# PRESS RELEASE: Dilithion — The First Post-Quantum Cryptocurrency Built for the Quantum Era
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — March 12, 2026**
## Dilithion Mainnet Surpasses 30,000 Blocks with Growing Global Mining Community
**Dilithion**, the world's first Layer 1 cryptocurrency built from the ground up with NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography, has reached a significant milestone: over 30,000 blocks mined on its mainnet since its fair launch on January 28, 2026 — with zero downtime and zero premine.
### Why Dilithion Matters Now
Quantum computing is no longer theoretical. Google demonstrated in May 2025 that RSA-2048 could be broken with fewer than 1 million qubits — a dramatic downward revision from prior estimates. IBM's roadmap targets fault-tolerant quantum systems by 2029. NIST and the NSA warn that Q-Day — the day quantum computers can break today's encryption — could arrive as early as 2030.
Every Bitcoin, Ethereum, and major cryptocurrency transaction ever made uses ECDSA signatures that a sufficiently powerful quantum computer could forge. This isn't a future problem — it's a ticking clock.
**Dilithion uses CRYSTALS-Dilithium (ML-DSA)**, the digital signature algorithm standardized by NIST in 2024 specifically to resist quantum attacks. Unlike projects that bolt quantum resistance onto existing chains, Dilithion was designed quantum-safe from block zero. There are no legacy ECDSA keys to harvest. No migration needed. No exposure window.
### Two Chains, One Ecosystem
Dilithion operates a dual-chain architecture designed for complementary roles:
**DIL — Digital Gold (RandomX Proof-of-Work)**
- 21 million maximum supply (same as Bitcoin)
- CPU-mineable using RandomX — no ASICs, no GPUs, just your computer
- 50 DIL block reward with Bitcoin-style halving schedule
- 4-minute block times
- Current stats: **30,140 blocks**, **difficulty 5,079**, **37+ active miners**
**DilV — Digital Cash (Verifiable Delay Function)**
- 210 million maximum supply, 10:1 natural ratio with DIL
- ~45-second block times for fast payments
- 100 DilV block reward
- Any CPU can participate — true decentralization
- Current stats: **11,049 blocks**, **120+ active miners**
Both chains share Dilithium post-quantum signatures, the Digital DNA Sybil resistance system, and native HTLC atomic swaps for trustless cross-chain exchange.
### Fair Launch. No Exceptions.
Dilithion had no premine, no ICO, no VC allocation, and no insider tokens. Every single coin in circulation was mined by the community, starting from block zero. A 2% mining tax (1% development fund, 1% developer reward) funds ongoing development transparently.
### Already Trading on Base via Aerodrome DEX
Wrapped tokens (wDIL and wDilV) are live on Base mainnet and tradeable on Aerodrome, one of Base's largest decentralized exchanges. A bridge relayer facilitates deposits and withdrawals between the native chains and Base, with full replay protection and daily mint caps for security.
- **wDIL contract**: `0x30629128d1d3524F1A01B9c385FbE84fDCbD36C2`
- **wDilV contract**: `0xF162F6B432FeeD73458D4653ef8E74Ba014403E8`
### Network Infrastructure
Four geographically distributed seed nodes (New York, London, Singapore, Sydney) anchor both chains, with over 150 peer connections across the network. The project maintains residential-majority node distribution — over 80% of peers are home miners, not datacenter nodes.
### Technology Highlights
- **CRYSTALS-Dilithium3 (ML-DSA-65)** — NIST FIPS 204 standardized signatures on every transaction
- **RandomX** — Monero's battle-tested CPU mining algorithm, ASIC-resistant by design
- **Digital DNA** — 8-dimensional hardware fingerprinting for Sybil resistance (latency, timing, memory, thermal, clock drift, bandwidth, behavioral, perspective)
- **MIK (Miner Identity Key)** — Every miner registers a unique hardware identity, preventing one entity from masquerading as many
- **HTLC Atomic Swaps** — Trustless DIL-to-DilV exchange without intermediaries
- **x402 Integration** — Micropayment protocol for AI agent-to-agent commerce
### How to Start Mining
Anyone with a modern CPU can mine Dilithion today:
1. Download the latest release from [dilithion.org](
https://dilithion.org)
2. Available for **Linux**, **macOS**, and **Windows**
3. Run `dilithion-node --mine` — that's it
No special hardware. No pool fees. No permission needed.
### About Dilithion
Dilithion is an open-source, community-driven cryptocurrency project preparing the world for the post-quantum era. The codebase is publicly available on GitHub under the MIT license. The project is experimental and under active development.
- **Website**: [dilithion.org](
https://dilithion.org)
- **GitHub**: [github.com/dilithion/dilithion](
https://github.com/dilithion/dilithion)
- **Telegram**: [t.me/dilithion](
https://t.me/dilithion)
- **Discord**: [discord.com/invite/DS3gjmsFEJ](
https://discord.com/invite/DS3gjmsFEJ)
### Key Statistics (Live as of March 12, 2026)
| Metric | DIL | DilV |
|--------|-----|------|
| Block height | 30,140 | 11,049 |
| Active miners (MIK verified) | 37 | 120 |
| Seed node peers | 156 | 146 |
| Max supply | 21,000,000 | 210,000,000 |
| Block reward | 50 DIL | 100 DilV |
| Block time | ~4 min | ~45 sec |
| Consensus | RandomX PoW | VDF |
| Signatures | Dilithium3 | Dilithium3 |
| DEX trading | Aerodrome (Base) | Aerodrome (Base) |
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*Dilithion is experimental software. Mining and holding cryptocurrency carries risk. This is not financial advice. Do your own research.*
