[ANN] CivicNet (CIVIC) - CivicLight PoW | Mainnet is LIVE! | CPU-Only

[CivicLight]

CivicNet (CIVIC)
The Decentralized Community Grid — Built for Everyone, Powered by Any CPU

[GitHub Source] | [Wallets & Miners] | [Block Explorer] | [Official Pool]

💡 Why CivicNet?

Most proof-of-work coins today have quietly become a game for whoever owns the biggest ASIC farm. CivicNet takes a step toward a different path, built on a custom algorithm called civiclight, designed to keep mining accessible on ordinary CPU hardware rather than requiring specialized rigs.

Real Talk About ASIC Resistance:
To be upfront, civiclight is not currently ASIC-proof by design. It is a lightweight, hash-based algorithm rather than a memory-hard one. A dedicated ASIC-resistant redesign (memory-hard, similar in spirit to RandomX/Argon2) is on our roadmap for a future upgrade. For now, mining is CPU-friendly and low-barrier in practice. We believe in being honest about where the project stands technically rather than overclaiming.


🚀 Key Features

• CPU-friendly PoW — The civiclight algorithm (SHA256d → SHA256 → XOR 0x5A → SHA256) is intentionally lightweight, keeping mining highly accessible to regular hardware today.
  
• Fast Blocks — 1-minute block time ensures rapid network confirmations.
  
• Fair Emission — 77 CIVIC per block, halving every 2,100,000 blocks (~4 years).
  
• Fixed Supply — Hard capped around 315,000,000 CIVIC. No inflation loopholes.
  
• Proven Architecture — Built on the battle-tested Bitcoin/Litecoin Core v0.21 codebase.
  
• Modern Standards — Native SegWit and Bech32 address formats (civc1q...) from day one.
  

📊 Technical Specifications

Algorithm	civiclight (custom, CPU-friendly)
Block Time	1 minute
Block Reward	77 CIVC (Halving every 2,100,000 blocks)
Coinbase Maturity	50 confirmations (~50 minutes)
Total Supply	~315,000,000 CIVC
Address Format	Bech32 (civc1q...)
P2P / RPC Ports	9333 / 9332

💎 Tokenomics & Transparency

CivicNet allocates a 1% developer premine (3,150,000 CIVIC), minted transparently in Block 1. This fund is strictly locked for ongoing core development, infrastructure maintenance (seed nodes, explorer, pool hosting), and community bounty initiatives.

Every other single coin in circulation is earned exactly the same way — through open, fair mining. There are no hidden VC allocations, no private sales, and no stealth mining. We believe in complete transparency from day one.


🛠️ Getting Started

1. Get the Node & Wallet
Download CivicNet Core (daemon + CLI + wallet tools) for your platform from our official GitHub releases.

2. Get the Miner
Our custom CPU miner binaries (Windows & Linux) with native civiclight optimization are available on the same releases page. Just extract and run.

3. Start Mining

Solo Mining (Direct to your local node):

Code:

cpuminer.exe -a civiclight -o http://YOUR_NODE_IP:9332 -u RPC_USER -p RPC_PASS --coinbase-addr=civc1qYOUR_ADDRESS

Pool Mining (Join the official public pool):

Code:

cpuminer.exe -a civiclight -o stratum+tcp://103.180.165.99:3032 -u civc1qYOUR_ADDRESS -p x

Full setup documentation (node configuration, wallet commands, security/backup best practices) is bundled in the USAGE.md and MINER_USAGE.md files within every release package.


🔗 Official Links

Source Code: https://github.com/CivicLight/CivicNet
Wallet & Mining Tools: https://github.com/CivicLight/CivicNet/releases
Block Explorer: http://103.180.165.99:3001/
Mining Pool: stratum+tcp://103.180.165.99:3032


📌 Current Project Status
CivicNet is in an early, active development stage. The core node architecture, wallet system, optimized CPU miner, and public block explorer are fully built, tested, and online. The dedicated public stratum mining infrastructure is actively spinning up. This is a true ground-floor community launch. We are building this entirely in the open and welcome all technical feedback, stress-testing, and community suggestions.


Disclaimer: This is not financial advice. Cryptocurrency mining and participation involve inherent technical and market risks. Do your own research before dedicating hardware or participating in any blockchain project.

[gall00tech]

¿Is this mainnet?

Explorer  is not showing blocks.

[CivicLight]

Thanks for flagging this — completely fair question to ask.

Yes, this is genuine live mainnet. The block explorer had a syncing issue on our end (missing txindex configuration on the node, which we've now fixed) — it wasn't showing data properly for a bit after this thread went up. That's now resolved.

You can verify directly here: http://103.180.165.99:3001

You'll see real block heights, transaction hashes, and block rewards being produced continuously. Appreciate the patience — and appreciate you checking rather than just assuming the worst, that's exactly the kind of scrutiny a new project should get.

[Hashrateoptions]

There is no miner for linux. I see only for windows.

[CivicLight]

Good news — a native Linux CPU miner build is now available.

Download: Check the Releases page on GitHub — civicnet-miner-linux-x86_64.tar.gz

Quick start:

Code:

tar -xzvf civicnet-miner-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd civicnet-miner-linux
chmod +x cpuminer
./cpuminer -a civiclight -o stratum+tcp://POOL_ADDRESS:POOL_PORT -u YOUR_CIVC_ADDRESS -p x

Built for a generic x86-64 baseline, so it should run on most 64-bit Linux distros (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, etc.) without extra dependencies beyond libcurl (usually already installed).

Full usage instructions (solo mining, pool mining, troubleshooting) are bundled in MINER_USAGE_LINUX.md inside the download.

Let me know if you hit any issues getting it running.

[Hashrateoptions]

czeck also explorer it is not working