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About Qtum

Qtum is an open sourced public blockchain platform, leveraging the security of UTXO while enabling the Ethereum Virtual Machine

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Qtum is PoS based and boasts a Decentralized Governance Protocol (DGP) allowing specific blockchain settings to be modified by making use of smart contracts. For instance, the block size of Qtum can be increased without the need of a hard fork.

Our core principles

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Decentralization

No central servers or authority. No censorship. No repudiation. The digital ledger is immutable.

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Trustless

Trust no one, only the code. Cryptographic hashes allow independent verifiction of every transaction.

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Permissionless

Anyone can join the network, run a node and participate in consensus. No gatekeepers, no approval needed, ever.

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Proof of Stake

Qtum’s ultra low power Proof of Stake is environmentally friendly and allows participants with minimal hardware resources to join the network.

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Open Source

Security by obscurity is a fool’s errand. Review our source code and build your own apps. Join our developer community on GitHub.

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Community

We are stronger together with open discussion and dialog. Join our community and help build adoption.

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Qtum Markets

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