[QDAY] The PoW coin that outlives crypto.

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WHY THIS THREAD EXISTS

The original QDAY announcement and DollarDev account were removed after a malware accusation. The reporter later completed a deeper examination, could not confirm the claim, withdrew it, corrected the report and removed the negative trust.

The account and thread were never restored. The chain did not wait.

Full history and evidence:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5594203.0


QDAY

QDAY is a standalone Layer 1 with one purpose: stay alive until the day its own classical cryptography dies. Most chains would call that an emergency. QDAY wrote it into consensus.

Then the protocol does something very f@cking stupid.

Code:

BLAKE2b mining
        ↓
somebody solves the fixed Edwards25519 challenge
        ↓
the proof enters the mempool
        ↓
six blocks
        ↓
balances display ×1,000,000
        ↓
DEFEND OR DECAY

No oracle. No vote. No emergency key. The scalar works or it does not.

Before PQ Day:

Code:

PoW             BLAKE2b-256
Block target    60 seconds
Block reward    8 QDAY + fees
Maximum supply  8,500,000 QDAY before burns and decay
Every spend     Ed25519 + SLH-DSA

After PQ Day, ownership becomes maintenance. Run DEFEND to renew your outputs. Ignore them long enough and they decay to zero.

Your coins. Your responsibility. Your alarm clock is not consensus.


LINKS

Website: https://pqday.com

Explorer: https://explorer.pqday.com

Source and documentation: https://github.com/petoshi/qday

Premine, burns and dev wallet: https://explorer.pqday.com/premine

GPU / ASIC Stratum bridge: https://github.com/petoshi/qday-stratum

Wallet daemon for payment services: https://github.com/petoshi/qday-walletd

X: https://x.com/_petoshi


CPU MINING

Download QDAY Wallet, create or restore a wallet, wait for SYNCED, open CPU mining and press MINE.

Linux, Windows and macOS builds:
https://github.com/petoshi/qday/releases/latest


GPU / ASIC MINING

Keep QDAY Wallet open, unlocked and synchronized.

Start qday-stratum:

Linux / macOS:

Code:

./qday-stratum

Windows:

Code:

.\qday-stratum.exe

Point gominer or another SiaMining-compatible miner at:

Code:

stratum+tcp://127.0.0.1:3333

For an ASIC on your trusted LAN, start the bridge with:

Code:

./qday-stratum -listen 0.0.0.0:3333

Then point the ASIC at:

Code:

stratum+tcp://QDAY-COMPUTER-LAN-IP:3333

The bridge finds the local QDAY wallet automatically. This is solo mining: rewards and transaction fees go directly to your wallet.

Downloads:
https://github.com/petoshi/qday-stratum/releases/latest

Complete setup:
https://github.com/petoshi/qday-stratum/blob/main/docs/setup.md


MINE TODAY. WITNESS TOMORROW. DEFEND AFTER MIDNIGHT.

PQ Day is inevitable. I already booked the afterparty. you are invited. technically everyone is.

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the $QDAY public pool is live.
https://pool.pqday.com

your QDAY address is your username. PPLNS. 99% to miners. 60-block maturity. automatic payouts. transaction-aware templates, so the mempool and its fees actually make it into blocks.

GPU: qday-gominer + OpenCL.
ASIC: standard Sia pool settings.

source:
https://github.com/petoshi/qday-pool

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QDAY v1.0.0 MAJOR PROTOCOL UPGRADE AT BLOCK 9,100

QDAY v1.0.0 is live. This is a mandatory mainnet upgrade.

We learned something useful from the empty-block zoo. ASICs could hash QDAY work, but the old integration did not provide the compact coinbase and extranonce layout expected by standard SiaMining firmware. It was far too easy to build valid blocks containing absolutely nothing while real transactions and fees sat in the mempool.

At block 9,100, that ends.

The QDAY node now builds the complete block:

- miner payout;
- real mempool transactions;
- transaction fees;
- block commitment;
- compact 33-byte mining-work marker.

Pools and bridges expose the standard SiaMining extranonce layout:

- 4-byte pool extranonce;
- 4-byte miner extranonce;
- normal 80-byte BLAKE2b-256 work header.

The GPU or ASIC only performs the work it understands. The QDAY node keeps control of the actual block, includes the mempool and submits the complete result.

Standard SiaMining-compatible GPU and ASIC software can now mine QDAY through the public pool or qday-stratum without pretending an empty block is an achievement.

THIS IS A CONSENSUS CHANGE

Every node, wallet, seed, explorer, pool and payment service must run v1.0.0 before block 9,100. Older nodes will stop following mainnet when the new rules activate.

There is no chain reset.

Genesis, seed phrases, private keys, addresses, balances, transaction history and pending transaction IDs remain unchanged.

v1.0.0 also enables native atomic swaps: SHA-256 hashlocks, absolute block-height refunds and both QDAY signatures on either spending path. It is a real settlement primitive for DEX integrations. It does not turn QDAY into a wrapped token wearing a skull.

PUBLIC POOL

The pool opens automatically when mining block 9,100 begins.

Code:

Stratum:
stratum+tcp://pool.pqday.com:3333

Username:
YOUR_QDAY_ADDRESS.worker

Password:
x

GPU example:

Code:

qday-gominer -url stratum+tcp://pool.pqday.com:3333 -user YOUR_QDAY_ADDRESS.rig1

The updated qday-gominer accepts QDAY v1 jobs only. Before block 9,100 the pool issues no work.

LINKS

QDAY v1.0.0:
https://github.com/petoshi/qday/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Website:
https://pqday.com

Public pool:
https://pool.pqday.com

QDAY gominer:
https://github.com/petoshi/qday-gominer/releases/tag/v1.0.0

Solo SiaMining bridge:
https://github.com/petoshi/qday-stratum

Source:
https://github.com/petoshi/qday

Integration documentation:
https://github.com/petoshi/qday/blob/main/docs/integrations.md

Upgrade now.

The chain activates at block 9,100. It does not care about your calendar.