Peercoin
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Peercoin, also known as Peer-to-Peer Coin, PP Coin, or PPC, is a cryptocurrency utilizing both proof-of-stake and proof-of-work systems. It is notable as the first cryptocurrency to implement the proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.
Key facts
- Cryptocurrency.currency_name
- Peercoin
- Cryptocurrency.image_1
- 150px
- Cryptocurrency.subunit_name_1
- mPPC (millicoin)
- Cryptocurrency.subunit_name_2
- μPPC (microcoin)
- Cryptocurrency.plural
- PPC, Peercoins
- Cryptocurrency.ticker_symbol
- PPC
- Cryptocurrency.initial_release_date
- 12 August 2012, 17:57:38 UTC
- Cryptocurrency.status
- Active
- Cryptocurrency.latest_release_version
- 0.15.0
- Cryptocurrency.latest_release_date
- 21 February 2025
- Cryptocurrency.author
- Scott Nadal, Sunny King (pseudonym)
- Cryptocurrency.white_paper
- "Peercoin Documentation"
- Cryptocurrency.source_model
- Open source
- Cryptocurrency.license
- MIT/X11
- Cryptocurrency.block_explorer
- https://chainz.cryptoid.info/ppc/
- Cryptocurrency.ledger_start
- 12 August 2012, 18:00:00 UTC
- Cryptocurrency.hash_function
- SHA-256
- Cryptocurrency.circulating_supply
- 29.3M PPC (9 December 2024)
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- peercoin.net
- Image
- PPCoin Wallet.png
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- Commons category
- PPCoin
- source code repository URL
- github.com/peercoin/peercoin
- Unicode character
- Ᵽ
- inception
- 2012-08-00
- software version identifier
- 0.15.1
- start time
- 2012-08-12
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Peercoin, also known as Peer-to-Peer Coin, PP Coin, or PPC, is a cryptocurrency utilizing both proof-of-stake and proof-of-work systems. It is notable as the first cryptocurrency to implement the proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.
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