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Departing from Dome-A, the highest place in East Antarctica, Huygens marks another leap forward in OORT’s (previously Computecoin) infinite quest in Web 3.0 and the metaverse.

CCN is the testnet token of OORT's first (Dome-A) and second (Huygens) testnets.

Previewed in CCN Dialogue #3: CCN Mining Playbook on February 26th, Huygens will be open for all eligible individuals.

Testnet I: Dome-A Achievements

• More than 100,000 nodes are running on Dome-A
• 82,592,436,958 Metapower (MP/s) provided by miners in 22 countries, equivalent to 4000 PetaBytes storage space and 200,000 Nvidia 3080 ETH mining cards.
• 50K+ Ale Wallet downloads and installations

Testnet II: Huygens

Huygens is inspired by Mons Huygens, the moon’s highest mountain, named after Dutch astronomer, physician, and mathematician Christiaan Huygens.

• Open Date: Late April 2022
• Access: Open to all, no application needed
• Eligibility: See below ⬇️

Mining Requirements

• CPU Mining: i7+ or similar processors
• GPU Mining: NVIDIA or AMD with 4GB+ GPU VRAM (CCN Pro only supports Nvidia at the moment)
• Operating System: Linux and Windows

What to Expect

• New Mining Roles: Miners & Workers
• Wallet Login: Use Ale Wallet to log into your mining portal
• New Concepts: Metatime & Epoch
• Compatibility: Fully compatible with Ethereum
• Verifying Tokenomics: Rewards, collateral, & penalties
• Ecosystem Build-Up

New Mining Roles: Miners & Workers

For enhanced security and user experience, Huygens presents two new mining roles: Miners and Workers. Miners receive mining rewards, and Workers host the mining machines. Miners can easily manage Miner and Worker accounts in their Ale Wallet, which will also serve as their identity used to access the mining portal.

Metatime & Epoch

• Metatime: The smallest unit of time in MCP (OORT’s mainnet), which is the time that a new block is mined.
  • 1 Metatime: 2–3 seconds
  • Indicates transaction speed and network latency of MCP
• Epoch: The Metatime interval that MCP switches the block verifiers. Within an epoch, the block verifiers are fixed and share the mining rewards.

Fully Compatible with Ethereum

• More Dev Tools: Smart-contract development tools (e.g., Truffle, Hardhat) on Ethereum are available for CCN developers.
• More Wallet Options: CCN community members can use Ethereum wallets such as Metamask.
• More Ecosystem Partners: NFT, DeFi, and other blockchain projects can easily deploy their applications on CCN.

Verifying Tokenomics

Rewards, Collateral, and Penalties are all determined by CCN Tokenomics. Stay tuned in our next CCN Dialogue!

CCN Mining

• 1.2 Billion (60% of total supply) CCN tokens allocated to miners.
• Same Rigs, More Rewards: Merged mining allows you to simultaneously mine CCN and other cryptocurrencies without disruption: ETH, FIL, Chia, BZZ, AR, and CRU.
• Rent Out Your Rigs: Rent your idle computing power to users in the network and earn more when you provide the types of computing power users need the most (e.g., GPU, CPU, Hard disk).
• Token Deflation: A token deflation mechanism will give early participants higher returns. 30% of the project profit will be used to buy back and then burn CCN tokens from token holders.
• Mining Pass: The bare minimum to get started.

How Can I Get a Mining Pass?

CCN’s stablecoin will be used for CCN buyback-and-burn with minimal costs determined by the tokenomics.

Easy Entry, Easy Deployment

1. Download Ale Wallet and create a miner’s account (available on iOS/Android/Chrome Extension).
2. Install and run the CCN client app on your mining machine.
3. Use your Miner account to log into the mining portal and host your rigs.

Collateral Mechanism

• Collateral Programs: The Early Bird Program allows miners to join earlier with zero risk before the CCN token is listed on exchanges. More detailed information will be shared in a separate article.
• Collateral Marketplace: A platform that matches miners with token holders who are willing to help with collaterals.

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