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Building a Privacy-First Cryptocurrency from Scratch with Substrate

This Christmas I launched LUMENYX, a privacy-focused blockchain built on Substrate.

Why Another Cryptocurrency?

Most privacy coins require you to trust a team, a foundation, or a company. I wanted to build something with zero trust assumptions - just code.

Technical Stack

  • Framework: Substrate (Polkadot SDK)
  • Privacy: ZK-SNARKs for optional transaction privacy
  • Consensus: AURA for block production, GRANDPA for finality
  • Supply: 21M fixed (Bitcoin-style tokenomics)
  • EVM: Compatible for smart contracts

Philosophy

No team. No foundation. No ICO. No premine. Just code on GitHub.

Anyone can run a validator - there's a free faucet to get started.

Links

  • GitHub: github.com/lumenyx-chain/lumenyx

Would love technical feedback from the dev community.

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