Documentation

Protocol, code, operation.

FlowCoin's documentation lives in the source tree. Every spec is version-controlled alongside the code that implements it — so the docs can't drift out of sync without somebody noticing in review.

Getting Started

Build guide

Compile flowcoind on Linux / macOS.

Running a node

First-run setup, config, data directory.

JSON-RPC reference

All RPC methods, request / response shape, examples.

Protocol

Protocol specification

Consensus rules, block format, transaction format, network protocol.

Architecture

Module layout, validation pipeline, storage, networking internals.

Whitepaper

Plain-text whitepaper covering design rationale and economics.

Mining

Mining guide

Hardware requirements, flags, output format, troubleshooting.

Economics

Emission schedule, cost structure, security budget, comparisons.

Protocol at a glance

PoWRandomX (2 GiB dataset / 256 MiB light)

Block-ID hashkeccak256d (SHA-3 style, pad 0x01)

SignaturesEd25519 (RFC 8032), per-block + per-input

AddressesBech32 v0 — fl1q… (BIP-173)

Block time10 minutes

Difficulty retargetEvery 2,016 blocks (±4× clamp)

RandomX seed rotationEvery 2,048 blocks, 64-block lag

HalvingEvery 210,000 blocks

Max supply21,000,000 FLOW

Coinbase maturity100 blocks

P2P port9333 (main) / 19333 (test) / 29333 (regtest)

RPC port9334 (main) / 19334 (test) / 29334 (regtest)