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<h1>BitcoinDark</h1>

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<h2>    What Is BitcoinDark?</h2>

<p>BitcoinDark is a Proof of Stake Cryptocurrency. The first two weeks after release will consist of a two week Proof of Work period.</p>

<h2>Why BitcoinDark?</h2>

<p>It is the goal of the BitcoinDark developers for everyone involved in the Cryptocurrency revolution to have access to the exciting developments that have been taking place. An ASIC-friendly, mixed PoW/PoS coin with eventual anonymous transaction capabilities has been sorely overlooked.</p>

<p>The BitcoinDark developers believe that progress should never be held back. ASICs use much less energy than GPUs and are orders of magnitude more efficient. The energy used mining Scrypt coins for years to prolong the days of GPU mining was a truly enormous waste of resources on a global scale. Why hold back progress? BitcoinDark encourages it.</p>

<h2>BitcoinDark Specifications</h2>

<p><strong>Coin Generation</strong>: Pure Proof of Stake with Proof of Work period upon release</p>

<p><strong>Proof of Work Algorithm</strong>: SHA-256</p>

<p><strong>Total Number of Coins</strong>: 22 million</p>

<p><strong>PoW Block Reward</strong>: 80 BTCD</p>

<p><strong>PoW Blocks</strong>: 20,160</p>

<p><strong>PoW Target Blocktime</strong>: 1 minute</p>

<p><strong>RPC Port</strong>: 14632</p>

<p><strong>Port</strong>: 14631</p>

<p><strong>Time to Maturity</strong>: 100 Confirmations</p>

<p><strong>Proof of Stake Reward</strong>: 5% per year</p>

<p><strong>Minimum Coin Stake Age</strong>: 8 hours</p>