Project PAI: Hybrid Consensus Comparison to Decred (DCR)
Summary
The Project PAI Blockchain recently forked to a new PoW/PoS Hybrid that was greatly inspired by the work of the Decred team. This document attempts to lay out the similarities and differences between the two implementations.
Coinbase
| PAI | Decred | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Coin Supply | 2.1B PAI | 21M DCR |
| Divisible | Yes (9 decimal places) | Yes (9 decimal places) |
| Circulating Supply | 1.496B PAI | 12.454M DCR |
Consensus
| PAI | Decred | |
|---|---|---|
| Block Maturity | 100 Confirmations | 256 confirmations |
| Block Find Target | 10 Minutes | 5 Minutes |
| Stake Voucher Maturity | 256 blocks | 256 blocks |
| Stake Voucher Pool Target | 40,960 vouchers | 40,960 vouchers |
| Stake Voucher Expiry | 40,960 blocks | 40,960 blocks |
| Max Fresh Vouchers per Block | 20 | 20 |
Mining
| PAI | Decred | |
|---|---|---|
| Public Mining | Yes | Yes |
| PoW Hashing Algorithm | SHA-3/SHAKE-256 | BLAKE-256 |
| ASIC Availability | Not Available | Available |
| PoW Block Subsidy | 40% | 60% |
| PoS Block Subsidy | 60% | 30% |
| Project Subsidy | 0% | 10% – Decred Treasury |
Port Details
| PAI (Mainnet) | PAI (Testnet) | Decred (Mainnet) | Decred (Testnet) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daemon P2P Port | 8567 | 18567 | 9108 | 19108 |
| Daemon RPC Port | 8566 | 18566 | 9109 | 19109 |
| Wallet RPC Port | 8566 (Part of paicoind) | 18566 (Part of paicoind) | 9110 (Separate/dcrwallet) | 19110 (Separate/dcrwallet) |
Conclusion
We hope that this comparison between Decred and PAI will help you better understand Project PAI’s innovative technology.