What is Primecoin?

Primecoin is a rather interesting digital currency. It was developed by Sunny King, one of the same developers that created PPCoin and invented Proof-of-stake. Primecoin does not follow the same rules as the other currencies, and has a built in mathematical benefit. Due to the way it is mined, Primecoin actually discovers previously unknown prime numbers. The innovative prime proof-of-work in Primecoin not only provides security and minting to the network, but also generates a special form of prime number chains of interest to mathematical research.

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• Tether price#3$0.9992▼ 0.01%
• BNB price#4$730.80▼ 0.36%
• XRP price#5$1.34▲ 0.12%
• USDC price#6$0.9996▼ 0.02%
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