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MimbleWimbleCoin (MWC)MWC

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Not a Bitcoin fork — a MimbleWimble chain that airdropped to registered Bitcoin holders.

A MimbleWimble coin launched in November 2019 with a 20 million cap, whose airdrop to registered Bitcoin holders closed on 2 January 2020.

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The wiki's angle: MWC is the claim-based airdrop done carefully — registration first, then a signed message from the BTC address — and the funds table shows how much went unclaimed.[3][2]

Contents

  1. Protocol
  2. The Bitcoin airdrop
  3. References

Protocol

The node README describes “an in-progress implementation of the MimbleWimble protocol” with one-minute blocks and a fixed limit of 20 000 000 MWC[1]. The roadmap gives the mainnet launch as 11/11/2019[2].

The Bitcoin airdrop

The wallet's claiming guide opens: “Important: Claims will close on January 2, 2020”[3]. Claimants needed “the ability to sign a message from the BTC address that you registered”[3]. The roadmap's distribution table records 5,400,037.41 MWC claimed by Bitcoin holders when the airdrop closed on 1/2/20; later rounds went to MWC holders, including unclaimed airdrop coins[2].

References

  1. primaryMWC node README, GitHub mwcproject/mwc-node [archived]
  2. primaryMWC roadmap and funds-distribution table, GitHub mwcproject/mwc-node doc/roadmap.md [archived]
  3. primaryMWC Qt wallet, “Claiming” guide for the airdrop, GitHub mwcproject/mwc-qt-wallet DOC/claiming.md [archived]

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