[ANN] Digital Reserve and Information Protocol (DRIP)

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DRIP
Digital Reserve and Information Protocol
Bitcoin, Reset to Zero
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■ WHAT IS DRIP?

DRIP is a fresh start on Bitcoin's proven technology.

Same battle-tested codebase. Same 21 million supply cap. Same SHA256d mining.
But with a genesis block minted December 25, 2025 – giving everyone an equal opportunity from day one.

No whales from 2009. No $100K entry barrier. Just fair distribution.

■ FAIR LAUNCH

• No Premine – Zero coins created before launch
• No ICO / No VC – Coins earned through mining only
• Open Source – MIT licensed, transparent codebase
• Genesis Block – Dec 25, 2025 with WSJ headline timestamp

■ NETWORK SPECS

Algorithm: SHA256d (Bitcoin ASICs work)
Block Time: 5 minutes (2x faster than BTC)
Total Supply: 21,000,000 DRIP
Block Reward: 50 DRIP (halving every 210,000 blocks)
Difficulty: Adjusts every 1,008 blocks (~3.5 days)
Address: D... (base58) or drip1... (bech32)
Ports: P2P 58333 | RPC 58332

Genesis Message: "WSJ 25/Dec/2025 The Economic Divide Between Big and Small Companies Is Growing"
Genesis Hash: 00000000ef0945a11c9eab83c04c5dc6185477289bf25d695db9cf7cba00130c

■ HARD FORK (Block 36,108)

DRIP successfully hard forked to improve network stability:

Before: Difficulty adjusted every 4,032 blocks (~2 weeks)
After: Difficulty adjusts every 1,008 blocks (~3.5 days)

Faster adjustments help the network respond to hashrate changes—essential for a young chain.

■ MINING

DRIP uses SHA256d — any Bitcoin ASIC works. Pool mining recommended:

• https://superaxepool.com/
• https://altcoinspool.cc/

Get a wallet address:
drip-cli -drip createwallet "mywallet"
drip-cli -drip getnewaddress

■ RUN A NODE

GUI: drip-qt (full wallet with interface)
CLI: ./dripd -drip

Segwit + Taproot active from block 1.

■ LINKS

Explorer: https://dripscan.io
Discord: https://discord.gg/jHy2yCMpWH
GitHub: https://github.com/Digital-Reserve/DRIP
Downloads: https://github.com/Digital-Reserve/DRIP/releases
Technical Overview: https://github.com/Digital-Reserve/DRIP/blob/master/doc/DRIP-technical-overview.md

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MIT License • Based on Bitcoin Core