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     1  # Aquachain
     2  
     3  ### What is Aquachain?
     4  
     5  Aquachain is a distributed computing platform based on proof of work chain technology.
     6  Its not a company, and there was no ICO, no pre-mine, no dev fund, no pre-sale, etc.
     7  
     8  Transactions, once mined, are irreversible and uncensorable.  It is not an ERC20/Dex platform.
     9  
    10  Aquachain is the blockchain, [_AQUA_](../Ways-Acquiring/) is the fuel. You need _AQUA_ to create and interact with contracts, store data, and to send transactions (as a tx fee).
    11  
    12  ```
    13  Symbol: Ⱥ or AQUA
    14  Difficulty: 240 seconds (4 minutes)
    15  Hashing Algorithm: ethash/argon2id
    16  Difficulty Readjust: Every block
    17  Coin reward: 1
    18  Max Supply: ~42mil
    19  Chain ID: 61717561
    20  Bitcointalk ANN 2018: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3138231
    21  ```
    22  
    23  ## User Manual
    24  
    25  This page is able to be edited by anyone.
    26  
    27  You are invited to collaborate to improve this documentation.
    28  
    29  ### Wallet / Console Help
    30  
    31  See [Wallet](../../user-guide/Wallet/)
    32  
    33  ### **Mining**
    34  
    35  See [Mining](../../user-mining-guide/Mining/)
    36  
    37  ### **Help**
    38  
    39  [Telegram](https://t.me/AquaCrypto)
    40  
    41  [Discord](https://discordapp.com/invite/J7jBhZf)