Peercoin
Peercoin, also known as Peer-to-Peer Coin, PP Coin, or PPC, is a  cryptocurrency utilizing both proof-of-stake and proof-of-work systems.


== History ==
Peercoin is based on an August 2012 paper that listed the authors as Scott Nadal and Sunny King. King, who also created Primecoin, is a pseudonym. Peercoin was the first implementation of a proof-of-stake–based cryptocurrency.The Peercoin source code is distributed under the MIT/X11 software license.


== Economics ==
Peercoin uses both the proof-of-work and proof-of-stake algorithms. Both are used to spread the distribution of new coins. During its primary years, Peercoin relied heavily on PoW, although there has now been a transition to PoS. Proof-of-stake is used to secure the network: The chain with longest PoS coin age wins in case of a blockchain split-up.
A transaction fee prevents spam and is burned (instead of being collected by a miner), benefiting the overall network.To recover from lost coins and to discourage hoarding, the currency supply targets growth at 1% per year in the long run.


== References ==


== External links ==
Official website 
 Media related to PPCoin at Wikimedia Commons