Questions, answered.

Salvium is a private, proof-of-work Layer 1 blockchain that balances strong privacy with the regulatory primitives needed for real-world finance. For a comprehensive overview, see the About page.

While Salvium builds on Monero's privacy features, it distinguishes itself through a focus on DeFi capabilities and regulatory compliance. Salvium introduces staking, yield generation, and features designed to meet emerging crypto regulations while maintaining strong privacy protections.

Salvium is developed by a team of experienced, anonymous experts in Monero, decentralized finance (DeFi), and applied cryptography. While the team members remain anonymous to maintain the project's decentralized nature, they bring a wealth of experience from pioneering work in implementing advanced cryptographic techniques for transaction privacy and security. The project began as a research initiative in early 2023 and has since evolved into a full-fledged blockchain platform.

The initial supply of Salvium is 184.4 million SAL, with a tail emission of 3 SAL per block after the initial supply is mined.

The block time for Salvium is 120 seconds (2 minutes).

Salvium uses the RandomX mining algorithm. Detailed mining instructions are available in the official documentation.

Yes, Salvium had a 12.01% pre-mine. This pre-mine serves two main purposes: Build (3.53%) — allocated as incentives for early developers and contributors to support the project's launch; Operations (8.48%) — set aside for ongoing development, enhancements, and new feature implementation, with these tokens time-locked and released over 24 monthly installments. The pre-mine is crucial for funding the project's development and ensuring its long-term sustainability.

Salvium uses a combination of Ring Signatures, Ring Confidential Transactions (RingCT), and Stealth Addresses to protect the privacy of senders, receivers, and transaction amounts.

Salvium is actively working towards regulatory compliance. We're implementing features like Exchange Mode, refundable transactions, and view keys to meet emerging regulatory requirements while maintaining core privacy features.

Exchange Mode is designed to help exchanges comply with MiCA regulations. It includes features like freezing incoming payments and the ability to return exact received funds, enabling exchanges to operate with Salvium while meeting regulatory requirements.

Staking in Salvium allows users to lock their SAL tokens to earn rewards. Stakers receive 20% of the block reward, distributed proportionally among all active stakers based on their staked amount.

protocol_tx is a block-level transaction used for minting new coins (except block rewards) and facilitating advanced features like stake payouts and yield distribution.

Asynchronous Transactions allow for the minting of coins in separate blocks from burn transactions, enabling more complex operations like yield payouts for staking.

Smart contract functionality is planned for Phase 3 of Salvium's development. We aim to leverage our protocol_tx innovation and provide Ethereum dApp porting middleware to enable complex DeFi applications.

Currently, Salvium is not compatible with hardware wallets. However, there's no technical reason preventing compatibility in the future, and we're exploring this option as part of our ongoing development.

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