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chain2 is an experimental SHA256 altcoin designed to explore the performance of the Real-Time Targeting (RTT) difficulty adjustment algorithm (research, implementation).

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Mining

Slight modifications to pool software (ckpool, yiimp), allow it to mine chain2 in a reasonable way, with no stratum client modifications needed. But RTT will benefit most from a bit more specialized software that knows how to evolve the target without needing a new template each second.

• Pool https://mcpool.chain2.org/ -a sha256 -o stratum+tcp://stratum.mcpool.chain2.org:3330 -u -p c=CTWO

Markets

• https://freiexchange.com/market/CTWO/BTC

Resources

• Explorer http://explorer.chain2.org
• Explorer http://iquidus.chain2.org
• Chat https://discord.gg/pydVnNh
• Faucet http://faucet.chain2.org

Consensus Rules

• Bitcoin Cash rules as of 14 November, 2018 (PRE-SPLIT)
  • Has BIP143, 32MB blocks, etc.
• Real-Time Targeting
• CHECKDATASIG activation at 75% support over 90 days (BIP135)
  • Activated 2020-07-29 12:14:35
• Gradual max block size adjustment by miners (BIP100)

Other Notable Features

• XThin and compact blocks
• "ctwo:" addresses

Notably NOT Supported

Running a wallet on a pruned node, HD wallets, obfuscated chainstate, ZMQ, Schnorr

Building

• Unix Build Notes
• OSX Build Notes