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Protocol

Developer documentation for the ReddCoin blockchain and ReddCoin Core — the C++ reference implementation of the node and wallet. This section covers how the chain works, how Core implements it, and how to interact with a running node.

This is the technical reference layer. User-facing topics — running a node, setting up a wallet, staking — live under Guides and link back into this section. How to contribute to Core itself lives under Contribute.

Scope​

  • The blockchain — blocks, transactions, scripts, addresses, the P2P network, mempool, and consensus rules. ReddCoin is a Bitcoin-family chain, so much of this mirrors Bitcoin; the differences — address versions, network magic, and PoSV — are called out explicitly where they matter.
  • Proof-of-Stake Velocity (PoSV) — ReddCoin's consensus mechanism. How stake weight and velocity combine, how stake-minting produces blocks, and the parameters that govern the system. PoSV is the single biggest reason ReddCoin Core's rules differ from upstream Bitcoin Core, so it gets dedicated treatment.
  • ReddCoin Core — the reddcoind node and its bundled wallet. Building from source, configuration (reddcoin.conf), runtime operation, upgrades, backup and recovery, and the operational considerations that come with running the reference software.
  • JSON-RPC reference — every reddcoin-cli / RPC call exposed by reddcoind, with parameters, return shape, examples, and compatibility notes across Core versions.
  • Developer examples — end-to-end walkthroughs that tie the RPC calls together: building a raw transaction, watching the mempool, staking from a wallet, inspecting chain state programmatically.

Migration status​

This page is a placeholder. The content is being migrated from the legacy developer.reddcoin.com Sphinx/RST site as part of Phase 1 of the documentation migration.

Until Phase 1 lands, the legacy site remains authoritative. A content freeze is in effect on that repo from 2026-04-24 — edits land here from now on, not upstream. After Phase 1 lands, this page becomes the section's real landing page and the legacy URLs (/devguide/*, /reference/*, /examples/*) redirect into the new paths under /protocol/.