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⚙️ Ferrite Core

Ferrite Core full node + wallet based on Bitcoin Core 23.0 and new Litecoin Core 21.2.2 codebase.

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🌐 Language: 🇬🇧 English | 🇨🇳 中文 | 🇪🇸 Español | 🇮🇳 हिंदी


🔴 Live Network Statistics

Supply Progress Halving Progress Block Reward Progress


💬 Join the Community


📌 Essential Links

Explore wallets, faucets, block explorers. Interact with the Ferrite network.

🔗 Resource Link Description
🌐 Website ferritecoin.org Official Ferritecoin homepage
💳 FEC Web Wallet Main · Advanced Ferritecoin-native browser wallet
🪙 Multiwallet Open Multi-coin wallet — compatible with Bitcoin & Litecoin
🚰 Faucet Claim FEC Receive free Ferritecoins to get started
🔍 Block Explorer explorer.ferritecoin.org Real-time transactions, supply & rich list
💬 FEXT Messenger Open On-chain messaging interface
🛍️ Merchandise Shop Official Ferritecoin-themed merch store

🚀 Releases


📱 Mobile Wallet

Ferrite Wallet for Android - Released 21 September 2024


📣 Announcements

⚠️ Ferrite Core v3.0.0+ (April 2023 onwards) is unaffected by network changes and will continue to operate normally.

Hard Fork Notice


🏛️ Exchanges

Trade Ferritecoin on the following platforms. Buy, sell, and move FEC across supported networks.

Exchange Trading Pairs Network Support Listed
AnonEx FEC/LTC · FEC/USDT 2026-02-19
🔨 Coinhana-FE Coming Soon

🤝 OTC Trading

Platform Pair

Caldera
FEC OTC

📈 Market Aggregators

Real-time price data, charts, rankings, and market intelligence for Ferritecoin.

Platform Type Description Listed
CoinPaprika Info Price & charts 2023-02-16
LiveCoinWatch Info Price & charts 2023-04-20
CoinCodex Info Price & charts 2023-04-29
CoinCheckup Info Price & charts 2023-04-29
CoinMarketLeague Info Overview, links & voting 2023-05-18
Blockspot Info Price & charts 2023-10-18
Coinranking Info Price & charts 2024-04-08
Coincu Info Price prediction 2024-06-29
Trading Information Wiki Price history, trading pairs & contributors

⛏️ Mining

Ferrite is mineable with full MWEB support using Scrypt-based hardware.

Resource Link Description
📊 MiningPoolStats Ferrite (FEC) Scrypt Live hashrate & difficulty overview
🏊 Mining Pools List GitHub Wiki Stratum pool directory
🖥️ CCMiner Software Release v2.1.1 GPU mining software
🤖 Rent ASIC Hardware GitHub Wiki Guide to renting ASIC miners
🚀 Quick Start Guide GitHub Wiki Beginner's mining setup guide

📦 Wrapped Ferrite (wFEC)

Wrapped Ferrite Banner

Bring Ferrite to EVM-compatible networks. Add wFEC as a custom token in MetaMask or Trust Wallet.

🔗 Contract Addresses

Token Network Contract Address
BEP-20 0xA846ab3673dfb3d27F81EcFe5BcA79c06120eE6D
wFEC TON TON EQCGQjLgjaSwzLezrRtKKelUwN4zpMVhNOrRjphELoAmGdoM
ERC-20 Coming Soon

💧 Liquidity Pools & DEX


🗺️ Version Roadmap

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📝 What is Ferritecoin?

Ferritecoin (FEC) is engineered for the real world. It is built for frequent, low-cost microtransactions where every fraction of a cent matters. Network fees are denominated in 1/100,000,000 atomic subdivisions of FEC, ensuring even the smallest transfers remain economically viable for everyone, everywhere.

Ferrite's mission is simple: democratise access to cryptocurrency through affordability, speed, and openness.

🔒 Privacy & Security

Ferrite extends Bitcoin's foundation with powerful, battle-tested privacy technology:

  • MWEB (Mimblewimble Extension Block) is borrowed from Litecoin, MWEB enhances transaction confidentiality through aggregation, cryptographic obfuscation, and lightweight signatures. Transactions become private, compact, and untraceable.

  • Dark Gravity Wave (DGW) is adapted from Dash, DGW is a dynamic difficulty adjustment algorithm that maintains stable 1-minute block times even under extreme hashrate fluctuations, protecting the network against manipulation.

🗣️ Uncensorable On-Chain Messaging

Ferrite features a unique on-chain text messaging layer (FEXT) that allows users to communicate anonymously, permanently, and without censorship, directly on the blockchain. Because messages are distributed to every node and stored forever, no authority can silence them.

FEC is the native exchange currency of the entire Ferrite ecosystem.


✨ Feature Highlights

💬 Censorship-Proof Text Messaging

FEXT Banner

Text inscribed on the blockchain is permanently distributed to every node. Immutable, borderless, and free.

Use the Web FEXT messenger to send private on-chain messages instantly.

Flow Banner

🛠️ Inscription explorer available via PowerShell and Python.

Martensite is an upcoming feature enabling single-byte OP_RETURN FEXT transactions to supplement miner fee revenue above block subsidies.


⏱️ 1-Minute Block Times

Transactions propagate instantly and confirm within minutes.

🌊 Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment (active after block 250,000)

Difficulty recalibrates every block, responding in real time to hashrate changes:

  • 📈 Hashrate spike? Difficulty rises fast to protect supply.
  • 📉 Hashrate drops? Difficulty falls fast to keep mining accessible.

🔢 Strictly Limited Supply

There will never be more than 𝔽 60,221,400 FEC in existence.

  • Initial block reward: 𝔽 100
  • Halving interval: every 301,107 blocks (~8 months)
  • 33 halving epochs total

→ View current circulating supply

💸 Near-Zero Transaction Fees

Fees are denominated in microscopic fractions of FEC, making every transfer, no matter how small, economically sensible.

🌍 Fully Transparent

No premine. Linux executables were uploaded to public Telegram and Discord as early as block 120 (~2 hours after launch), with full migration to GitHub by block 3,000 (~50 hours).

🏛️ Truly Decentralised

Ferrite has no owner. The miners govern the network. Period.

🎭 Pseudonymous by Default

No identity is required. No one knows who owns or moves the coins unless you choose to reveal it.

With MWEB active since block 150,000 (6 Jul 2023), transactions can be made fully confidential which is vital in an era of aggressive KYC/AML enforcement.

⚙️ Scrypt Algorithm | ASIC & GPU Compatible

Repurpose obsolete Litecoin, Dogecoin, or Ethereum Classic mining hardware. Originally ASIC-resistant by design, now compatible with modern Scrypt ASICs for maximum accessibility.


📐 Technical Specifications

⚙️ Protocol

Parameter Value
Launch Date 22 November 2022
Algorithm Scrypt, Proof-of-Work
RPC Port 9573
P2P Port 9574
Block Time 1 minute
Difficulty Adjustment Every block (DGW)
Halving Interval 301,107 blocks
Propagation Time ~5 seconds (8.3% detached rate)
Block Size 3.8147 MiB
Transaction Throughput ~105 tx/s
Premine ❌ None

💰 Economics

Parameter Value
Initial Block Reward 𝔽 100
Maximum Supply 𝔽 60,221,400
Blocks With Reward 10,237,637 (33 halvings)
Minimum Halving Duration ~209 days
Total Reward Lifespan ~7,109 days (19.48 years)

The total supply across all halving epochs is defined by:

$$\sum_{i=0}^{33} 301{,}107 \left(\frac{100}{2^i}\right) \approx 60{,}221{,}400$$

Supply Chart

Inflation Chart


🔨 Coinhana (In Progress)

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ℹ️ Why "Ferrite Core"?

Ferrite Core Logo

The ferrite core is one of the most underappreciated components in electronics. Cheap, hidden, and rarely discussed. Without it, generators, radio antennas, and power switches simply wouldn't function. Its secret lies in an elegant combination: high magnetic permeability (letting magnetic fields pass freely) paired with low electrical conductivity (eliminating eddy current losses). All of this achieved at minimal cost, with no safety concerns.

Bitcoin is digital gold. Litecoin is digital silver. Ferrite is ferrite.

In the real world, we use coins made of ferrous base metals because gold and silver are too precious for circulation - Aristophanes

Ferritecoin is built to be the everyday digital currency. It is designed to be fast, cheap, and accessible especially for unbanked populations in developing nations who face extortionate remittance costs.

🔷 The Ferrite coin logo is the IEEE-315 circuit symbol for a ferrite bead.

What makes Ferritecoin special in 2024?

  • MWEB privacy protocol | borrowed from Litecoin
  • DGWv3 difficulty algorithm | adapted from Dash
  • FEXT experimental on-chain OP_RETURN messaging
  • Zero premine | 100% of supply is mined fairly
  • No dev fees, no marketing reserves, no special addresses
  • ✅ Every wallet is equal. Every mined coin goes directly to the miner.

Ferritecoin

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