BlakeStar is a proof-of-stake cryptocurrency with a focus on high performance, longevity and adoption services.
BlakeStar is one of the first cryptocurrencies to use the Blake2s hashing algorithm. Blake2s is a high speed optimized cryptographic hashing algorithm used for proof-of-work and proof-of-stake hashes in BlakeStar for performance with low load. This makes BlakeStar ideally suited for dedicated staking devices and low-power/low-spec systems.
Originally dependent on the "libb2" library version of the Blake2s reference distribution, the blake2s reference implementation has now been directly baked in for ease of compilation across platforms. Users no longer need to download and install libb2 separately.
If you are technical and you wish to compile libb2 specifically for your platform you may still do so (the configure script will auto-detect and enable special CPU features), you can modify your .pro or daemon makefile.* to remove the blake2 source and object file references, add -lb2 to your LIBS and paths to the includes and library (refer to the old commits).
BlakeStar will feature a number of innovative solutions devised to foster the growth of the ecosystem.
Type: PoW/Pos2.0 hybrid
PoW algorithm: Blake2s
Difficulty retarget: Every block
Block time: 120 seconds
POW Block reward: 240 BLAS POS rewards: 10% yearly
Coinbase maturity: 15 blocks
PoS start: from the first block
Minimum PoS age: 1 hour
Maximum PoS age: no max (PoS 2.0)
Max coins: 2400000000 BLASs
Network info:
P2P port: 14442 RPC port: 14443
Testnet P2P port: 24442 Testnet RPC port: 24443
If you want to get involved in BLASS development community please check documentation.