Any SHA-256 miner works. Use your address as the stratum username and a block you find pays the whole reward to you. Mining guide.
The mission behind the name
The 2021 whitepaper (PDF) is a mission paper. It describes a long-term research ambition: to simulate a human brain in a computer in full physical detail, so that life inside a computer becomes possible, and it proposes Vivuscoin, the “digital life token”, as the currency for computational resources in that future. The paper contains no supply or economics figures; the numbers on this site come from the chain and its source code.
Get started
Wallet, address, first coins in four steps.
NextSupply
Total supply, block reward and the halving schedule.
NextFAQ
Short answers, grouped by topic.
NextWhat’s next
Where the project is heading.
Try it for yourself
Install the wallet, let it sync and create an address. Then mine, or claim VVC from the airdrop: 500 VVC for each of the first 1,000 registered addresses, then 50 VVC.