# PRANA Blockchain

> PRANA is a proof-of-work blockchain using the Etchash algorithm, launched without a premine. It is the compute half of a two-chain ecosystem whose social half is MELEK.

Canonical: https://wiki.soapbox.community/wiki/PRANA_Blockchain
Section: Chains and how they work
Last updated: 2026-10-20
Publisher: Library of Ashurbanipal (Van Kush Family Research Institute), https://wiki.soapbox.community

**PRANA** is a proof-of-work blockchain using the Etchash algorithm, launched without a premine. It is the compute half of a two-chain ecosystem whose social half is MELEK.

## Purpose

PRANA exists to produce and account for compute. The stated design intent is that an AI system operating on the social chain needs processing capacity, and that a proof-of-work chain is a way to organise and pay for it — hence the framing "mine the compute the people own."

## Parameters

- Chain ID: 712217
- Algorithm: Etchash (Dagger-Hashimoto family)
- Block interval: approximately 11 seconds
- Block reward: 2 PRANA, paid to the miner
- Client: CoreGeth
- No premine

Because the reward is a coinbase issuance rather than a transaction, it does not appear as a transfer in a block's transaction list. It can be confirmed by reading a miner's balance across successive blocks.

## Ecosystem

PRANA hosts an EVM environment. KulaSwap runs as its decentralised exchange, and wrapped Hive-Engine assets — notably VKBT and CURE — are bridged onto it under multisignature custody, which is what connects the MELEK side to outside value.

## See also

- MELEK Blockchain
- KulaSwap
- SoapBox Mining Pool

## Sources

- [pranascan.soapbox.community](https://pranascan.soapbox.community) — block explorer
- [akasha.soapbox.community](https://akasha.soapbox.community) — wallet
- [github.com/HinduTempleCoins/PRANA](https://github.com/HinduTempleCoins/PRANA) — source

## Coverage

Parameters were read from a live PRANA node. Difficulty, height and supply change continuously.