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What Is Kaspa (KAS)?<\/h2>\n

Kaspa<\/a> launched as a proof-of-work cryptocurrency in November 2021 through a fair distribution method, which included no pre-mining and no pre-selling. The KAS tokens, which currently exist in circulation, were all acquired through mining activities by users who mined them with no special access given to insiders, venture capitalists, or through any other dishonest means. It was built squarely within the Satoshi ethos of decentralized, community-driven money.<\/p>\n

The project was founded by Dr. Yonatan Sompolinsky and Prof. Aviv Zohar from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem – two researchers whose work is actually referenced in the Ethereum whitepaper. That’s the kind of academic firepower behind this project. Research and development began as early as 2013, and after nearly a decade of rigorous work, the network launched in November 2021 with zero venture capital involvement and zero insider allocation. Every KAS token that exists has been mined by someone – a fact that matters a great deal to the growing community of believers in fair, decentralized money.<\/p>\n

The unique architectural design of Kaspa blockchain technology<\/a> serves as the primary element that sets it apart from other systems. Kaspa implements its BlockDAG network through the GhostDAG protocol, which enables simultaneous block generation and validation processes.<\/p>\n

Here’s the metric data:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Metric<\/strong><\/td>\nBitcoin<\/strong><\/td>\nKaspa<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Block Time<\/td>\n~10 minutes<\/td>\n1 second<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blocks Per Hour<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n36,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blocks Per Day<\/td>\n144<\/td>\n864,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transaction Throughput<\/td>\n~7 TPS<\/td>\nUp to 400 TPS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Consensus Mechanism<\/td>\nPoW (SHA-256)<\/td>\nPoW (kHeavyHash)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Kaspa creates 864,000 blocks every single day while Bitcoin only generates 144 blocks. The network attracts users and miners because of its exceptional speed. Kaspa maintains security, speed, and decentralization because its design allows all three elements to work together without losing any one element. The combination of these two factors provides crypto miners with an appealing opportunity to decide their next hardware deployment.<\/p>\n

Understanding Kaspa’s Mining Algorithm: kHeavyHash<\/h2>\n

Before you start mining Kaspa, you need to understand the algorithm that powers it: kHeavyHash. This is Kaspa’s custom-built mining algorithm, and it’s quite different from what powers Bitcoin or Ethereum Classic.<\/p>\n

HeavyHash is a modified version of the “HeavyHash” algorithm. It incorporates matrix multiplication framed into two Keccak operations. What this means practically is that the algorithm is:<\/p>\n