# BitcoBoost Core - Recommended Exchange Release (v1.0.0)

**Ticker: BCBO** - This is the recommended, BCBO-aligned release for exchange integration.

## Downloads
- Linux (x86_64): `bitcoboost-core-1.0.0-x86_64-linux-gnu.tar.gz`
- Windows (x64): `bitcoboost-core-1.0.0-win64.zip`
- Checksums: `SHA256SUMS`
- Signature (GPG detached): `SHA256SUMS.asc`
- Public signing key: `bitcoboost-release-pubkey.asc` (fingerprint `B953191753915A465728EFCD8739ECBDF90D266B`)

## Verify
1. `sha256sum -c SHA256SUMS`
2. `gpg --import bitcoboost-release-pubkey.asc`
3. `gpg --verify SHA256SUMS.asc SHA256SUMS`

## Consensus / integration parameters
- Max supply: ~21,011,000 BCBO (21,000,000 halving schedule + 11,000 launch slow-start; exact 21,010,999.98)
- Block subsidy: 50 BCBO, halving every 210,000 blocks (first halving at block 212,001)
- Slow start: blocks 1-1,000 = 1 BCBO, 1,001-2,000 = 10 BCBO
- Founder reward: 5% (2.5 BCBO) on blocks 2,001-209,999; carved out of the 50 (miner gets 47.5)
- Algorithm: X16RV2 | Address prefix (bech32): bb1q | Coinbase maturity: 100 blocks
- Ports: P2P 38210 | RPC 18332
- Source: https://github.com/Bitcoboost/bitcoboost-core

Building from source remains the canonical, verifiable path.