Wattcoin

The Mission

Most cryptocurrencies derive value from speculation alone. Wattcoin is different: every coin ever minted has a verifiable, non-negotiable energy cost baked into its existence, and Vortex NFT holders share in the output of a real, operating hydro turbine — forever. Download the Wattcoin Miner to start mining or view the full tokenomics breakdown.

The proceeds fund land acquisition, permitting, construction, and commissioning of a 60 kW Vortex Gravity Hydro Turbine in Estonia. Once built, that turbine generates metered, verifiable electricity whose revenue flows directly back to Vortex NFT holders — on-chain, transparently, proportionally. The genesis block allocated 1,000,000 WTC to the Foundation Reserve, which was then distributed via on-chain transactions to the Public Sale, Staking Rewards, and Governance wallets — all verifiable on the public chain.

ENERGY COST FLOOR — NOT JUST HASH DIFFICULTY

Every WTC minted required a provable, fixed quantity of real electrical energy. That floor doubles with each tier advance, permanently raising the rational minimum price of every coin in existence — including all coins already mined in earlier tiers.

A PHYSICAL ASSET BACKING THE NETWORK

The Vortex turbine is the purpose of this sale. Metered electricity output is streamed live into the Wattcoin Miner app and distributed on-chain to NFT holders. Real infrastructure. Real revenue. Verifiable on-chain.

HARDWARE FAIRNESS — ANYONE CAN MINE

A CPU miner and a GPU miner both spend exactly 20 kWh to earn one WTC in Tier 1. Hardware determines how fast you mine, not how cheaply. No ASIC dominance, no arms race, no exclusion by hardware wealth.

Hardware that Bitcoin’s SHA-256 arms race and Ethereum’s proof-of-stake transition rendered obsolete—ASICs bound for landfill, GPUs pulled from decommissioned rigs—mines Wattcoin on equal energy terms. The network doesn’t care how fast you are; it only counts the kilowatt-hours you prove. What the industry discarded as e-waste becomes a productive asset again.

Public Sale

333,333 WTC

one-time only — ever

Hydro Turbine

60 kW

Vortex Gravity — Estonia

Projected Lifetime

~191 years

at current global network power

Hard Cap

21,000,000

total supply — inviolable

Vortex Hydro Turbine

Wattcoin’s first physical energy asset. A real-world hydro turbine whose verified output anchors the coin to tangible, renewable electricity production.

THE ASSET

A 60 kW Vortex Gravity Hydro Turbine will be installed and commissioned. Vortex turbines are low-impact, continuous-output hydro units — no dam required, minimal ecological footprint, and capable of near-24/7 baseload generation. At 60 kW capacity, the turbine produces real, metered, verifiable electricity that feeds directly into Wattcoin’s energy-backed value model.

TIMELINE

TIER 1 SALE CLOSES

Land acquisition begins. The existing project documentation is taken into active coordination. Site surveys, engineering reviews, and permitting applications are initiated in parallel.

PERMITS GRANTED

Physical construction of the hydro turbine begins. No construction work starts before the regulatory and permitting process is fully complete.

EARLY ADOPTER ENERGY POOL

Participants who hold WTC from the coin sale gain access to the Early Adopter Energy Pool — a share of the turbine’s net energy revenue, distributed on-chain proportionally to holdings.

Year	Early Adopter Pool Share
Year 1	60%
Year 2	45%
Year 3	~34%
Year 4	~25%

The pool declines by 25% relative each year. However, Governance reserves the right to freeze the allocation at any step if it determines that the current level represents a sustainable long-term floor. This decision rests entirely with Governance and may be made at any point in the schedule — including as early as Year 1, meaning the 60% allocation could remain permanent if Governance concludes it is the right balance between holder returns and infrastructure sustainability. No decline is automatic or obligatory. The schedule above represents the planned trajectory, not a guaranteed reduction.

The remaining share each year is retained by Governance for infrastructure maintenance, expansion, and network development.

TERMS

No Vesting Period

Energy revenue distributions begin as soon as the turbine is operational. There is no lock-up, cliff, or waiting period — early adopters receive their share from day one of production.

Individual Share Cap: 10%

No single wallet address may hold more than 10% of the Early Adopter Pool allocation. This prevents concentration by any one participant and ensures the pool delivers meaningful benefit across a broad base of holders.

LIVE METERING IN THE MINER APP

Real-Time Dashboard

Real-time turbine output will be streamed directly into the Wattcoin Miner application. Miners will see a live energy dashboard showing current turbine generation (kW), cumulative output (kWh), estimated revenue accrued to the pool, and their individual share — updated continuously alongside their mining stats.

Verifiable On-Chain

Physical energy backing becomes tangible and verifiable from within the app — not just on paper.

How Energy Backs Value

The Tier Ratchet

Wattcoin has 21 tiers of 1,000,000 coins each. From Tier 1 onward, the energy required to mine one coin doubles every tier — T1: 20 kWh, T2: 40 kWh, T3: 80 kWh, and so on up to T8: 2,560 kWh per coin.

When the network advances from Tier N to Tier N+1, the mining cost floor for new coins doubles. Since no rational miner sells below their cost, the effective market floor for all WTC — including coins mined in earlier tiers — is pulled upward by every tier advance.

Why Electricity Prices Trend Upward

WTC’s cost floor is structurally linked to global electricity prices. Four independent forces push electricity prices higher over time:

GRID INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT

Aging electricity grids require multi-decade capital reinvestment. These costs are embedded in utility tariffs and flow through to consumer and industrial electricity prices across every region.

DEMAND EXPLOSION

AI data centres, electric vehicle adoption, and building electrification are driving electricity demand faster than new supply can be built. Structural demand growth ahead of supply creates sustained upward price pressure.

CARBON PRICING

Carbon costs are structurally rising globally and pass through to wholesale electricity prices. As carbon pricing expands, the cost of electricity from fossil-fuel generation — still a dominant source — rises accordingly.

ENERGY TRANSITION CAPEX

Wind, solar, and storage buildout is capital-intensive. Construction and financing costs are embedded in electricity pricing for decades, even as renewable generation becomes the dominant source.

THE KEY INSIGHT

WTC is the only asset whose cost floor is structurally linked to global electricity prices. As energy becomes more expensive, every WTC in existence becomes harder and more expensive to replace. The energy cost baked into each coin cannot be inflated away — it is a physical fact of its creation.

Abstract

Wattcoin (WTC) introduces Proof-of-Energy (PoE) — a consensus mechanism where every miner pays the exact same energy cost per coin, regardless of hardware type or efficiency. A GPU miner and a CPU miner both spend 20 kWh to earn one WTC in Tier 1 — hardware only determines how many operations that requires.

Energy consumption is derived from hardware specifications scaled by the miner's configured duty-cycle load: Energy (Wh) = Hardware Power (W) × Load (%) × Time (h). Benchmark proofs — CPU hash, memory walk, GPU pixel hash — measure actual computation throughput to validate the hardware claim. Any ledger peer independently re-derives each expected proof using the same deterministic algorithm. No specialised hardware is required on the verifier side.

The design uses a two-tier structure: Tier 0 — 1,000,000 WTC allocated at genesis to the Foundation Reserve and distributed via on-chain transactions to four wallets: Foundation Reserve (200,000), Public Sale (333,333), Staking Rewards (166,667), and Governance Treasury (300,000). From Tier 1 onward the real economy begins at 20 kWh per coin, with the energy requirement doubling each tier across 20 mining tiers until the 21,000,000 WTC hard cap is reached. Transaction fees are awarded to the block proposer alongside the block reward.

TIER 0 — GENESIS ALLOCATION

1,000,000 WTC allocated at genesis to the Foundation Reserve and distributed via on-chain transactions to four wallets: Foundation Reserve (200,000), Public Sale (333,333), Staking Rewards (166,667), Governance Treasury (300,000). Every allocation is verifiable on the public chain.

TIER 1+ — ECONOMY LAW

20 kWh per coin — the real economic floor. Energy requirement doubles every tier. At $0.174/kWh, Tier 1 mining costs $3.48 per coin.

FIXED SUPPLY

21,000,000 WTC across 21 tiers of 1,000,000 coins each. Hard cap with no inflation mechanism.

PROPORTIONAL REWARDS

Block rewards split by verified energy contribution. No luck, no lottery — every miner receives exactly what their energy earns, every block. Mining pools are obsolete by design.

TRANSACTION FEES

Network transaction fees are awarded to the block proposer alongside the block reward, providing an additional revenue component that grows over later tiers.

ENERGY FAIRNESS

Operation count scales inversely with hardware efficiency (η) — so every hardware type spends identical Wh per coin. A faster machine does more work in the same time, not cheaper work.

Proportional Block Rewards

When multiple miners contribute verified proofs within the same block window, the block reward is distributed proportionally based on each miner's verified energy contribution. This eliminates luck variance entirely — every miner receives exactly what their energy deserves, every block.

// Miner share of block reward
miner_reward = block_reward × (miner_energy_Wh / total_block_energy_Wh)

            // Since all hardware is energy-normalized, this simplifies to
          
miner_reward = block_reward × (miner_ops × η / Σ(all_ops × η))
// Total block energy is always conserved
Σ(miner_rewards) = block_reward ✓

WHAT THIS REPLACES

Mining Pools

No longer needed — the protocol itself distributes rewards proportionally, eliminating pool fees and pool operator trust.

Luck Variance

Solo miners no longer need to wait for a lucky block — every block window pays out proportionally.

Winner-Takes-All

No single miner claims the full reward unless they contributed 100% of the block's energy.

BLOCK WINDOW MODEL

Window Opens

Previous block is confirmed. New block seed broadcast to all miners.

Miners Work

Each miner runs their hardware-specific task, generating W(t) samples continuously.

Proofs Submitted

Miners submit computation proofs and power readings before the round closes. The issuing ledger peer verifies each proof algebraically.

Window Closes

Fixed-time window ends. All valid proofs collected.

Reward Split

block_reward — (miner_Wh / total_Wh) paid to each contributor.

SYBIL RESISTANCE

Splitting one miner into many identities provides zero advantage — proportional share is calculated on total verified energy regardless of how many proofs it is split across. A miner spending 1,000 Wh as one identity receives the same reward as ten identities each spending 100 Wh. The energy is what counts, not the identity count.

TRANSACTION FEES

All network transaction fees are awarded to the block proposer alongside the block reward. As block rewards halve through successive tiers, transaction fees form an increasingly important component of proposer revenue, sustaining mining incentives across the full emission schedule.

How to Buy WTC

WTC public sale is now open. 333,333 WTC are available at a fixed price based on real electricity cost — Tier 1 buyers pay one-third of what it costs to mine.

SALE PARAMETERS

⚡ —/kWh — —/WTC

Sale Wallet	wtc1qd6dqez6rvh3ak2xw9jtsz3h8na0ssyepjgec3t
Total Available	333,333 WTC
Payment Currency	USDC (ERC-20, Ethereum mainnet)
Pricing	TIER 1111,111 WTC — 1/3 of Tier 1 mining cost (...)Early adopter price TIER 2111,111 WTC — 2/3 of Tier 1 mining cost (...)Standard price TIER 3111,111 WTC — Full Tier 1 mining cost (...)Floor price Exact USDC amount calculated live in the Wattcoin Miner app based on current electricity price.
Availability	Once supply is depleted, the sale is closed.

Open the Wallet Page

In your browser, open the Wattcoin Wallet page (the site wallet). This page runs your wallet in-browser and lets you buy WTC without installing the miner app.

Create or Restore a Wallet

Click "Generate New Wallet" to create a local wallet, or "Restore from Backup" if you already have a JSON backup. When creating, write down your backup and password before continuing.

Private key is encrypted locally — download the backup file.

Provide Your USDC Sending Address

In the Buy section, enter the Ethereum address you will send USDC from (your MetaMask or other wallet). This lets the site automatically detect and match your payment.

Choose WTC Amount and Get Price

Enter how many WTC you want and click "Get Price". The page calculates the exact USDC required (including cents). Review the displayed USDC amount before placing the order.

Place Order

Click "Place Order & Pay with USDC". The site creates an order and presents a secure wallet payment option (for example, a "Pay with MetaMask" button) so you can submit the USDC transfer from your connected wallet.

Pay — Wallet Payment

Use the "Pay with MetaMask" (or your connected wallet) button and confirm the ERC‑20 USDC transfer in your wallet. The site will detect the payment automatically and update your order status.

Make sure your wallet is set to Ethereum Mainnet and that you use USDC (ERC‑20).

Wait for Detection and Settlement

The page polls the server and the blockchain for your payment. Status messages will update from pending_payment → payment_submitted → queued → fulfilled. This can take a few minutes depending on network confirmations.

If your order already shows as queued for delivery, your payment has been received and your WTC is reserved — delivery is underway and will complete after on‑chain settlement, so no further action is required.

Confirm Delivery

When the order is fulfilled, your WTC balance updates and the order appears in the history. You can view the delivery transaction and verify the WTC arrived in your wallet.

Troubleshooting

If funds don't arrive: confirm you sent USDC (not ETH), verify you used the same Ethereum address entered in the form, check the tx hash on Etherscan, and contact support with your order id and tx hash if needed.

Security Checklist

Always keep your backup JSON and password offline and private. Do not share private keys. Double-check the seller address and exact USDC amount before sending. Start with a small test payment if uncertain. Verify the site URL uses HTTPS.

CONTACT & SUPPORT

info@wattcoin.ee

Questions about the sale, wallet setup, or the protocol? Reach out to the Wattcoin Foundation team. We respond to all genuine inquiries.

Staking

Staking lets WTC holders earn passive rewards by locking their coins in the protocol. A genesis wallet containing 166,667 WTC is reserved exclusively for staking rewards and distributed proportionally to stakers until the pool is fully depleted.

THE COLLECTIVE MECHANIC — MORE STAKED, HIGHER APY FOR ALL

Unlike traditional staking where more participants dilute individual yield, Wattcoin staking works the opposite way: the more WTC staked across the network, the higher the APY for every staker. For every 10,000 WTC added to the staking pool network-wide, all stakers earn 1% more per year. Collective participation increases individual reward. Stake early, stake more, and benefit as the network grows.

APY Formula

// 1% APY per 10,000 WTC staked network-wide
APY(S) = floor(S / 10,000) × 1%
// S = total WTC staked across the entire network
 
// Examples:
  S =  10,000 WTC  → APY =  1%
  S = 100,000 WTC  → APY = 10%
  S = 166,667 WTC  → APY = 16%

                  S = 333,333 WTC  → APY = 33%  // max — all public sale WTC staked
              

APY Milestones

Network WTC Staked	APY	Annual per 10,000 staked
10,000 WTC	1%	100 WTC
50,000 WTC	5%	500 WTC
100,000 WTC	10%	1,000 WTC
120,000 WTC	12%	1,200 WTC
150,000 WTC	15%	1,500 WTC
166,667 WTC (rewards pool size)	16%	1,600 WTC
333,333 WTC (max — all sale WTC staked)	33%	3,300 WTC

How Staking Works

STAKE

Lock WTC via the Staking tab in the Wattcoin Miner app. Your staked coins remain yours — they are not transferred to a third party.

EARN

Rewards accumulate proportionally. A staker holding 1% of all staked WTC earns 1% of every reward distribution. APY is recalculated as total staked changes.

CLAIM

Accumulated staking rewards are sent to your wallet address and visible in the built-in blockchain explorer.

UNSTAKE

Unstake at any time. Your staked principal is returned to your wallet. Any outstanding rewards are paid out at unstake.

STAKING POOL LIFETIME

The staking rewards pool contains 166,667 WTC and is intentionally designed to drain quickly — no lock-ups, no early-withdrawal penalties, no replenishment. This maximises the reward rate for early adopters who stake first. Once fully distributed the programme ends permanently. Early stakers benefit from the deepest pool and the longest reward window.

PROPORTIONAL DISTRIBUTION

Rewards are distributed proportionally by staked share. If you hold 10% of the total staked WTC and the current APY is 12%, you earn 12% of your staked principal per year from the rewards pool.

Wattcoin Vortex NFT

A limited collection of 60 on-chain NFTs tied directly to the Wattcoin Vortex Hydro Turbine. Each NFT represents a permanent, transferable profit-share in turbine revenue — tracked natively on the WTC chain, with no external dependencies.

                GOLD TIER — #1–#10
              

5 Profit Shares

10 tokens. Each Gold NFT carries 5 profit shares — the highest individual allocation. Holders receive a 5/140 slice of all turbine revenue distributions.

                    SALE REQUIREMENT
                  

Purchase 25,000 WTC before the sale ends to qualify for this NFT tier.

                SILVER TIER — #11–#30
              

3 Profit Shares

20 tokens. Each Silver NFT carries 3 profit shares. Holders receive a 3/140 slice of all turbine revenue distributions.

                    SALE REQUIREMENT
                  

Purchase 15,000 WTC before the sale ends to qualify for this NFT tier.

                BRONZE TIER — #31–#60
              

1 Profit Share

30 tokens. Each Bronze NFT carries 1 profit share. Holders receive a 1/140 slice of all turbine revenue distributions.

                    SALE REQUIREMENT
                  

Purchase 5,000 WTC before the sale ends to qualify for this NFT tier.

COLLECTION PRINCIPLES

60 total NFTs — fixed forever. No additional minting, no dilution. The collection is sealed at genesis.
140 total profit shares across all three tiers (10×5 + 20×3 + 30×1 = 50+60+30 = 140).
Governance access. Acquiring a Vortex NFT grants governance access — the ability to submit Protocol Improvement Proposals (PIPs) and vote on protocol changes. Voting power mirrors profit share. Each NFT carries governance voting weight equal to its profit-share count — Gold 5 votes, Silver 3 votes, Bronze 1 vote. An NFT that earns more earns more say.
On-chain ownership. Every NFT is minted and tracked natively on the WTC chain using secp256k1-signed transactions. No smart contract platform required.
Transferable & tradeable. Ownership transfers via standard WTC NFT transfer transactions, recorded immutably on-chain.
Non-stacking entitlement. Holding multiple NFTs of the same tier does not multiply that tier’s entitlement — each address qualifies for the tier benefit of its highest-tier NFT only. Additional tokens of equal or lower tier carry the same single-tier entitlement and do not stack.
One NFT earned per wallet. Each wallet address earns at most one NFT from the sale — the single highest tier its purchase total qualifies for. Purchasing beyond a tier threshold does not grant additional NFTs.
Foundation Reserve launch. All 60 NFTs are now minted to the Foundation Reserve address and are distributed following the public sale close. NFTs that will not be distributed after the sale will be distributed afterwards for completing different milestones. Milestones will be disclosed after the sale.
Revenue source. Profit distributions are funded by metered electricity output from the 60 kW Vortex Gravity Hydro Turbine. Distribution cadence and accounting are published by the Foundation.

WattDollar (WTD)

PHASE 4 — PLANNED FEATURE

WattDollar is a planned dollar-pegged stablecoin scheduled for Phase 4 of the Wattcoin roadmap. The mechanism described below represents the intended design. WTD is not yet live — see the Roadmap for timeline context.

WattDollar (WTD) is Wattcoin’s planned native stablecoin. Instead of selling WTC to access liquidity, holders will be able to collateralise their WTC and receive WTD — a USDC-redeemable token backed by locked WTC. When the collateral is released, the WTD is burned and the WTC is returned in full. You will never need to sell your WTC to access liquidity.

How It Works

LOCK WTC AS COLLATERAL

Lock any amount of WTC into the protocol for a chosen duration. The lock period determines the percentage of WTD issued against the collateral value.

RECEIVE WTD

The protocol mints WTD proportional to the collateral value and chosen lock duration. WTD is pegged 1:1 to USDC. Longer commitment → higher WTD issuance rate.

USE WTD FREELY

WTD can be spent, transferred, or converted to USDC at any time — a fully liquid stablecoin while your WTC remains intact on-chain.

UNLOCK WTC

Return the exact WTD amount originally issued. That WTD is permanently burned. The WTC is returned in full — no extra cost, no loss.

Lock Duration & WTD Issuance Rate

Lock Duration	WTD Issued	Note
30 days	~25%	Short-term liquidity
90 days	~50%	Medium-term
180 days	~70%	Balanced commitment
365 days	~90%	Near-full liquidity

NO WTC SUPPLY DILUTION

The WTC supply is never diluted by the WTD system. Every WTC that enters collateral is still accounted for on-chain and returns to full circulation the moment the matching WTD is burned. Energy-backed value is preserved end to end.

WHY IT MATTERS

WTC holders who believe in long-term appreciation have no reason to sell. WTD lets them access dollar liquidity today while maintaining full exposure to their WTC holding. The WTC supply is not diluted — it is temporarily locked, then returned.

Comparison

Feature	Bitcoin	Ethereum PoS	Monero	Wattcoin

CONCLUSION

The first cryptocurrency where energy is the equalizer

Wattcoin solves the defining failure of Proof-of-Work: the richest hardware wins. By anchoring block rewards to verified energy — not raw computation speed — every miner on any hardware pays the same energy cost per block. 10 MWh = 1 block is not a target or an average. It is a law, enforced on-chain, forever. Block rewards halve each tier — but the energy required per block never changes.

Mining pools, luck variance, and ASIC dominance are not problems to be patched. They are symptoms of a fundamentally broken incentive structure. Wattcoin eliminates the disease, not the symptoms.

As the global cost of electricity rises — driven by demand growth, infrastructure investment, and the energy transition — the real-world cost floor of every WTC rises with it. Coins mined early carry the lowest energy price ever attached to this chain. That advantage never disappears.

GENESIS WALLET DIRECTORY — 1,000,000 WTC ALLOCATED AT LAUNCH (21,000,000 WTC TOTAL SUPPLY)

                FOUNDATION
              

200,000

20%

                PUBLIC SALE
              

333,333

                33.3%
              

                STAKING
              

166,667

                16.7%
              

                GOVERNANCE
              

300,000

30%

          WATTCOIN FOUNDATION — VERSION 1.0.284 — MAY 2026
        

Roadmap

Four phases from launch to a full-stack energy-backed monetary system. Each phase is anchored to verifiable on-chain milestones, not promises. Phase 1 now includes the Vortex hydro turbine initiative — Wattcoin’s first real-world physical energy asset.

PHASE 1 — LIVE NOW

Launch & Sale

Mainnet live — P2P network operational
Wattcoin Miner for Windows (v1.x)
Public sale open — 333,333 WTC across 3 tiers
Staking live — 166,667 WTC reward pool active
Built-in wallet, explorer, buy & stake interface
On-chain governance — Vortex NFT holders propose and vote on PIPs
Foundation seed peer infrastructure
Vortex Hydro Turbine — land acquisition & project coordination begins after Tier 1 close

PHASE 2 — GROWTH

Network Expansion

Linux miner build
Public block explorer website (no app install required)
First independent protocol security audit
Staking dashboard & real-time APY tracker
Foundation transparency report — on-chain genesis wallet audit
Vortex Turbine construction — begins upon receipt of all required permits
Live turbine metering integrated into Wattcoin Miner app
Early Adopter Energy Pool distributions go live

PHASE 3 — ECOSYSTEM

Broad Adoption

macOS miner build
CEX listing outreach (tier-1 exchange targets)
Mobile view-only wallet (iOS & Android)
Hardware vendor certification — official η values
Cross-chain bridge — ERC-20 ↔ native WTC
On-chain PIP governance signalling

PHASE 4 — PROTOCOL MATURITY

Energy-Backed Monetary Layer

Smart contract / scripting layer for conditional transfers
WTD WattDollar — stablecoin collateralised by locked WTC
WTC as on-chain collateral for DeFi protocols
Layer-2 micropayment channels (energy metering, IoT settlements)
Annual Foundation transparency reports — on-chain reserve disclosures

WTD WATtdollar — PHASE 4 PREVIEW
WattDollar is a planned dollar-pegged stablecoin backed by WTC collateral locked on-chain. Because every WTC has a verifiable, non-negotiable energy cost floor, WTD inherits real-world energy backing — a stablecoin whose collateral cannot be printed into existence.

Governance

Wattcoin governance is powered by Vortex NFT holders. Acquiring a Vortex NFT grants you access to on-chain governance — the ability to submit Protocol Improvement Proposals (PIPs) and vote on protocol changes. Voting power mirrors profit-share allocation: Gold (5 votes), Silver (3 votes), Bronze (1 vote). An NFT that earns more, decides more. NFT holders also control the 300,000 WTC governance treasury — any holder can propose a treasury transfer, and if it passes a simple majority vote of distributed NFT voting power, the transfer executes automatically at the protocol level without a central authority. The core economic rules — energy per coin, block rewards, and total supply — are protected constants enforced by the protocol itself.

Upgrade Process

PROPOSAL (PIP)

Any Vortex NFT holder submits a Protocol Improvement Proposal (PIP) via the Governance tab in the Wattcoin Miner app. The proposer sets both the public comment period (1–4 weeks) and the voting period (2–10 weeks). Proposals that reference changing the 21M hard cap, energy law, or genesis allocation are automatically rejected by the protocol.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD

The proposal enters a public comment period of the proposer’s chosen duration (default 2 weeks). During this period the proposal is visible to all NFT holders, but voting is locked. Community members discuss the proposal through off-chain channels. The comment period ensures every proposal receives adequate review before voting begins.

VOTING

Once the comment period expires, voting opens automatically. Each Vortex NFT holder votes with weighted power matching their profit-share tier: Gold 5 votes, Silver 3 votes, Bronze 1 vote. Multiple NFTs do not stack — only the highest-tier NFT in a wallet determines voting power. Votes can be changed during the voting window. The pass threshold is a simple majority (>50%) of the currently distributed NFT voting power. If only one Bronze NFT (1 vote) is in community hands, the threshold is 1; when all 60 NFTs are distributed (140 votes), it reaches 71. The threshold adjusts automatically as NFTs leave the Foundation Reserve wallet.

AUTOMATIC RESULT & ON-CHAIN RECORDING

When the pass threshold is reached or the voting period expires, the outcome is determined automatically. A governance_result transaction is signed and submitted to the mempool, then mined into a block — making the outcome immutable on-chain. The result is visible in every node’s block explorer. For governance treasury transfer proposals, the transfer transaction is submitted to the mempool immediately when quorum is reached and authorized at the consensus level against the passed proposal — the governance wallet private key cannot bypass governance. No Foundation gate, no manual step — the protocol executes governance autonomously.

Immutable Principles — What Governance Cannot Change

The following principles are enforced at the protocol level. Any proposal whose title or description references changing them is automatically rejected at submission — no vote ever occurs. These are not social conventions; they are hard-coded constraints in the governance system itself.

HARD CAP — 21,000,000 WTC

The total supply cap is inviolable. Proposals referencing raising, removing, or diluting the cap are automatically rejected. No governance process can authorise additional minting or inflation.

ENERGY LAW — 20 kWh/COIN FLOOR, HALVING SCHEDULE, 10 MWh/BLOCK

The Tier 1 energy floor (20 kWh/coin), the tier ratchet (doubling each tier), and the per-block energy constant (10 MWh) define the economic core. Proposals mentioning changes to energy per coin, block rewards, or the halving schedule are automatically rejected.

TIER STRUCTURE — 21 TIERS, 1,000,000 COINS EACH

The 21-tier structure with 1,000,000 coins per tier is a protocol constant. Proposals to add, remove, or merge tiers are automatically rejected.

CONSENSUS MECHANISM — PROOF-OF-ENERGY

Proof-of-Energy is the fundamental consensus mechanism. Proposals to switch to proof-of-stake, proof-of-work, or any other consensus model are automatically rejected. The energy-backed model is not negotiable.

PROPORTIONAL BLOCK REWARDS

Block rewards must remain proportional to verified energy contribution. Proposals introducing lottery, winner-takes-all, or mining-pool-based reward models are automatically rejected.

GENESIS ALLOCATION

All genesis allocations are visible on the public chain and are immutable. Proposals referencing reallocation, clawback, or modification of genesis wallet distributions are automatically rejected.

NFT COLLECTION — 60 NFTS, 140 PROFIT SHARES

The 60-NFT Vortex collection is sealed at genesis. Proposals to mint additional NFTs, increase the collection size, or alter the 140 total profit share count are automatically rejected.

NFT VOTING WEIGHTS — GOLD 5, SILVER 3, BRONZE 1

NFT voting weights are tied to profit-share tiers. Proposals to change, equalise, or remove weighted voting are automatically rejected.

GOVERNANCE THRESHOLD — MAJORITY OF DISTRIBUTED VOTES

The pass threshold is calculated as a simple majority of the voting power held by genuinely distributed NFT holders (non-Foundation wallets): floor(distributedPower / 2) + 1. Proposals to raise, lower, or bypass the quorum requirement are automatically rejected.

NFT GATED

Only wallets holding at least one Vortex NFT can submit proposals or vote. Voting power is determined by the highest-tier NFT in the wallet and verified against the on-chain NFT store at the time of each vote. Self-reported power is never trusted.

P2P GOVERNANCE SYNC

Proposals and votes are distributed across the network via peer-to-peer gossip. NFT-holding nodes periodically pull governance snapshots from their peers, merge new proposals and votes, and verify cryptographic signatures. Non-NFT nodes never receive governance data.

Network & Seed Peers

The Wattcoin blockchain runs on a peer-to-peer network of full nodes. Every Wattcoin Miner installation holds a complete copy of the chain, validates all blocks independently, and participates in consensus. There are no trusted intermediaries — the network is the ledger.

Bootstrap Process

On first launch, a new node connects to the network via Foundation-operated seed peers. These are permanent, high-availability nodes whose addresses are bundled into every Wattcoin Miner release.

SEED CONNECTION

The node contacts bundled seed peers and downloads the current chain tip, peer directory, and network parameters.

PEER EXCHANGE

Connected peers share their own peer directories. Within seconds the node learns about dozens of active participants and selects the highest-quality connections.

LAN DISCOVERY

On local networks, nodes broadcast UDP multicast beacons so nearby miners discover each other automatically — no internet connection required for local network mining.

PEER CACHING

Known peers are cached locally. After the first connection, the node reconnects instantly on restart without contacting seed peers again — the network is fully self-sustaining.

Network Properties

FULL NODES ONLY

Every Wattcoin Miner is a full node. All participants validate the complete chain history independently — there are no lightweight clients or trusted validators.

SEED INDEPENDENCE

Seed peers are a bootstrapping convenience, not a dependency. Once peer caches are populated, the network operates entirely peer-to-peer. The network continues to function even if all Foundation seed nodes go offline, provided the wider peer network remains active.

NAT & REVERSE TUNNEL SUPPORT

Nodes behind NAT firewalls participate fully using built-in reverse tunnel support, ensuring home miners are first-class network citizens regardless of their internet configuration.

PROOF-OF-REACHABILITY

Peers are continuously probed for reachability. Unreachable peers are removed from the active set and automatically rediscovered when they return online.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Wattcoin?

Wattcoin is an energy-backed cryptocurrency secured by Proof-of-Energy consensus. Every coin minted has a verifiable, non-negotiable energy cost. Unlike Bitcoin or Ethereum, Wattcoin replaces hash-based mining with software energy metering — your CPU, GPU and RAM estimates electrical energy expenditure through hardware performance metrics, and you are rewarded proportionally. 21 million total supply across 21 mining tiers.

How do I mine WTC?

Download the Wattcoin Miner desktop app for Windows. Install it, launch it, and click "Start Mining" to begin mining WTC using your CPU, GPU, or RAM. No configuration, no pools, no wallet setup required — the app generates a wallet for you on first launch. Every miner pays the same energy cost per coin regardless of hardware.

What makes Wattcoin different from Bitcoin?

Bitcoin uses Proof-of-Work where the fastest hasher wins the block reward (lottery model). Wattcoin uses Proof-of-Energy where every miner is rewarded proportionally to their verified energy contribution. There is no hardware arms race — a CPU miner and a GPU miner both spend exactly 20 kWh to earn one WTC in Tier 1. See the full comparison.

What is the WTC total supply?

Wattcoin has a hard cap of 21,000,000 WTC distributed across 21 tiers of 1,000,000 coins each. See the Tokenomics section for the full breakdown. The hard cap is an immutable protocol constant.

What is a Vortex NFT?

Vortex NFTs are a limited collection of 60 NFTs (Gold, Silver, Bronze tiers) that grant holders a share of the electricity output from a real 60 kW Vortex Gravity Hydro Turbine in Estonia. NFT holders also receive voting power in the Wattcoin DAO governance system.

Can I buy WTC without mining?

Yes. Use the Wattcoin web wallet to buy WTC with USDC and check balances. You can also buy WTC directly through the Wattcoin Miner desktop app wallet using USDC. There is an ongoing public sale of 333,333 WTC. Both wallets let you buy WTC. You can also stake existing WTC to earn rewards.

Is Wattcoin environmentally friendly?

Wattcoin's energy expenditure is verifiable and non-negotiable, but it replaces the wasteful lottery model of Proof-of-Work with proportional rewards. The network will be backed by a real hydro turbine that generates clean electricity. Old hardware that Bitcoin's arms race rendered obsolete — ASICs bound for landfill, GPUs from decommissioned rigs — can mine Wattcoin productively.

RISK DISCLOSURE & LEGAL DISCLAIMER

Informational purposes only. This document and all materials published by the Wattcoin Foundation are provided for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing contained herein constitutes financial, investment, legal, or tax advice. The Wattcoin Foundation does not recommend that any person purchase, hold, or sell WTC. You should conduct your own independent research and consult qualified professional advisers before making any financial decision.

Experimental protocol. Wattcoin is an early-stage experimental cryptocurrency protocol. Participation in mining, purchasing, or staking WTC carries substantial risk, including but not limited to: loss of the entire amount invested, software bugs and protocol failures, network attacks, hardware failure, regulatory action, and price volatility. Past performance of any cryptocurrency is not indicative of future results. The value of WTC may fall to zero.

Regulatory and jurisdictional responsibility. The regulatory status of cryptocurrencies varies by jurisdiction and is subject to change. It is your sole responsibility to determine whether acquiring, holding, mining, or transacting WTC is legal in your jurisdiction and to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and tax obligations. The Wattcoin Foundation makes no representation that WTC is available, appropriate, or lawful for use by any person in any jurisdiction.

Limitation of liability. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Wattcoin Foundation and its contributors, officers, and affiliates accept no liability whatsoever for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages arising from participation in the Wattcoin network or reliance on information published herein. All protocol parameters, timelines, and roadmap items described in this document are subject to change without notice.