Volta is a Monero fork with a new proof-of-work — CryptoTiny — tuned so a $5 ESP32 microcontroller is a real miner, not a rounding error. Same privacy. One device, one vote.
CryptoTiny is memory-bandwidth bound and runs a fixed instruction stream, so a warehouse of GPUs or a custom ASIC gains only a small constant over the chip in your old smart plug. A thousand bedrooms, not a dozen data centers.
Get the firmware⚡ Signed release binaries land at mainnet, 30 June 2026. Until then you can build from source and flash the miner firmware today — everything is in the public repository.
It's a Monero v0.18.3.4 fork, so the privacy is Monero's — RingCT, ring signatures, stealth addresses. The one deep change is the proof-of-work: we replaced RandomX with CryptoTiny, a small memory-hard function that fits in an ESP32's SRAM. That's the whole point — to put mining back on hardware anyone already owns.
Yes. CryptoTiny was designed around the ESP32's ~320 KB of SRAM and its hardware AES. A board draws roughly half a watt while mining. It won't out-hash a desktop, but the algorithm is built so the desktop's advantage is small and bounded — that's the "one device, one vote" goal.
Yes, and it's disclosed. A single genesis allocation of 3,518 VLT is the developer budget for the domain, servers and development. The wallet's view key is published at launch, so anyone can audit the balance and every spend on-chain. There is no ICO, no second allocation, and no founder unlock schedule.
Mainnet genesis is 30 June 2026, 12:00 UTC. The genesis timestamp is baked into the binaries, so the chain literally cannot start before that moment — the launch is atomic for everyone.
Build voltad from source (the build guide is in the repo) and run it. To pool-mine, run Volta P2Pool alongside it — it's decentralized, has no operator and takes no fee. Default ports are 17080 (P2P) and 17081 (RPC).
