iuna
Devnet prototype

iuna

/ˈjuː.nə/

An experimental cryptocurrency devnet that combines VDF finalization, a burn lottery, and open proof-of-work issuance.

iuna is not a mainnet and not money yet. It is a small L1 lab for learning how a wallet, node, finalizer, miner, mempool, and peer network behave when real people run it on real machines.

git clone https://iuna.jhx.app/git/iuna.git

What Is iuna?

iuna combines proof-of-burn finalization, a VDF clock, and proof-of-work issuance. Burns turn capital into temporary timing power that must be paid for again, rather than a permanent stake position.

PoB

Proof Of Burn

Nodes burn IUNA to enter the block lottery. The top-ranked burner finalizes first; lower ranks can take over with extra VDF delay if the first one disappears.

VDF

Verifiable Delay

The selected finalizer must run sequential VDF work before publishing a block. That delay is the chain's clock and gives fallback finalizers a clean way to take over.

PoW

Proof Of Work Issuance

PoW mine actions introduce new IUNA. Each action issues 2 IUNA: 1 IUNA goes to the miner and 1 IUNA is paid as a fixed fee to the block finalizer.

How To Join

Download the latest available build from Downloads, start it, and follow setup. Choose how much of the network you want to run.

Download

Get the latest available build from the local downloads page.

Set Up

Create or import a wallet, back up your recovery phrase, and connect to the devnet.

Choose Your Role

Start simple as a wallet, then switch to node mode whenever you want to do more.

Wallet

Wallet

Send, receive, and inspect activity.

Node

Private Node

Mine new coins with PoW actions or earn finalizer rewards by burning, without opening an inbound P2P port.

Public Peer

Public Node

Help strengthen the network by opening TCP port 9444 and sharing your public P2P address.

Keep the management UI local. Only the P2P listener should be reachable by other nodes.