VigiChain Learn · Reference
Frequently asked questions
Short, direct answers to what people ask first. Each one points at the lesson with the full reasoning, because an answer you cannot check is only an opinion.
Is VIGI worth anything today?
No. The public network is a testnet, and testnet VIGI has no monetary value; the software says so itself. Anyone offering to buy or sell it is not describing this network.
Where the courses explain it →When does mainnet launch?
There is no date. Mainnet is locked in the software and opens once the gates are evidenced: a consensus freeze, a signed and reproducible release, several independent producers, a thirty-day burn-in and an independent audit of the frozen commit.
Where the courses explain it →Can I buy VIGI or join a presale?
No. Nothing is premined and there is no presale or allocation to sell. New VIGI exists only as a block reward.
Where the courses explain it →How do I start mining?
Install a node with the one-line installer, which verifies the release’s signatures and provenance before it writes anything, and leave it running. The course on mining goes through it step by step.
Where the courses explain it →Do I need special hardware?
No. The node mines with CPU threads, and a mini PC in a cupboard is a perfectly good node. Leave one core for the machine you use; electricity is the real cost, and you can measure it before you start.
Where the courses explain it →Can I run a node at home behind an ordinary router?
Yes. The installer sets up the Tor route when it can, and that route needs no port forwarding and no public address.
Where the courses explain it →What happens if I lose my twenty-four words?
If you also lose every device that holds the wallet, the funds are gone: nobody, including this project, can restore them. A second written copy or recovery shares are how you make losing one survivable.
Where the courses explain it →Can anyone freeze or reverse my transaction?
No. The protocol refuses any change that alters a balance or confiscates funds. The same rule means that nobody can undo a payment sent to the wrong address.
Where the courses explain it →Why post-quantum now, if no quantum computer can break keys yet?
Because a public key published today can be stored and broken later. VigiChain signs with ML-DSA-65 from FIPS 204 so that what it signs does not depend on winning that race.
Where the courses explain it →Why are the signatures so large?
An ML-DSA-65 signature is 3,309 bytes, roughly fifty times an elliptic-curve signature. That size is the price of the security, not an inefficiency.
Where the courses explain it →How do I know the wallet I downloaded is genuine?
Compare its SHA-256 with the one published on the wallet page before you install it. After installation, a tampered wallet can show you anything it likes, including a matching checksum.
Where the courses explain it →Is VigiBank a bank?
No. It reads what an address holds on chain. There are no deposits, no custody and no interest, and the keys stay with you.
Where the courses explain it →Does Vigi Data store my files?
No. Only a file’s hash goes on chain. The anchor proves that the file existed unchanged at that height, but there is no storage network behind it: if you lose the file, the anchor cannot give it back.
Where the courses explain it →Who controls VigiChain?
Nobody can change the supply, the emission, balances or genesis, and neither holding VIGI nor staking it gives any control over the protocol. Today UTXO Labs writes the node, whose source is private; every release is signed and verifiable, and each operator decides what to run.
Where the courses explain it →How can I help?
Run a node in a new place, verify every release before you run it, report weaknesses privately to the contact in this site’s security.txt, and check what these pages claim against the chain.
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