[THO] CPU/GPU mineable post-quantum coin — no premine, 0-conf maturity, PPLNS

[devthocoin]

For miners hunting a fresh, fair-launch PoW coin you can start on a laptop:

ThoCoin (THO) — SHA-256d PoW, ML-DSA-87 (FIPS-204) post-quantum signatures, Rust.

WHY MINERS SHOULD LOOK
- No premine, no ICO. Every THO is mined — you're not buying someone's bags.
- Young network = low difficulty now. CPU mining is viable today.
- Coinbase maturity 0 — mined coins spendable immediately.
- Per-block LWMA difficulty — resists hash-and-run, protects small miners.
- One app = wallet + node + solo miner + pool miner. No config hell.

QUICK START
1. Download from https://thocoin.org/download
   - ThoCoin-Setup.exe (Windows Installer) or ThoCoin-win64.zip (Portable)
2. Verify: certutil -hashfile ThoCoin-Setup.exe SHA256  (match SHA256SUMS.txt)
3. Back up your 24-word recovery phrase (Receive -> Show recovery phrase)
4. Mining tab (solo) OR Join Pool tab (PPLNS, paid in-coinbase)

RUN YOUR OWN POOL
thocoin-pool.exe 0.0.0.0:23333

NETWORK PARAMETERS
- Algo: SHA-256d PoW header
- Reward: 220.2 THO/block, halving every 458,440 blocks
- Target block time: 275s, LWMA difficulty (90-block window)
- Max supply: 198,700,000 THO
- Coinbase maturity: 0 blocks
- Ports: P2P 22221 / RPC 22222 / Pool 23333

STATUS (stated openly)
Third-party security audit is planned as the network matures. UTXO set currently
held in RAM. Do your own research, only mine/use funds you can afford to risk.

Website: https://thocoin.org
Explorer: https://thocoin.org/explorer
Source: https://github.com/thocoin-max/thocoin
Telegram: https://t.me/devthocoin

Post your hashrate / first-block results below.

[devthocoin]

CPU vs GPU edition — which one do I pick?

CPU EDITION
- Software rendering, runs on ANY Windows PC or VM. No GPU needed.
- Best for laptops, VPS, or just testing.
- Difficulty is low right now, so CPU mining still earns.

GPU EDITION
- Needs an OpenCL runtime installed.
- Adds hardware rendering + OpenCL mining = more hashrate on a dedicated GPU.

Both editions support solo mining and pool mining (PPLNS, paid in-coinbase).
Prefer no installer? Grab ThoCoin-win64.zip (portable) from
https://thocoin.org/download

Since the network is young, even CPU mining on a normal PC is viable today.
That window won't stay open forever. Post your setup and hashrate below.

[devthocoin]

TOKENOMICS — fully on-chain verifiable

- Max supply: 198,700,000 THO (1 THO = 100,000,000 base units)
- Block reward: 220.2 THO, halving every 458,440 blocks
- Target block time: 275s -> roughly 4 years per halving era
- No premine, no ICO, no presale, no VC allocation, no dev tax
- Transaction fees go to the miner via the coinbase

The genesis coinbase is permanently unspendable — anyone can read genesis_block()
in src/core/chain.rs and confirm it pays an address no one holds the key to.
Every THO entered circulation through mining, from Block 0, on the same public
release everyone uses.

Source: https://github.com/thocoin-max/thocoin
Explorer: https://thocoin.org/explorer

[devthocoin]

Why per-block LWMA difficulty matters for small miners

ThoCoin retargets difficulty EVERY block using LWMA over a 90-block window,
targeting 275s.

THE PROBLEM WITH SLOW RETARGETS
Coins that retarget every N blocks are open to hash-and-run: a big miner jumps
on, difficulty stays low, they grab cheap blocks, then leave — and everyone else
is stuck at high difficulty with slow blocks until the next retarget.

WHAT LWMA DOES
- Recomputes difficulty every single block
- Weights recent blocks more heavily
- Reacts fast to hashrate swings without wild oscillation

RESULT
Steadier block times, and much less profit in hash-and-run. Small and CPU miners
aren't left holding the bag when a whale leaves.

Check block spacing yourself on the explorer — they should sit near the 275s
target: https://thocoin.org/explorer