Wownero is a Doge-inspired, CPU-mineable, solo-mining only, privacy-respecting memecoin. It was fairly launched on April Fools' Day in 2018. It is a software fork of Monero, but with a lite version of RandomX, larger ring size, and a fixed supply of 184 million coins emitted over 50 years. Wownero has no trusted setup, premine, or dev tax. Besides betting on online snail racing, the main use case of Wownero is micro-tipping meme creators with sound magic internet money. As a 100% community-driven, free and open source software, Wownero does not depend on billionaire shills or lame ass "influencers."
Developers are volunteers doing this mostly for shits and giggles. If you would like to support our shenanigans and stimulant addictions, please consider donating to the dev slush fund.
**Anyone is welcome to contribute to Wownero's codebase!**
If you have a fix or code change, feel free to submit it as a pull request. Ahead of a scheduled software upgrade, a development branch will be created with the new release version tag. Pull requests that address bugs should be made to Master. Pull requests that require review and testing (generally, optimizations and new features) should be made to the development branch. All pull requests will be considered safe until the US dollar valuation of 1 Wownero equals $1000. After this valuation has been reached, more research will be needed to introduce experimental cryptography and/or code into the codebase.
Things to Do, Work in Progress, and Help Wanted tasks are tracked in the [Meta](https://codeberg.org/wownero/meta/issues) repo.
Join `#wownero` on IRC OFTC to participate in development conversation.
## Scheduled software upgrades
Wownero uses a fixed-schedule software upgrade (hard fork) mechanism to implement new features. This means that users of Wownero (end users and service providers) should run current versions and upgrade their software on a regular schedule. The required software for these upgrades will be available prior to the scheduled date. Please check the repository prior to this date for the proper Wownero software version. Below is the historical schedule and the projected schedule for the next upgrade.
Dates are provided in the format YYYY-MM-DD.
| Software upgrade block height | Date | Release Name | Minimum Wownero version | Recommended Wownero version | Details |
| 114,969 | 2019-06-14 | F For Fappening | v0.6.1.0 | v0.6.1.2 | RandomWOW, new block weight algorithm, slightly more efficient RingCT format
| 160,777 | 2019-11-20 | Gaping Goatse | v0.7.0.0 | v0.7.1.0 | Only allow >= 2 outputs, change to the block median used to calculate penalty, rct sigs in coinbase forbidden, 4 unlock time as protocol rule
Packaging for your favorite distribution would be a welcome contribution!
**DISCLAIMER: These packages are not part of this repository, and as such, do not go through the same review process to ensure their trustworthiness and security.**
## Building from Source
* Docker
git clone https://codeberg.org/wownero/wownero && cd wownero
