Dilithion - Post-Quantum Cryptocurrency
Post-Quantum Cryptocurrency with NIST-Standard Cryptography
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Disclaimers
- Open Source: MIT License — full transparency
- AI-Assisted Development: Built with Claude Code; every change reviewed before shipping
- Security Audit: Pre-audit hardening complete; engagement with Hacken planned — no findings published yet
- Use at Own Risk: No guarantees of security, value, or success
- Not Financial Advice: DYOR (Do Your Own Research)
Seeking Code Review: We actively welcome expert review from cryptographers, blockchain developers, and security researchers. See SECURITY.md and docs/THREAT-MODEL.md for how to engage.
Mainnet is LIVE
Mainnet launched January 28, 2026. Download the node software and start mining real DIL coins today.
Website: dilithion.org
Quick Start:
git clone https://github.com/dilithion/dilithion.git
cd dilithion
make
./dilithion-node --mine --threads=4
Pre-built binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows are available on the Releases page.
Overview
Dilithion is a quantum-resistant cryptocurrency built from the ground up with post-quantum cryptography. Designed as "The People's Coin," Dilithion features CPU-friendly mining, an HD wallet with BIP39 mnemonics, and industry-standard NIST algorithms.
Key Features
- Post-Quantum Secure: CRYSTALS-Dilithium3 + SHA-3
- CPU-Friendly Mining: RandomX (ASIC-resistant)
- HD Wallet: BIP39 mnemonic seed phrases, BIP44 key derivation, encrypted storage
- Fair Launch: No premine, no ICO, no ASIC advantage
- Exchange-Ready: JSON-RPC 2.0 interface
- Open Source: MIT License, full transparency
Future Consensus: VDF + Digital DNA
Dilithion is evolving beyond proof-of-work toward VDF fair mining with Digital DNA Sybil resistance -- eliminating hashrate advantages and reducing energy consumption by ~95%.
VDF Fair Mining
- How it works: Each miner computes one Verifiable Delay Function per block. Lowest output wins. More hardware doesn't help.
- Energy savings: ~95% reduction -- no more hash racing across all CPU cores
- Fairness: 1 CPU = 1 ticket per round, regardless of farm size
- Cooldown: Winners sit out N blocks, ensuring block distribution
Digital DNA (Anonymous Sybil Resistance)
- 8 unforgeable dimensions: Latency, VDF timing, perspective, memory, clock drift, bandwidth, thermal, behavioral
- Physics-based: Speed of light, oscillator uniqueness, cache hierarchy -- cannot be faked
- Anonymous: No KYC, no trusted hardware, no personal data
- ML-enhanced: Isolation Forest anomaly detection (advisory mode, promotes to active after proving reliable)
Migration Path
Phase 1 (Current): RandomX PoW + DFMP
Phase 2 (Hybrid): RandomX + VDF (both accepted)
Phase 3 (Future): VDF-Only + Digital DNA
Status: VDF implementation complete (46 tests passing). Testnet activation in progress. Mainnet activation pending community vote. See VDF_LOTTERY_PROPOSAL.md for full details.
Post-Quantum Security
Dilithion uses NIST-standardized post-quantum cryptography:
Mining: RandomX
- Algorithm: CPU-optimized proof-of-work
- Performance: ~65 H/s per core
- Resistance: ASIC-resistant, memory-hard
Signatures: CRYSTALS-Dilithium3
- Standard: NIST FIPS 204 (Post-Quantum Cryptography)
- Security Level: NIST Level 3
- Key Sizes: 1952 bytes (public), 4032 bytes (private)
- Signature: ~3309 bytes
Hashing: SHA-3/Keccak-256
- Standard: NIST FIPS 202
- Quantum Resistance: ~128-bit post-quantum security
- Usage: Blocks, transactions, addresses
Building from Source
Prerequisites
- GCC 7+ or Clang 6+
- CMake 3.10+
- LevelDB
- Make
Ubuntu/Debian
# Install dependencies
sudo apt-get install build-essential git cmake libleveldb-dev
# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/dilithion/dilithion.git
cd dilithion
# Build dependencies
cd depends/randomx && mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. && make
cd ../../dilithium/ref && make
cd ../../..
# Compile Dilithion
make dilithion-node
Windows (MSYS2)
# Open MSYS2 MinGW64 terminal
cd /c/path/to/dilithion
make -j4
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