Introducing Utopia’s Proof of Routing (PoR) for Crypton (CRP) Mining

The traditional Proof of Work (PoW) model of Bitcoin that many in the cryptocurrency industry are familiar with is a cryptographic mechanism used to achieve consensus; agreement on transactions that are to be accepted on a distributed network of mining nodes. The “mining” of Bitcoin is the reward or compensation for helping to establish that consensus by doing the computational work to solve a cryptographic puzzle and in so doing helping to secure the network. Therefore “Proof of Work” in Bitcoin is a security model implemented to verify the authenticity of transactions.

Utopia is a project unlike any other in the cryptocurrency industry because it is about far more than simply establishing a new digital currency, it is about establishing a new internet. The native digital currency of Utopia, Crypton, is the economic unit of value for this new, private, internet. Cryptons are created using an entirely new model of cryptocurrency mining. The lifeblood of the Utopia P2P ecosystem is the relaying of encrypted packets across the network. It is this communication between nodes that enables the existence of the network. The more nodes online, the more robust and stable the network becomes. Nodes require a moderate amount of RAM for storage of network data and a high quality internet connection with a public IP for routing of network data.

Cryptons are created as a reward or compensation not for solving a cryptographic puzzle, but rather for contributing to this essential routing of network data. The model of Crypton mining, therefore, may be described as a “Proof of Routing”, because nodes only begin to generate CRP rewards after they have established enough incoming network connections to meaningfully contribute to the routing of network data, helping to establish the lifeblood of the ecosystem itself. This work of routing may be considered among the most meaningful forms of cryptocurrency mining because genuine value is being delivered every second by mining nodes to all network participants. Helping to establish a new form of fully encrypted, private, P2P internet is no easy task and the mining of Cryptons provides the proper incentive to make it all happen.

Originally Published By TheMerchant in TheMessage within the Utopia P2P Ecosystem in March of 2020. Upgrade your internet at https://u.is