<p>This is old and the wiki is being redone but I used this when dev'ing peercoin related projects. 
<a href="http://wiki.peercointalk.org/index.php?title=Main_Page" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://wiki.peercointalk.org/index.php?title=Main_Page</a></p>

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2018-05-03T22:26:57.283Z
2018-05-03T22:26:57.283Z
justapeer
<p>Since most crypto-currencies are a fork of Bitcoin, you can get nitty gritty technical details from the Bitcoin wiki, specifically from <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category%3aTechnical" rel="nofollow">the technical category</a>. </p>

<p>Say you want to know the specifications for communication, the <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_specification" rel="nofollow">Protocol Specification</a> article will help you out with how packets should be formatted down to the bit. It will have all sorts of details on things like <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty" rel="nofollow">how to calculate difficulty</a> or <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Block_chain" rel="nofollow">what a block chain is</a>.</p>

<p>Peercoin share a lot of concepts with Bitcoin and thus <em>most</em> Bitcoin wiki articles will apply. Peercoin concepts such as its Proof-of-Stake may not be found in the Bitcoin wiki so refer to the whitepaper for differences.</p>

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2014-03-14T10:40:42.270Z
Yes but I was wondering if there was something more precise than the whitepaper on the proof-of-stake used in peercoin. But it doesn't seem there is then
Pierre Galland
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2014-03-14T02:55:05.987Z
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John T
<p>You could treat the code as a precise specification of sorts. Eg: <a href="https://github.com/peercoin/peercoin/blob/master/src/kernel.cpp#L426" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/peercoin/peercoin/blob/master/src/kernel.cpp#L426</a></p>

<p>Its pretty terrible that they don't have a well-written spec for peercoin. It <a href="https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/peercoin/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">never really caught on</a> tho, so not a whole reason to delve that deeply into it. There are better PoS designs these days if you're looking for ideas.</p>

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2018-05-02T22:37:43.083Z
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<p>I searched for an open specification of the peercoin protocol (more precise than the white paper) and I couldn't find one. Is it possible to find something similar to the bitcoin protocol specification available on bitcoin wiki but for peercoin ?</p>

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Is there a precise open specification for the peercoin protocol?
Pierre Galland
# Is there a precise open specification for the peercoin protocol?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-14)

I searched for an open specification of the peercoin protocol (more precise than the white paper) and I couldn't find one. Is it possible to find something similar to the bitcoin protocol specification available on bitcoin wiki but for peercoin ?

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-05-03. Score: 1

This is old and the wiki is being redone but I used this when dev'ing peercoin related projects.
<http://wiki.peercointalk.org/index.php?title=Main_Page>


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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-03-14. Score: 1

Since most crypto-currencies are a fork of Bitcoin, you can get nitty gritty technical details from the Bitcoin wiki, specifically from [the technical category](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Category%3aTechnical).

Say you want to know the specifications for communication, the [Protocol Specification](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_specification) article will help you out with how packets should be formatted down to the bit. It will have all sorts of details on things like [how to calculate difficulty](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty) or [what a block chain is](https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Block_chain).

Peercoin share a lot of concepts with Bitcoin and thus *most* Bitcoin wiki articles will apply. Peercoin concepts such as its Proof-of-Stake may not be found in the Bitcoin wiki so refer to the whitepaper for differences.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Yes but I was wondering if there was something more precise than the whitepaper on the proof-of-stake used in peercoin. But it doesn't seem there is then  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-05-02. Score: 0

You could treat the code as a precise specification of sorts. Eg: <https://github.com/peercoin/peercoin/blob/master/src/kernel.cpp#L426>

Its pretty terrible that they don't have a well-written spec for peercoin. It [never really caught on](https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/peercoin/) tho, so not a whole reason to delve that deeply into it. There are better PoS designs these days if you're looking for ideas.


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