This project has been abandoned by developers.

Current state: building source.
Current state: perform protocol tests.
Current state: Announce datetime for launch (CONFIRMED genesis print UTC 21:14 22/12/2017).
Current state: Genesis build (100%) + Upload Source code & linux binaries 64bits.
Current state: Run seed nodes.
Current state:  Launched at UTC 21:57 22/12/2017.

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Initially made with a bare cryptonote fork, Caton aims to be used in Catalonia but not limited to.
With ecology in mind developers team are implementing a diff target limit that will decrease the block reward proportionally when the difficulty is bigger than the target diff. Target Diff is updated with a fork every winter solstice, having in mind the current hardware hashrate and its power consumption. Initial limit will be the diff equivalent to 2.1GH/s

At the moment developers aren't being announced due the possible Spanish state repression. Depending on the government response developers will be revealed. (Check 1st October 2017 catalonian referendum news to know what happened to people who want to vote. Government seized domains, reported to the courts people who organized a referendum and jailed preventively who defended the independence peacefully, catalonian government was dissolved by the prime minister Mariano Rajoy).


Launch date:
Caton's genesis tx has been generated on UTC 21/12/2017 at 22:48.
Caton's genesis tx has been generated on UTC 22/12/2017 at 21:14.
Caton's seed nodes launched on UTC 22/12/2017 at 21:57.


Specs:
PoW: Cryptonight
Block target time: 180s
Total supply: 14.000.000 CTN
Fair launch (UTC 22/12/2017 at 21:57, no premine, no instamine)
High diff block reward penalty
(Visit cryptonote.org to know more about cryptonote technology)


Source code and binaries:
Source code
Linux x64 binaries
Linux x86 binaries: Next days
Windows binaries: building & testing



Roadmap & Eviroment:
Implement difficulty penalties
Foundation's website
User guides



V0.0.0.1 Note:
Due a mistake with caton's parameters, launched chain on 21/12 isn't valid. Those who mined some catons on the broken chain, before height 593, will be credited proportionally with some catons in new chain (not all mined units) be sure to keep a copy of daemon folder (renamed, in order to run new chain), do not delete your wallet files to perform the mined accreditation (do not use in new blockchain).