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title: "Techical specs"
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# Wownero Technical Specs

## Live
Wownero blockchain is live since April 1st 2018.

## Distribution
Wownero had no premine, ICO, instamine, or presale of any kind.

## Block reward
184 million coins mined over ~50 years, with a smooth emission curve. No tail emission.

## Proof of Work
- Cryptonight v1 since height 1
- Cryptonight v2 since height 53666
- Cryptonight WOW since height 81769
- RandomWOW since height 114969

## Block time
5 minutes.

## Privacy
Wownero uses ring rignatures, stealth addresses and RingCT.
- Bulletproofs for better scaling
- Ring size of 22

## Solo mining
Wownero is solo-mining only since Junkie Jeff Hardfork (4th july 2021).
See [mining](/docs/mining) for solo mining instructions.