The blockchain for agreements, not just payments.
Irium (IRM) is a mineable, settlement-first blockchain for escrow, agreements, and proof-based commerce. Built from scratch in Rust with no premine, no admin keys, and no override powers.
LIVE MAINNET • SHA-256D POW • SETTLEMENT-FIRST • NO PREMINE • NO ICO • OBJECTIVE-ONLY CONSENSUS
Mining still matters. Irium uses independent SHA-256d Proof-of-Work, and miners secure the base layer that settlement, escrow, agreement anchoring, and proof-based commerce build on top of.
Block Time: 10 min • Reward: 50 IRM • Halving: 210k blocks • Max Supply: 100M • Mainnet Launch: January 5, 2026
Most blockchains optimize for transfers, speculation, or generic payment rails. Irium is being built around a narrower and more practical goal: trust-minimized settlement for agreements, escrow, and proof-based commerce.
The chain is already live as an independent SHA-256d Proof-of-Work network built from scratch in Rust. That base layer matters because settlement only works if the underlying consensus stays narrow, objective, mineable, and resistant to administrative override.
Irium is not a fork, does not rely on admin keys, and does not include freeze, seizure, or centralized dispute powers in consensus. The broader direction is real-world commercial settlement with objective on-chain outcomes, not vague crypto marketing.
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The live chain and network stack are already operational. Settlement-specific primitives are being layered in carefully, with live features separated from active development and future roadmap items.
Bootstrap depends on signed peers and anchors rather than DNS infrastructure, supporting a resilient mainnet-first network model.
Peer discovery is designed to recover from churn and infrastructure loss while favoring durable, reachable network participants.
Proof-of-work handshakes, reputation, and peer controls are intended to keep botnet-style spam out of the core network path.
Signed chain anchors give new nodes a stronger bootstrap safety model without turning consensus into a subjective governance system.
Relay rewards strengthen transaction propagation without introducing inflation-heavy network subsidies.
SPV and NiPoPoW-oriented architecture support future light-client flows and lower-resource verification models.
The live chain already supports metadata anchoring for timestamps, hashes, and proof-of-existence style commitments.
Genesis allocation is locked on-chain under visible vesting rules rather than hidden admin promises or discretionary unlock paths.
Agreement-hash anchoring is part of the settlement-first direction so counterparties can bind commercial terms to an objective chain reference.
Native escrow and settlement outputs are part of the foundation being built, aimed at trust-minimized commercial release flows.
Timeout-based refunds are part of the settlement design so funds can resolve by objective conditions instead of subjective intervention.
Milestone releases, delayed holdbacks, and staged settlement are active design directions for contractor and business payment flows.
Irium is being developed around objective proofs and verifiable conditions, not human arbitration inside consensus.
Approved attestors and signature-based proof paths are roadmap work for cases where objective third-party evidence can be checked deterministically.
No-response settlement paths are planned so defined commercial flows can resolve on objective timeout and proof rules.
Target use cases include OTC escrow, deposits, preorders, contractor payments, milestone releases, and proof-based business settlement.
Irium separates production reality from development direction and future roadmap work.
Mineable Proof-of-Work infrastructure for a settlement-first blockchain.
OTC trading for IRM is live via the official Telegram group with escrow-supported flow for safer peer-to-peer settlement.
That OTC path reflects the broader direction: Irium is being built for trust-minimized outcomes, not only token transfers.
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