Quantum-proof cryptocurrency
The cryptocurrency that settles in a blink, built for the quantum age.
Orien is a new cryptocurrency. Payments are final in a fraction of a second, they never wait in line, and every signature is designed to stay safe when quantum computers arrive.
Final in a blink
A payment is final in about a sixth of a second across the internet. No blocks to wait for, no "confirmations", and never stuck behind anyone else’s payment.
Ready for quantum computers
Quantum computers will break the signatures most cryptocurrencies rely on today. Orien’s signatures rest on one well-studied building block, the BLAKE3 hash, which they cannot break that way.
A fair launch from nothing
No pre-mine, no sale, no founder’s share. The network starts with zero coins and every coin is earned. Its start is tied to a Bitcoin block announced in advance, so nobody can mine before everyone else.
A small, fair fee
0.1% of each payment, never more than 1 coin. The same share whatever a coin is worth. Fees go to the validators who keep the network running.
No blocks. No waiting in line.
Most cryptocurrencies put every payment in the world into one queue and settle them a block at a time. Orien doesn’t. Each account numbers its own payments, and validators sign off on each one as it arrives. Once an hour they pause for a moment to agree on a snapshot of every balance. That is the only time they need to agree on anything.
Read how it worksThe coin
100 million coins. Ever.
- Zero at launch. Nothing is set aside for anyone, the founders included.
- Half in the first four years. Then half of what remains every four years after: about 1,977 coins in the very first hour.
- Earned by work. Each hour’s new coins go to everyone who mined in that hour, in proportion to the work they did. Work only creates coins; it never decides payments.
- Nine decimal places. Small payments stay easy however valuable a coin becomes.
100M cap · 4-year half-life · 0 at genesis
Coins release by elapsed wall-clock time between checkpoints rather than checkpoint count, so closing an epoch early or late never changes total issuance.
Three ways to take part
Mine
Lend your computer’s spare power. Every hour, the new coins are shared out among everyone who did work in that hour.
Run a validator
Stake 10,000 coins behind a server that checks payments. Validators earn the network’s fees, shared by stake.
Pay and get paid
Make a wallet, send and receive. Each payment comes with a receipt anyone can check for themselves.
Works with your AI assistant
Just ask.
One command teaches Claude Code and Codex to use Orien for you. Ask for your balance, pay someone, start mining, or set up a validator, in plain words.
- It asks before every payment, with the address, the amount and the fee.
- It never sees your secrets. Your 24 words and your password stay with you.
- You set the limits. Allow it to spend up to an amount you choose, for as long as you choose.
Send Bob 40 ORN
Send 40 ORN to Bob at 3edf…88c5, with a fee of 0.04 ORN? A payment can’t be undone.
Yes
Done. Bob has it, and the payment is final.
Every coin is earned. Start earning yours.
Make a wallet and start mining in a few minutes, on any computer.