Price change (24h):
1.63%
High (24h):
$0.00045259
Low (24h):
$0.00044351
Volume (24h):
$25.88K
Market Cap:
$6.25M
All Time High:
97.00% $0.02
Apr 12, 2021
All Time Low:
59% $0.00
Jan 2, 2020
36.55 %(1Y)
$0.00045072
Price change (24h):
1.63%
High (24h):
$0.00045259
Low (24h):
$0.00044351
Volume (24h):
$25.88K
Market Cap:
$6.25M
All Time High:
97.00% $0.02
Apr 12, 2021
All Time Low:
59% $0.00
Jan 2, 2020
Nimiq (NIM) is a cryptocurrency launched in 2018. It operates as a Layer-1 smart contract platform with a deep specialization in frictionless, self-custodial payments.
The protocol squarely targets the chasm between crypto’s technical complexity and everyday usability. An in-wallet decentralized exchange facilitates non-custodial swaps between BTC, USDC, USDT, and the native NIM token without registration or identity verification. Gas abstraction removes the typical multi-token juggling act, allowing stablecoin transactions to execute smoothly even when users hold zero blockchain fee tokens.
The network operates on its own blockchain using proof-of-stake. This purpose-built consensus mechanism delivers payment-optimized performance, achieving sub-second finality and throughput exceeding 1,000 transactions per second.
Mining remains a live pathway through the Argon2d hashing algorithm, a memory-hard function designed to resist ASIC centralization. Every wallet runs a lightweight embedded node, connecting directly to the peer-to-peer mesh without separate software installation. The architecture sidesteps reliance on external RPC endpoints, preserving honest client-side verification. Smart contracts execute in a WebAssembly-based environment, though full EVM equivalence is not the design goal.
Nimiq surfaced in 2018 with no named founders, emerging instead as a community-driven protocol fixated on removing barriers for non-technical users. Its initial distribution relied heavily on browser-based mining, lowering the hardware threshold dramatically. Over subsequent iterations, the protocol migrated toward the current staking-centric model while retaining mining rewards as a parallel emission stream.
The broader mission centers on making cryptographic money as trivial to handle as a messaging app. Thirty seconds: that’s the target time for account creation. The platform eliminates seed phrase exposure and external node dependencies, wrapping the entire experience in a web client that runs client-side to guarantee censorship resistance. This vision rejects the notion that self-sovereign finance must feel arcane.
NIM serves as the native gas unit, consumed to execute transactions and smart contract calls on the ledger. Circulating tokens also act as the staking collateral that validators lock to propose blocks and earn an inflation-funded reward currently hovering near 14% annualized. Beyond gas and security, NIM functions as the quote asset within the integrated swap interface, enabling direct asset conversion without wrapping or bridging.
Validators stake NIM to earn a share of protocol emissions, an incentive that simultaneously enhances network integrity and offers a yield mechanism. Miners burn Argon2d computational resources to discover new blocks, collecting freshly minted NIM as compensation. A third usage pattern emerges in the swap interface: NIM holders can directly exchange their position for other crypto assets through the self-custodial DEX, bypassing centralized intermediaries entirely.
Nimiq has a maximum supply of 21,000,000,000 tokens. Currently, 13,872,126,834 NIM are in circulation. With a market capitalization of $6,523,448, Nimiq ranks #1,470 among all cryptocurrencies.
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