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Homepage: https://www.shieldx.sh

Email: contact@shieldx.sh
Discord: https://discord.gg/PnyxZwk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shieldxsh
Medium: https://medium.com/@shieldxsh
GitLab: https://git.shieldx.sh/SHIELD-team/
BitcoinTalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2234453.0

Whitepaper: here

Current codebase: Bitcoin Core v0.16.1

Specifications:

  • Symbol: XSH
  • Consensus: Multi-algo PoW (proof-of-work), with future custom PoS (proof-of-stake)
  • Mining algorithms: scrypt, x16s, x17, blake2s, lyra2v2, myr-groestl
  • Blocktime: 45 seconds
  • RPC port: 20103
  • P2P port: 21103
  • Total reward cap: ~750 million
  • Premine: Zero
  • ICO (Initial Coin Offering): Zero
  • Blockreward schedule:
    • Blocks 1 to 14,000 : 8,000 coins
    • 14,001 to 28,000 : 4,000 coins
    • 28,001 to 42,000: 2,000 coins
    • 42,001 to 210,000: 1,000 coins
    • 210,001 to 378,000: 500 coins
    • 378,001 to 546,000: 250 coins
    • 546,001 to 714,000: 125 coins
    • 714,001 to 2,124,000: 62 coins
    • 2,124,001 to 4,248,000: 46 coins
    • 4,248,001 to 6,700,000: 23 coins

Binaries (pre-compiled wallets) are available on the GitHub releases page.

Compiling SHIELD Core

For Unix, please see here.
For Windows (both 32-bit & 64-bit), please see here.
For Mac, please see here.