Skeincoin – Skein SHA256 [SKC]
Skeincoin launch date: 1st November 2013.
Skeincoin uses a new Proof of Work (POW) algorithm that is energy efficient and secure. The first round of hashing is done using Skein, the second using SHA256 (Skein-SHA2).
Read more about skein algorithm: http://www.skein-hash.info/
The algorithm is very suited to be implemented for optimised CPU, GPU, FGPA and ASIC.
Skeincoin specifications
- POW Hash: Skein-SHA2
- Block target: 2 minutes
- Block reward: 32 SKN, halving every year (262,800 blocks)
- No premine: the first 100 blocks had a reward of 0.0001
- Total coins: Around 17 million
- Default RPC Port: 21230
- P2P Port: 11230
Skeincoin links and downloads
Official skeincoin website: http://www.skeincoin.org/
Source: http://github.com/skeincoin/skeincoin
Windows QT wallet:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B96PCN3xfhRVQzB4dmRGcTd0V1U/edit?usp=sharing
Sample skeincoin.conf file
rpcuser=myname
rpcpassword=mypassword
rpcport=21230
server=1
listen=1
maxconnections=200
addnode=162.243.69.185
addnode=146.185.129.70
