When was Tidecoin launched?

Tidecoin's genesis block was mined on December 27, 2020. The project was announced on BitcoinTalk on January 4, 2021.

Who created Tidecoin?

Tidecoin is an open-source project maintained by the Tidecoin community. All development is public on GitHub.

Has Tidecoin ever been hacked or had a security incident?

No publicly disclosed security incidents have been reported in over 5 years of continuous operation. The network has had no known consensus failures and no hard forks. See /status for the full incident disclosure log and verification links.

About Tidecoin

Tidecoin is a post-quantum cryptocurrency in continuous operation since December 27, 2020. Every transaction is signed with Falcon-512, a NIST-selected lattice-based scheme. Genesis message references the Jiuzhang quantum supremacy demonstration.

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How did Tidecoin start?

On December 9, 2020, a photonic quantum computer named Jiuzhang demonstrated quantum computational advantage — processing a task in 200 seconds that would take a classical supercomputer 2.5 billion years. This event underscored the urgency of quantum-safe cryptography.

Eighteen days later, on December 27, 2020, Tidecoin's genesis block was mined. Its timestamp message reads:

spectrum.ieee.org 09/Dec/2020 Photonic Quantum Computer Displays 'Supremacy' Over Supercomputers.

The project was first announced on BitcoinTalk on January 4, 2021. Since then, the network has operated continuously for over five years with no publicly disclosed security incidents, no known consensus failures, and no hard forks.

Tidecoin was discussed on the public pqc-forum mailing list hosted by NIST. This is a public discussion forum — it does not imply NIST approval, certification, or endorsement of Tidecoin. Tidecoin uses NIST-standardized algorithms but is not NIST-certified or NIST-approved.

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Operational Track Record

01 · GENESIS

Dec 27, 2020Genesis date

02 · UPTIME

0+Years of operation

03 · BLOCKS

0Blocks produced

04 · SUPPLY

0.00M TDCCirculating supply

05 · INCIDENTS

0Security incidents

06 · FORKS

0Hard forks

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Key Resources

Source code Explorer Web wallet CoinGecko Whitepaper Network status

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