Frequently asked questions
Is Triangles a fork of Bitcoin / Monero / another coin?
Triangles has its own consensus algorithm (Hash9, a 13-step hash cascade designed in 2014) and its own codebase. It is not a Bitcoin fork and not a Monero fork. The wallet and node software are written in C++ with a Qt-based UI, fully open-source.
How is 33% APR staking sustainable?
Like any PoS coin, the rate reflects new TRI issued per year as a fraction of the staked supply. The exact emissions curve is documented in the source repository. As more TRI is staked, the per-staker yield naturally dilutes — early stakers receive higher relative rewards, later stakers receive less. There is no "infinite" issuance; the supply is capped.
What does "Tor v3 by default" actually do?
By default, every network peer connection is wrapped in an anonymity circuit: Tor v3 (next-generation onion) for .onion peers, or the embedded I2P router (as of v6.0.0) for .b32.i2p peers. Your IP address is not exposed to the peers you transact with, and vice versa. If I2P fails to bootstrap, the wallet falls back to Tor-only operation rather than connecting in the clear.
Why I2P in addition to Tor?
Tor and I2P are different anonymity networks with different threat models. Tor is optimized for low-latency client → server communication (good for visiting a website anonymously). I2P is optimized for peer-to-peer services with unidirectional tunnels (good for blockchain P2P). Triangles supports both in a single integrated binary — one of the very few cryptocurrencies to do so, with no external router daemon to install — so every peer connection can be anonymized through whichever network the peer address uses.
What does the new fork detector do?
A dedicated background thread (in v6.0.0) compares your local chain tip against the median chain tip reported by your connected peers every 60 seconds. If your chain falls behind the network consensus by more than a configurable threshold, the wallet logs and surfaces a warning before you accidentally follow an orphaned fork. It's a safety net against network partitions, eclipse attacks, and buggy peers.
Is the encrypted messaging a separate app?
No — it's built into the Qt Wallet. Open the messaging panel, add a contact by their TRI address, and you have end-to-end encrypted chat. The protocol is peer-to-peer (no servers), and messages route over the same Tor-v3 + I2P networks as transactions.
Is this project still active?
Yes. Latest release v6.2.6.7 (September 2026). The v6.0.0 line was the largest single release in the project's history — embedded I2P router, 3 production I2P seed nodes, BIP152 compact blocks, RocksDB column families, background fork detector, Ed25519-signed UTXO snapshots, and 15 security/performance hardening fixes — and the v6.2.6.x point releases since then have hardened the UTXO-snapshot fast-sync path (fail-closed readback verification, corrected block/tx disk positions, checkpoint rebase to the network-canonical tip) and fixed I2P server-tunnel and TLS trust issues. Source is updated regularly, releases happen on a steady cadence, and the block explorer at blocks.cryptographic-triangles.org is live.
How can I verify the source code matches the binary I downloaded?
Clone the triangles_v5 repository, check out the v6.2.6.7 tag, and follow the build instructions. The SHA-256 published on this page verifies that the installer you downloaded is the official, unmodified release artifact — it is an integrity check of the download, not proof that the binary was built from the tagged source.
