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  • DECENOMY Documentation
  • Basics
    • ▪️What is a Blockchain?
    • ▪️What is a Masternode?
    • ▪️What is a Spork?
    • ▪️Staying safe on Discord
    • ▪️How to secure your environment
    • ▪️Staking statistics on VaultWatch
  • Tutorials
    • DECENOMY Explorer
      • ▪️Overview
      • ▪️Latest blocks
      • ▪️Masternodes
      • ▪️Network
      • ▪️Search by Block and/or Hash
      • ▪️Search by Tx ID
      • ▪️Search by Address
      • ▪️Explorer API
    • DECENOMY Multinode Script
      • ▪️Environment basis
      • ▪️Script Screen Overview
      • ▪️Menu Structure
      • ▪️Main Menu
      • ▪️Coin Selection
        • Reinstall masternode multinode
        • Masternode multinode management
        • Stats wallet and masternode
        • Wallet management
        • Others
    • DECENOMY Wallet
      • ▪️How to use the DECENOMY wallets
      • ▪️Encrypting a wallet
      • ▪️Extra connections (addnodes)
      • ▪️Fast sync with a Bootstrap
      • ▪️Wallet update
      • ▪️How to Identify and Fix a Fork
      • ▪️Staking process on desktop wallet
      • ▪️Staking process on a VPS
      • ▪️Staking Best Practices
      • ▪️Backup Wallet on an external device
      • ▪️Restoring a backup from an external device
    • DECENOMY Masternodes
      • ▪️Masternode Multinode easy to deploy
      • ▪️Masternode Hosting With Flits Wallet App
      • ▪️Masternode collateral update
      • ▪️Setting Up a Virtual Private Server (VPS)
      • ▪️Using a Terminal Emulator - PuTTy
    • Exchange
      • ▪️How to buy Decenomy coins on Birake Exchange
        • User Account Creation and KYC Verification
        • Deposits and Withdrawals
        • Trade (Buy and Sell)
      • ▪️Birake Exchange Affiliate Program
    • Flits Wallet App
      • ▪️Getting Started with Flits Wallet App
      • ▪️How to Use the Flits Wallet App
      • ▪️How to Recover An Old Wallet Using the Seed Phrase
      • ▪️Adding and Removing a Wallet
      • ▪️Wallet Operations ( Send, Receive, Transaction history)
      • ▪️How to Top up Fee Credits
      • ▪️How to Deploy Masternodes in the Flits Wallet App
      • ▪️Settings Overview
      • ▪️Running Flits Wallet App on Windows and MacOS - Bluestacks
      • ▪️Flits Wallet In-app Support
      • ▪️Using the Flits Extraction Tool
      • ▪️Installing Flits Wallet App APK File on Android
  • Coins
    • ▪️Azzure (AZR)
    • ▪️Beacon (BECN)
    • ▪️Birake (BIR)
    • ▪️Cryptoflow (CFL)
    • ▪️Cryptosaga (SAGA)
    • ▪️Dash Diamond (DASHD)
    • ▪️Eskacoin (ESK)
    • ▪️Flits (FLS)
    • ▪️Jackpot (777)
    • ▪️Kyanite (KYAN)
    • ▪️Mobility Coin (MOBIC)
    • ▪️Monk (MONK)
    • ▪️One World (OWO)
    • ▪️Peony (PNY)
    • ▪️Sapphire (SAPP)
    • ▪️Suvereno (SUV)
    • ▪️Ultra Clear (UCR)
  • Blockchain Development
    • DECENOMY Standard Wallet
    • DECENOMY Testnet tKYAN
      • Compile Your Own tKYAN Binaries
      • Pre Build tKYAN Binaries
    • Improvements
      • Last Paid V2, a deterministic approach
      • Masternode Payment V2, a sequential and fairer distribution
      • Multinode, Multi-Instance Hosting on Masternode Full Nodes
      • Masternode Collateral Window, Mitigating Network Instabilities
      • The Emergence of a Progressive Masternode Collateral System
      • Dynamic Collateral
      • EBF system
      • Dynamic Rewards
    • Commands
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  1. Basics

What is a Blockchain?

Blockchain definition and how DECENOMY uses this technology

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A blockchain is a technology revolutionizing how we store and manage digital information. Initially introduced alongside Bitcoin, the blockchain concept has since evolved beyond financial transactions.

True Blockchain Definition

Imagine a record book that isn't under the control of a single authority but is instead distributed across multiple computers or nodes. Each transaction forms a block, and these blocks are linked in a chain, creating the blockchain. This system's extraordinary capabilities lie in how a cryptographic hash links each block to the previous one. This mechanism ensures that once a block is added to the chain and verified, altering or manipulating the information becomes virtually impossible.

The transparency and integrity add a whole new level of trust to the system. Blockchain technology also eliminates the need for intermediaries, such as relying on central institutions. This is because the blockchain operates on a network where every participant has a copy of the entire blockchain. The decentralized nature opens new possibilities for direct and trustless interactions between participants. In addition to cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology has found applications in various other sectors, including supply chain management, healthcare, voting systems, intellectual property, and many more For example, the integration of other software such as smart contracts, which are emerging with the blockchain bubble, will allow for self-executing agreements where pre-defined rules are encoded within the blockchain itself.

Where DECENOMY Stands

DECENOMY is a project network with a common wallet codebase and blockchain infrastructure, facilitating cross-chain interoperability and governance among various DECENOMY projects. It employs a distinctive open-source cryptocurrency platform known as DSW, an acronym for Decenomy Standard Wallet. DSW serves as the core blockchain development for the entire infrastructure. DSW forked the PIVX code in 2021 to inherit blockchain features like Proof-of-Stake (POS) and Masternodes, which PIVX had originally inherited by forking DASH. As the main source of technology, DASH is also a Bitcoin fork code, thus providing all the main Bitcoin functionality and technology to the DSW blockchain code. Since then the DSW code has been developed independently from these forks, and you can track its progress in its GitHub Repository at Some unique developments, new features added, and upcoming ones are all documented on this website in the chapter

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