Primecoin

Also known as XPM

Primecoin (Abbreviation: XPM) is a cryptocurrency that implements a proof-of-work system that searches for chains of prime numbers.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Primecoin is referenced by 176 other articles, and connects out to cryptocurrency, Ethereum and proof of work.

It sits within the topics Cryptocurrencies, Currencies introduced in 2013 and Currencies without ISO 4217 code.

Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Cryptocurrency.image_1: Primecoin Logo.png
Cryptocurrency.image_title_1: Primecoin logo
Cryptocurrency.image_width_1: 150
Cryptocurrency.issuing_authority: None, the primecoin peer-to-peer network regulates and distributes through consensus in protocol.
Cryptocurrency.date_of_introduction: 7 July 2013
Cryptocurrency.using_countries: International
Cryptocurrency.inflation_rate: Limited release, production rate before this limit re-evaluated with the production of every block (at a rate of approximately 1 block per minute) based on the difficulty with which primecoins are produced.
Cryptocurrency.nickname: XPM
Cryptocurrency.subunit_ratio_1: 0.001
Cryptocurrency.subunit_name_1: mXPM (millicoin)
Cryptocurrency.subunit_ratio_2: 0.000001
Cryptocurrency.subunit_name_2: μXPM (microcoin)
Cryptocurrency.subunit_ratio_3: 0.00000001
Cryptocurrency.subunit_name_3: Smallest unit
Cryptocurrency.plural: Primecoin, primecoins

via Wikipedia infobox

Source code

github.com →

Primecoin is released under conditional MIT license. See COPYING for more information. Developers work in their own trees, then submit pull requests when they think their feature or bug fix is ready. The master branch is regularly built and tested, but is not guaranteed to be completely stable. Tags are created regularly to indicate new official, stable release versions of Primecoin. Testing and code review is the bottleneck for development; we get more pull requests than we can review and test. Please be patient and help out, and remember this is a security-critical project where any mistake might cost people lots of money. Developers are strongly encouraged to write unit tests for new code, and to submit new unit tests for old code. Unit tests for the core code are in src/test/ . To compile and run them: (In ubuntu 20.04) cd depends; make export BOOST INCLUDE PATH= pwd /x86 64-pc-linux-gnu/include export BDB INCLUDE PATH= pwd /x86 64-pc-linux-gnu/include export OPENSSL INCLUDE PATH= pwd /x86 64-pc-linux-gnu/include export BOOST LIB PATH= pwd /x86 64-pc-linux-gnu/lib export BOOST LIB SUFFIX=-mt cd .. cd src ; make -f makefile.unix USE UPNP:= Unit tests for the GUI code are in src/qt/test/ . To compile and run them: qmake BITCOIN QT TEST=1 -o Makefile.test bitcoin-qt.pro make -f Makefile.test ./bitcoin-qt test Large changes should have a test plan, and should be tested by somebody other than the developer who wrote the code.

Excerpt from the source-code README · 3,850 chars · not written by Vinony