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[ANN][OAK] BlackOak Coin

Rooted in scarcity. Deployed with discipline.

BlackOak Coin is a Bitcoin-family proof-of-work project built around a simple premise:

A chain should be understandable, reproducible, auditable, and operated with discipline.

The public ticker is OAK. The visual denomination is ØAK, with Ø used as the display symbol.

BlackOak is not presented as a promise machine, a yield scheme, or a personality cult. It is a small-fork network experiment with an old-school launch ethic:

• publish the parameters
• publish the code
• publish the release hashes
• run the nodes
• let the community verify

Core Identity

• Name: BlackOak Coin
• Code ticker: OAK
• Display ticker: ØAK
• Symbol: Ø
• Tagline: Rooted in scarcity. Deployed with discipline.
• Lineage: Bitcoin Core-derived
• Consensus: SHA256D proof-of-work
• Target block time: 60 seconds
• Difficulty approach: ASERT-style adjustment with a two-day half-life
• Emission style: smooth emission model

Launch Posture

BlackOak’s launch standard is simple:

• No vague economics.
• No hidden launch window.
• No fake community accounts.
• No mystery binaries.
• No unsigned wallet drops.
• No claims that cannot be verified from source, chain data, or release artifacts.

This ANN thread will act as the public launch ledger. Major changes to source, emission, ports, seeds, wallets, or release hashes should be reflected here.

What Comes Next

1. Build and verify the daemon.
2. Publish reproducible release notes.
3. Finalize genesis block notes.
4. Publish wallet hashes and signatures.
5. Bring public seed nodes online.
6. Open the developer and mining support threads.
7. Publish explorer and pool status when ready.

BlackOak is for people who still believe that verification matters.

Not financial advice. Not a promise of value. Just code, chain, discipline, and work.