Updated: September 13, 2026 · Original: January 2018 · Title: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic System for the Creation and Transfer of Assets
This white paper is not a price forecast. It explains why Ravencoin exists: to issue and transfer assets with unique names on-chain—without an ICO, without a pre-mine, and without a central issuer.
Asset Calculator · NFT / Unique Assets · Core 4.8.0
1. In five sentences
- Bitcoin fork on January 3, 2018.
- Purpose: Tokens and unique assets are transferred like coins— without a smart contract layer.
- All RVN are generated through mining. There is no team allocation.
- You can reserve a primary name by burning 500 RVN.
- Assets, Unique, and Restricted are in the protocol. What's missing is the market, not the specification.
2. Paper vs. September 2026
| Period | 2018 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Algorithm | X16R | KawPow |
| Block Time | 1 minute | 1 minute |
| Quantity | 21 billion RVN | 21 billion |
| Reward | 5.000 | 1.250 RVN |
| Primary Asset | 500 RVN Burn | 500 RVN |
| Sub / Unique | 100 / 5 | 100 / 5 |
| Restricted | Roadmap | in the Core, rarely used |
| Marketplace | not promised | Ravenist has been dead since December 31, 2025 |
3. Naming Conventions – Check in Real Time
A–Z, 0–9, period, underscore. At least 3 characters. . and _ Not on the edge, not doubled.
Enter your name.
4. Burn Costs
| Process | Burn |
|---|---|
| Primary Asset | 500 RVN |
| Sub-Asset | 100 RVN |
| Unique Asset | 5 RVN |
| Message Channel / Qualifier | 100 RVN |
| Restricted Asset | 1.500 RVN |
| Reissue | 100 RVN |
500 RVN × 0.0019 € ≈ 0.95 €
Exactly with real-time rates: Asset Calculator.
5. What the Paper Doesn't Want
- No provision for securities supervision is included in the protocol.
- No team found.
- Not Ethereum: Assets are named UTXOs, not generic smart contracts.
6. Roadmap Status
| Phase | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Home / Mining | Done (later KawPow) |
| Assets, Unique, Messages | Done |
| Restricted + Tags | in the core, rarely used |
| Secondary market | open |
7. Original documents
X16R paper is now only a thing of the past.
8. Read more
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