What is Bismuth?
Fair launch
No ICO, no premine — mainnet since 1 May 2017.
Python, from scratch
Widely cited as the first blockchain written in Python — not a fork.
Account model
Signature-derived transaction IDs; arbitrary operation + openfield data.
Heavy3 PoW
CPU/GPU-friendly proof-of-work with a peer-reviewed difficulty controller.
Plugin ecosystem
Tokens, aliases, NFTs, DEX, naming, state channels — as building blocks.
Peer-reviewed
Consensus analysed in Modeling, Identification and Control (2017–2018).
💼 Get a wallet
Hosted right here on bismuth.cz — no third-party redirects. Verify your download against SHA256SUMS.txt.
Tornado Wallet v0.1.48
The recommended desktop wallet — full GUI, HD accounts, tokens & aliases. Runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Source & release notes: github.com/bismuthfoundation/TornadoWallet
Tk Wallet 0.9.4
Classic lightweight Tkinter wallet — small, simple, battle-tested.
Paper Wallet offline
Generate an offline cold-storage key pair in your browser — air-gapped, nothing sent anywhere.
Web wallets self-host
Run your own node and connect a wallet to it, or use a public wallet server.
📜 The story
10 Years of Bismuth
A cited retrospective on the project's architectural firsts (2017–2026): semantic data/meaning layering, an early plugin ecosystem and NFTs, on-chain sensor data before “DePIN” had a name, and a peer-reviewed proof-of-work difficulty controller.
🎙️ Press & coverage
A working bibliography of interviews, profiles, reviews and academic papers covering Bismuth (2017–2024) — with cleaned, link-rot-proof local copies of each piece.
Browse the full catalog →⛏️ Run a node
Ledger bootstrap
A recent mainnet snapshot so a new node starts near the chain tip instead of syncing from genesis. A fresh node auto-bootstraps from this URL on first start; to apply it manually:
cd Bismuth
curl -L -o static/ledger.db.tar.gz https://bismuth.cz/ledger.tar.gz
tar xzf static/ledger.db.tar.gz -C static/
python3 node.py⚠️ Full node needs the non-RSA signer libs
mainnet carries ed25519 / ecdsa transactions; without these the node rejects those blocks and cannot sync:
pip install coincurve ed25519🌐 Ecosystem & services
The wider Bismuth ecosystem — explorers, pools, infrastructure and community.
Explorers
- explorer.bismuth.cz — this site — full stats & geomap
- bismuth.im — community explorer & API
- mybismuth.com — alternative explorer
Mining
- Eggpool — mining pool
- kbkminer — open-source miner
- Difficulty chart
Infrastructure
- Hypernode — second-tier network
- Wallet servers — public node endpoints
- API help — explorer API docs
Trading
- wBIS on Ethereum — DEXTools
- wBIS on BSC — DEXTools
Docs & project
- bismuthcoin.org — main site & docs
- Whitepaper
- Source (GitHub)