Tidecoin Documentation
Tidecoin (TDC) is a decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency engineered from genesis to resist attacks from both classical and quantum computers. It replaces ECDSA with Falcon-512 lattice signatures from the NIST PQC process, supports ML-DSA and Falcon-1024 through consensus upgrade, and has been in continuous operation since December 27, 2020.
Where to start
- Why Tidecoin? — The short case.
- Start Here — Install a wallet, get TDC, send your first transaction.
- Wallets — Desktop, mobile, browser extension, and web wallets.
- Mining — Merged mining, pool mining, AuxPoW integration, miner software, and troubleshooting.
- Node & Operations — Install, configure, and run
tidecoind. - Developers — Repo map, builds, tests, and contribution.
- Integrations — Exchange, explorer, wallet, and RPC integration guides.
- Learn — Concept primers: post-quantum cryptography, addresses, fees.
- Protocol — The full specification: signatures, PQHD, scripts, consensus, AuxPoW.
- Reference — RPC and REST references, glossary, release notes, citations.
Key facts
| Ticker | TDC |
| Max supply | ~21,000,000 TDC |
| Block time | 60 seconds |
| PoW (Phase 1) | YespowerTIDE (CPU-friendly, memory-hard) |
| PoW (Phase 2) | Scrypt via AuxPoW merged mining with Litecoin |
| Default signature | Falcon-512 (since genesis) |
| Additional schemes | Falcon-1024, ML-DSA-44/65/87 (built, activates with AuxPoW) |
| P2P transport | ML-KEM-512 encrypted (FIPS 203) |
| Genesis | December 27, 2020 |
| License | MIT |
Getting help
- GitHub: github.com/tidecoin/tidecoin
- Whitepaper: /protocol/whitepaper
- Issues: github.com/tidecoin/docs/issues
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