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Grin
About Grin
Grin (GRIN) is a cryptocurrency that focuses on privacy, using the Mimblewimble protocol to enhance privacy, scalability, and fungibility. It has strong privacy features, a straightforward design, and uses an independent mining approach. It is an open-source project with a community-led development process that aims to avoid centralized control. The Grin team aims to provide a secure, accessible, and truly decentralized cryptocurrency, continuously improving the protocol and expanding its adoption.
Grin (GRIN) is a cryptocurrency that prioritizes privacy, scalability, and fungibility. Built on the MimbleWimble blockchain protocol—named after a spell from the Harry Potter series—Grin stands out for its advanced privacy features and its approach to reducing blockchain size, thereby improving scalability. The core aim of Grin is to facilitate transactions that are both private and efficient. By minimizing the amount of transaction data typically stored on the blockchain, Grin ensures transaction confidentiality and maintains a lightweight blockchain.
- The Origin of MimbleWimble (August 2016): The MimbleWimble white paper, proposing a blockchain model enhancing privacy, scalability, and fungibility, was introduced by an individual under the pseudonym Tom Elvis Jedusor.
- Andrew Poelstra's Contribution (October 2016): Andrew Poelstra, a mathematician at Blockstream, refined and expanded upon the original MimbleWimble proposal, adding scaling improvements. Andrew Poelstra version.
- Development of Grin (2016 - 2019): Ignotus Peverell initiated the Grin project on Github, transforming the MimbleWimble concept into a tangible blockchain project. Over time, Grin evolved through community collaboration and was officially launched in January 2019.