The meaning of Azula
shugacoin's first node software is called by Azula.

• Azula replaces the word Core (ie: Bitcoin Core). We think it sounds a bit centralized.
• The name is inspired by a character Azula from the film Avatar: The Legend of Aang
• Core uses Sugarchain which we love

Specifications

• Block time: 5 seconds
• Difficulty: ShugaShield-N510 (based on Zcash's modification of Digishield)
• Block reward: 42.94967296 SHUGA
• Halving interval: 12,500,000 Blocks (approx. 2 years)
• Total supply: 1,073,741,824 SHUGA
• PoW algorithm: YespowerShuga (based on Yespower 1.0.1)
• 40001 / RPC 40002
• Premine: None (No ICO, No Presale, No Founder's Rewards)

Wallet

• Win64: https://github.com/shugacoin-project/shugacoin/releases/latest
• Linux64: https://github.com/shugacoin-project/shugacoin/releases/latest
• Web Wallet: https://wallet.shugacoin.org/#/
• Source: https://github.com/shugacoin-project/shugacoin

Explorer

• Shuga Explorer: https://explorer.shugacoin.org/#/

Community

• Telegram: https://t.me/shugacoin
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/shugacoin

one-CPU-one-vote
Satoshi Nakamoto talked about the importance of decentralized mining in his whitepaper. We want to create a blockchain that anyone can do mining easily without any entry barriers.

• CPU mining only:
  • YespowerShuga (based on Yespower 1.0.1) is only for Shugacoin, not compatible with other Yespower coins.
  • The minimum difficulty (powlimit) is set low enough for two reasons. The first is to handle fast block time; The second is to allow mining on slow CPUs.
• Mining efficiency:
  • According to the test results, the most efficient is using 8 threads on a single CPU.
  • YespowerShuga is more suitable for older CPUs, because it is essentially a multi-threading resistor. Suitable for smartphones and raspberrypi.
• NO GPU: GPU mining is not possible.
• NO ASIC: ASIC mining is not possible.

Other advantages
Native segwit (Bech32) address built-in by default: Starting with shuga1q...
Fast blockchain synchronization: Using sha256d in header indexing, the initial synchronization speed is as fast as Litecoin