"The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot live in the cradle forever." -- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
Marscoin is an open-source blockchain project dedicated to supporting Mars colonization and space exploration initiatives. Launched in 2014, we're an international community of Mars enthusiasts, researchers, scientists, and volunteers working together to create the financial infrastructure for humanity's future on Mars.
- Open Source Blockchain: A decentralized, trustless public ledger derived from Litecoin and Bitcoin
- Robust features: ASERT algorithmic hash adjustment, scrypt from Litecoin, Merge-Mining, latest Bitcoin Core
- Quick Confirmations: 2-minute block times optimized for future Mars use (123s = 2 min on Mars)
- Community Driven: Active development by space exploration enthusiasts
- Mars Society Partnership: Supporting real-world Mars research and advocacy
- Longevity: The blockchain has run for 11 years and continously updates its roadmap
- marscoin - Core blockchain implementation
- electrum-mars - Lightweight wallet
- martianrepublic - Governance platform
- phobos - Blockchain explorer
- marssight - Blockchain explorer
- martianrepublic-mobile - Marscoin dedicated mobile wallet & civic governance
- pebas - Node - web api interface
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Use Marscoin:
- Desktop Wallet: Reference Implementation
- Mobile Wallet: Martian Republic Mobile
- Light Wallet: Electrum-Mars
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Run a Node:
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Develop:
- roadmap - Roadmap
- marscore - Core development
- martianrepublic - Governance platform
- marssight - Blockexplorer
We welcome contributions from developers, space enthusiasts, and anyone interested in advancing human presence on Mars. Check our repositories for open issues and contribution guidelines. Currently our 4 most actively pursued projects are the Marscoin core, the Martian Republic (website and mobile app) and the Marscoin blockchain explorers.
Most Marscoin projects are released under the MIT License. See individual repositories for specific licensing information.
Marscoin™ is a registered trademark of The Marscoin Foundation, LLC USPTO 7,227,237