Junkcoin (JKC) — Live Network Data

scrypt · AuxPoW merge-mined under LTC pools 60s target blocks
A May-2013 chain revived on a Litecoin 0.21 base — the only side coin carrying MWEB.
dated fallback figures of 2026-10-02 — fetching live…
Pull rate
757TH/s
work pointed at this chain — computed from our own node’s headers · 7d -9.4%
Kether ribbon
capitulation
11.5d in state
Block height
1,157,608
as of 2026-10-02

Network vitals

Block interval
57.8s
average over the engine window · target 60s
Difficulty
10.73 M
difficulty retargets about every 4 hours — no 2016-block cycle
Kether ribbon
capitulation
11.5d in state · 5d/14d time-normalized windows — the fast instrument
Canonical hash ribbon
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activates at 60d of own-node history — building since 2026-10-02
Read the ribbons honestlymerged-mined (AuxPoW) under ltc parent pools: hashrate here is the slice of the parent-pool basket pointed at this chain, and ribbon capitulation/recovery reflects parent-pool basket add/drop decisions, not direct miner economics on this chain

What Junkcoin is

Junkcoin launched 2013-05-03 and was revived in November 2024 on a Litecoin Core 0.21 base — making it the only coin in this family with MWEB — with AuxPoW accepted from height 173,000. The Junkcoin Foundation ships the most active code in the family (v4.0.3.1 released 2026-09-29, plus wallet and sibling repos). Rewards follow a day-based early schedule with random bonus blocks, so subsidy is non-deterministic.

JKC runs 60-second blocks and is merge-mined under Litecoin parent pools: ViaBTC, F2Pool, Binance Pool, EMCD and Mining-Dutch carry it, and the project publishes its own merge-mining tutorials aimed at home miners.

As the only MWEB side coin, its fee and MWEB-usage series would be literally unique — and nobody records them. BasinTwo’s own node archives the chain forward from 2026-10-02.

Provenance. Every figure above is computed from BasinTwo’s own Junkcoin full node — synced from genesis over the P2P network, no snapshots, no third-party feeds. Our forward archive for this chain began 2026-10-02. Raw JSON, same as this page reads: /api/chain/jkc · /api/nodes/jkc. Node software: github.com/Junkcoin-Foundation/junkcoin-core · explorer: explorer.junk-coin.com · listing: CoinGecko.

FAQ

What is Junkcoin (JKC)?
Junkcoin (JKC) is a scrypt proof-of-work chain from May 2013, revived in November 2024 on a Litecoin Core 0.21 base with MWEB support. It runs 60-second blocks with a day-based early reward schedule plus random bonus blocks, and is merge-mined (AuxPoW from height 173,000) under Litecoin parent pools.
Can you mine Junkcoin directly?
Not on its own, and you don’t need to: Junkcoin is merge-mined (AuxPoW) under Litecoin parent pools. Point your scrypt machine at a pool that carries JKC — ViaBTC, F2Pool, Binance Pool, EMCD or Mining-Dutch — and it arrives as a kicker on your LTC payouts, for the same hashes you were already doing. Solo AuxPoW setups exist, but pool merged mining is how virtually all JKC blocks are found. The Junkcoin Foundation publishes its own merge-mining tutorials aimed at home miners.
Where does this data come from?
From BasinTwo’s own Junkcoin full node, synced block-by-block from genesis over the coin’s P2P network — no snapshots, no third-party APIs. The page reads the same public JSON feeds anyone can: basintwo.com/api/chain/jkc and basintwo.com/api/nodes/jkc. Our forward archive for this chain began 2026-10-02; indicators that need deeper history say so instead of faking it.
Source: BasinTwo’s own Junkcoin node. Figures refresh every 60s in your browser; when a feed is unreachable the page says so instead of guessing. Ribbon recipes are published in the API response itself.