Protocol · August 19, 2012
Peercoin launches — first proof-of-stake cryptocurrency
Price at event
$8.00
Today
$73,490
Since then
×9186
Sunny King and Scott Nadal launch Peercoin (PPCoin), the first cryptocurrency to use proof-of-stake — the consensus model Ethereum and much of the market would eventually adopt.
⸺ Sources ⸺
- primaryPPCoin whitepaper (King & Nadal) ↗
- referenceWikipedia — Peercoin ↗