Saturn is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency forked from Bitcoin Core — the most battle-tested codebase in crypto — running live on its own mainnet. No VC allocation. No promises. Just blocks.
Most new chains reinvent consensus to justify a token sale. Saturn takes the opposite path: inherit what already works, keep it open, and let the network earn its value.
Saturn is a direct fork of Bitcoin Core with its own genesis, network magic, and ports — fifteen years of security research, inherited on day one.
Blocks are earned with hashpower, not allocated in a spreadsheet. The early network is CPU-minable — anyone with a machine can participate.
Every line of the node, the explorer, and the network config is public on GitHub. Verify it, build it, fork it — that's the point.
Not a testnet, not a roadmap slide. Saturn's chain is producing blocks right now, with a public block explorer to prove it.
No compiling, no config files. Saturn Core for Windows runs a full node, creates and backs up wallets, and points its miner at the network pool with automatic worker naming. Install it, generate an address, start hashing.
# everything the app handles for you ● Built-in Saturn full node ● Wallet creation & backup ● Address generation ● One-click pool mining ● Real-time pool statistics ● Network status monitoring # pool endpoint (built in) stratum+tcp://pool.saturn.boats:3333
Windows x64 installer, direct from the official GitHub release.
Generate a SAT address and save your backup — the app walks you through it.
The miner connects to pool.saturn.boats:3333 and your worker shows up in pool stats live.
v0.1.0 BETA · WINDOWS X64 · macOS & LINUX VERSIONS IN DEVELOPMENT — COMING SOON
Saturn builds anywhere Bitcoin Core builds — Linux, macOS, containers. Run a headless node, or point any SHA-256d miner at the pool directly.
Grab the full node from GitHub. Everything you need is in one repo.
Standard autotools flow: ./autogen.sh, ./configure, make.
Start saturnd and connect to the network on port 9999.
Aim any SHA-256d miner at your local node and start earning SAT.
# get the code $ git clone https://github.com/saturn-cash/saturn $ cd saturn # build $ ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make # run the daemon $ ./src/saturnd -daemon Saturn Core starting… # check the chain $ ./src/saturn-cli getblockchaininfo { "chain": "main", "blocks": … } # or aim any sha256d miner at the pool $ cpuminer -a sha256d \ -o stratum+tcp://pool.saturn.boats:3333 \ -u YOUR_SAT_ADDRESS -p x
Every block, every transaction, every address — indexed live at the Saturn block explorer. Open infrastructure means you never have to take our word for anything.
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