# Welcome to Pandacoin

## Welcome to Pandacoin

*Honest and fair cryptocurrency for everyone.*

Pandacoin (**PND**) is an independent, community-driven blockchain launched in 2014. It combines **Proof-of-Work** and **Proof-of-Stake** in a single hybrid chain, runs a **100% fee burn** to offset inflation, and ships with **no premine and no ICO** — just code, a community, and a decade of uptime.

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**New here?** Start with the Introduction, then grab a wallet and you're ready to go.
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**🚀 New: Pandacoin on Solana.** We just launched a PND SPL token on Solana.\
**Contract:** [`5aKvh7uwKNn5CQcXd5hxKJLp7wR1GE4HcgigvhL3pump`](https://solscan.io/token/5aKvh7uwKNn5CQcXd5hxKJLp7wR1GE4HcgigvhL3pump)\
**Trade:** [Pump.fun (PND-SOL)](https://pump.fun/coin/5aKvh7uwKNn5CQcXd5hxKJLp7wR1GE4HcgigvhL3pump) · [Jupiter](https://jup.ag/swap/SOL-5aKvh7uwKNn5CQcXd5hxKJLp7wR1GE4HcgigvhL3pump) · [Solscan](https://solscan.io/token/5aKvh7uwKNn5CQcXd5hxKJLp7wR1GE4HcgigvhL3pump)
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### At a glance

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>🧬 Hybrid chain</strong></td><td>PoW + PoS since the May 2021 network upgrade — mine it, stake it, or both.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>🔥 100% fee burn</strong></td><td>Every transaction fee is destroyed. Deflationary pressure built into the protocol.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>🐼 No premine, no ICO</strong></td><td>Fair launch in 2014. No insider allocation, no venture capital, no strings.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>🌱 Low energy</strong></td><td>PoS minting lets anyone secure the network from a laptop or low-power device.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>🧩 Smart contracts</strong></td><td>Modern scripting capability on an independent L1 blockchain.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>🐾 Conservation-focused</strong></td><td>Community donations to real-world wildlife causes — pandas, oceans, and more.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Where to go next

### Join the community

The project lives and breathes through the people using it. Find us wherever you hang out:

<table><thead><tr><th width="180">Channel</th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>💬 <strong>Discord</strong></td><td><a href="https://discord.gg/9UAXtm2ApS">discord.gg/9UAXtm2ApS</a> — real-time chat, support, dev talk</td></tr><tr><td>📣 <strong>Telegram</strong></td><td><a href="https://t.me/pandacoin">t.me/pandacoin</a> — main community group</td></tr><tr><td>🐦 <strong>Twitter / X</strong></td><td><a href="https://twitter.com/PandaCoinPND">@PandaCoinPND</a> — announcements</td></tr><tr><td>👥 <strong>Reddit</strong></td><td><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PandacoinPND">r/PandacoinPND</a></td></tr><tr><td>📘 <strong>Facebook</strong></td><td><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Pandacoin.PND/">fb.com/Pandacoin.PND</a></td></tr><tr><td>📝 <strong>Blog</strong></td><td><a href="https://medium.com/@Pandacoin_PND">medium.com/@Pandacoin_PND</a> — long-form updates</td></tr><tr><td>🧵 <strong>Bitcointalk</strong></td><td><a href="https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1960307.0">ANN thread</a></td></tr><tr><td>🦊 <strong>GitLab</strong></td><td><a href="https://gitlab.com/pandacoin">gitlab.com/pandacoin</a> — source of truth for all code</td></tr><tr><td>🐙 <strong>GitHub</strong></td><td><a href="https://github.com/DigitalPandacoin">github.com/DigitalPandacoin</a> — mirror</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Looking for a full, up-to-date list of exchanges, explorers, pools, and tools? See the official resources page at [**pandacoin.tech/resources**](https://pandacoin.tech/resources).
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### A quick word on this wiki

This wiki is maintained by the community. If you spot something outdated, broken, or missing, let us know in [Discord](https://discord.gg/9UAXtm2ApS) or [Telegram](https://t.me/pandacoin) — or better, submit a change. Pandacoin is open-source top to bottom, and the docs are no different.