Aime (AIME)

Privacy-focused cryptocurrency forked from Monero v0.18. Independent mainnet, live since 2026-04-27. CPU-mineable via RandomX.

Website: aimecoin.net · Seed node: seed1.aimecoin.net:17080 · Genesis hash: b78e36c0afe10470ec6dcc71c8ae8c1e4847d979aa788deb67dfa837bdcdfb29

Author: Kiwoong Eom · eric.eom@gmail.com · @kiwoongeom

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Quick start

# Build daemon + CLI wallet (Linux)
git clone --recursive https://github.com/kiwoongeom/aime-core
cd aime-core && make release

# Run daemon (auto-discovers seed1.aimecoin.net)
./scripts/linux/aime-daemon.sh

# Mine (separate clone)
git clone https://github.com/kiwoongeom/aime-miner
cd aime-miner
./aime-set-address.sh A...your-95-char-address...
./aime-mine.sh

Windows users with WSL: see scripts/windows/ for one-click .bat launchers.

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🚀 New here? Start with GETTING_STARTED.md — step-by-step guide for mining, running a node, or just using a wallet.

What is Aime?

Aime is a learning-focused cryptocurrency project that forks the Monero codebase to create an independent privacy chain. It inherits Monero's strong privacy guarantees (ring signatures, RingCT, Bulletproofs+) while establishing its own network identity, address format, and genesis block.

Key facts:

• Ticker: AIME
• Precision: 1 AIME = 10¹² atomic units
• Block time: 120 seconds (LWMA-2 difficulty adjustment)
• PoW: RandomX (CPU-mineable, ASIC-resistant)
• Privacy: Mandatory — ring size 16, RingCT, Bulletproofs+
• Emission: Monero-orthodox tail emission (~18.13M main + 0.6 AIME/block forever)
• Genesis hash: b78e36c0afe10470ec6dcc71c8ae8c1e4847d979aa788deb67dfa837bdcdfb29
• Address format: Starts with A (e.g., AQWWPyLG4exW1...)

Network parameters

Network	P2P	RPC	ZMQ	Address prefix
Mainnet	17080	17081	17082	56
Testnet	27080	27081	27082	87
Stagenet	37080	37081	37082	122

NETWORK_ID base: 1dd945d7-c142-4f38-87ce-42a20e325f__ (last byte: 10/11/12)

Build

See INSTALL.md for full instructions.

# Ubuntu 22.04+
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake pkg-config ccache git \
  libboost-all-dev libssl-dev libzmq3-dev libunbound-dev libsodium-dev \
  libunwind-dev liblzma-dev libreadline-dev libldns-dev libexpat1-dev \
  libpgm-dev libhidapi-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler \
  libudev-dev libnorm-dev libgtest-dev

git clone --recursive <this-repo> aime
cd aime
make release -j$(nproc)
# → ~3-5 min on modern multi-core CPU
# Output: build/Linux/aime-main/release/bin/{aimed, aime-wallet-cli, aime-wallet-rpc}

Run a node

./aimed --p2p-bind-port 17080 --rpc-bind-port 17081

Mine

See HOW_TO_MINE.md for detailed mining setup.

./aimed --start-mining <YOUR_AIME_ADDRESS> --mining-threads 2

Wallet

./aime-wallet-cli --generate-new-wallet mywallet
# Generates a 25-word seed and an address starting with "A"

Companion projects

• aime-explorer — Web block explorer (forked from xmrblocks)
• aime-gui — Qt/QML graphical wallet (forked from monero-gui)

Differences from Monero

Aspect	Monero	Aime
NETWORK_ID	1230f171-...-a110	1dd945d7-...-5f10
P2P port	18080	17080
Address prefix	18 (starts "4")	56 (starts "A")
Genesis hash	418015bb...	b78e36c0...
Genesis message	(none)	"Aime 2026/04/27 - Genesis"
Daemon binary	monerod	aimed
Data directory	~/.bitmonero/	~/.aime/

Two networks are fully isolated at protocol level (NETWORK_ID), OS level (ports), and visual level (addresses).

Project status

This is currently a learning/experimental project, not a production cryptocurrency. The chain technically functions (verified via block production, P2P sync, mining, balance accounting), but has not been deployed to public infrastructure.

Roadmap toward production:

• Public seed nodes (VPS deployment)
• DNS seeds in code
• Block explorer hosting
• Domain + website
• Mining pool
• Wallet integration (Cake Wallet PR, etc.)

Acknowledgments

Aime stands on the shoulders of:

• The Monero Project — for the foundational codebase and 12+ years of cryptographic research
• Wownero — as a reference for fork rebranding patterns
• RandomX authors (tevador et al.) — for the ASIC-resistant PoW
• CryptoNote v2 — original protocol design

License

BSD 3-Clause (inherited from Monero). See LICENSE.

Contributing

This is currently a single-developer learning project. Issues and PRs welcome but response time may vary.