Specifications
No premine
Proof of Work: Scrypt-N SHA-3
Proof of Stake: 0.05 YAC rewarded per coin*year after 30 days
Stake mining: 30 day wait, enabled with checkbox from wallet
Block time: 60 seconds
Block reward: MIN(100, diff ^ 1/6) or variable 0 to 100 based on difficulty
Total coin supply:
Difficulty adjusts every block
Configuration file: yacoin.conf

How it works
YACoin is the original creator of Scrypt-N Proof of Work. YACoin chose a PoW algoritm SHA-3 KECCAK to further distance itself from other coin creation schemes. YACoin uses Proof of Stake to secure itself from pure PoW attacks.

Proof of Stake is an improved version from Peercoin's implementation. YACoin counts PoS blocks with equal weight as PoW blocks.


Downloads

Github source
http://github.com/yacoin/yacoin

0.4.3 fixes the Heartbleed bug

Windows wallet
0.4.3 Yacoin 0.4.3.zip
sha1sum = 91ee8d1d140169c0af604c9649b977da890f644d

Ubuntu PPA
ppa:yacoin/yacoin
https://launchpad.net/~yacoin/+archive/yacoin


Mining instructions

Example yacoin.conf file:


or type from the debug console:



Standalone miners

GPU Miner
https://github.com/Thirtybird/YACMiner/releases

Example settings:
yacminer --scrypt-chacha --worksize 256 -g 1 --lookup-gap 2 --buffer-size 1700 -R 1280 -o stratum+tcp://: -u -p

CPU Miner
https://github.com/Thirtybird/cpuminer/releases


Pools
http://yac.erlog.pt/
https://www2.coinmine.pl/yac/


Block explorers
http://explorer.yacoin.org
http://explore.grokonet.com/
https://coinplorer.com/YAC


Paper wallets
http://yaddress.yacoin.org


Exchanges
Alcurex - Alcurex  https://alcurex.org/index.php/crypto/market?pair=yac_btc
Bter - http://bter.com/trade/yac_btc
Crypto-Trade - https://www.crypto-trade.com/currencies/trade/yac_btc and https://www.crypto-trade.com/currencies/trade/yac_usd
YoBit - https://yobit.net/en/trade/YAC/BTC


Faucet
http://faucet.yacoin.org


Links & Social
Home page - http://yacoin.org
Forum - http://forum.yacoin.org
Alternate Forum - http://yacointalk.grokonet.com
IRC - Channel #yacoin on freenode - http://webchat.freenode.net/
Reddit - http://www.reddit.com/r/yacoin
Twitter - https://twitter.com/YACoinJoe
Charts - http://www.cryptocoincharts.info/#jump-yac-btc
CoinMarketCap - http://coinmarketcap.com/yac_7.html
NFactor Countdown - http://download.muuttuja.org/yacoin/countdown/
Mining Profitability Calculator - http://explorer.yacoin.org/static/calc.htm
Inflation Charts - http://explore.grokonet.com/?inflation=1
Mining Profitability Calculator - http://whattomine.com


Community volunteers
Joe_Bauers - Wallet development
senj - Wallet development
old c coder - Wallet development, Outreach
Groko - Wallet, QT, Forum, Block Explorer
sairon - Block explorer
Sahtor - Forum, Faucet, IRC
Thirtybird - Mining development
WindMaster - Immoral support