gitlab.com/aquachain/aquachain@v1.17.16-rc3.0.20221018032414-e3ddf1e1c055/Documentation/about-aquachain/Basics.md (about) 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)