ZooBC basics

ZooBC is a public blockchain with its own coin, ZBC. Its blocks are made every 15 seconds by registered nodes drawn by lot, a consensus called Proof of Participation, and its features, from tokens and markets to stored files and on-chain games, are built into the protocol as transaction types. This category explains what you need before anything else: the chain, its coin, accounts, wallets and networks.

The chain

• What ZooBC is: what ZooBC is, what a node does, and why there is no mining and no virtual machine.
• Blocks and time: a block every 15 seconds, and durations counted in blocks.
• The genesis block: how a chain begins, and why its genesis hash is its identity.
• Devnet, testnet and mainnet: devnet, testnet and mainnet, three separate chains.

Coins and accounts

• The ZBC coin and its units: the ZBC coin, its 100,000,000 atomic units, and what it pays for.
• Accounts and addresses: the ZBC_ address, its checksum and its prefixes, and why every balance is public.
• Getting a wallet and keeping it safe: the official wallet, the recovery phrase, and how to keep it safe.

Using and governing it

• What you can do on ZooBC: a map of the built-in features.
• The ZooBC Foundation: what the Foundation holds and publishes, and what no key can do.
• Glossary: short definitions of the terms used across this wiki.

Key numbers

Item	Value (mainnet)
block interval	15 seconds
one day	5,760 blocks
1 ZBC	100,000,000 atomic units
supply ceiling	33,333,333.33333333 ZBC
emission of new ZBC	over 15 years, fastest at the start
base action fee	0.025 ZBC
account rent at the start	0.01 ZBC per 30 days
genesis seats per chain	11
transaction type numbers	73

Where to go next

How blocks are made, and who earns the new coins, is the subject of Proof of Participation. Operators continue with running a node, developers with transactions and integrations, and anyone curious about where fees and new coins go with economics and governance.

See also

• What ZooBC is
• Proof of Participation
• Economics and governance
• Glossary

Articles in this topic

• Accounts and addresses
  How a ZooBC account is named: the 66-character ZBC_ address, what its 32 bytes are, how its checksum catches typos, and which prefixes and keyless addresses exist.
• Blocks and time
  A ZooBC block comes every 15 seconds, with or without transactions, and the protocol counts its durations in blocks: 5,760 blocks make a day.
• Devnet, testnet and mainnet
  ZooBC runs three separate chains: mainnet for real value, testnet with free coins and the same rules and values, and devnet with shorter timings for development.
• Getting a wallet and keeping it safe
  How to get the official ZooBC wallet, what the recovery phrase is, and the few habits that keep your coins safe.
• Glossary
  Short definitions of the terms used across the ZooBC wiki, in alphabetical order, each with a link to the article that explains it.
• The genesis block
  How a ZooBC chain begins: a configuration that is the starting state, committed in one hash that becomes the chain's identity.
• The ZBC coin and its units
  ZBC is ZooBC's native coin: eight decimals, counted on the chain in whole atomic units, used for fees, node stakes and rent, under a fixed supply ceiling.
• The ZooBC Foundation
  What the ZooBC Foundation does on the network: it holds the genesis seats and publishes the tools, while no key, its own included, can change rules or balances.
• What you can do on ZooBC
  A tour of the features built into ZooBC, from payments and tokens to markets, stored files, on-chain games and account groups, each one a transaction type.
• What ZooBC is
  ZooBC in one page: a public blockchain with its own coin, ZBC, where registered nodes drawn by lot make the blocks and every feature is a built-in transaction type.