Welcome to Beam

BEAM is a Confidential Cryptocurrency and DeFi Platform

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Key Features

• All transactions are confidential by default
• Allows creation of new Confidential Assets (part of the protocol, no contracts required)
• Supports privacy preserving Smart Contracts via bespoke Beam Virtual Machine spec based on WASM technology
• Beautiful and usable wallets for all platforms (Win, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Web)
• Bridges with Ethereum blockchain (supporting USDT, DAI, WBTC and ETH)
• Fully decentralized Atomic Swaps (with BTC, LTC, ETH, DASH, DOGE and QTUM) with an in-wallet marketplace
• Rich DeFi ecosystem including DEX, Confidential Stable Coin, Anonymous Name Service, NFT Gallery and more...

Fundamentals

• Launched on Jan 3rd 2019
• Based on LelantusMW protocol ( Mimblewimble paper, Lelantus paper )
• Capped emission with periodic halving every 4 years
• Governed by BeamX DAO via BEAMX governance token
• Proof of Work consensus using bespoke BeamHash III algorithm.
• Minable on GPUs.
• No premine. No ICO

JOIN OUR COMMUNITIES

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Discord | Twitter/X | Medium | Reddit | Gitter | Bitcointalk | YouTube

Community projects

Here is the list of Beam related projects created by our community members but NOT tested by Beam Team

• BeamAssets.com - Beam DeFi dashboard and Blockchain explorer
• Beam Pay - a payment processor that allows for easy integration with your online store
• Beam Wallet Java API - A Java library for the Beam cryptocurrency Wallet API.

CONTRIBUTE

Read the Contribution Guide

GET STARTED

Get Beam binaries here: http://beam.mw/downloads

Bootstrap nodes:

eu-nodes.mainnet.beam.mw:8100

us-nodes.mainnet.beam.mw:8100

BUILD FROM SOURCE

Building Instructions