MotaCoin

MotaCoin (MOTA) is a Proof-of-Stake cryptocurrency built on a Bitcoin-derived codebase (Bitcoin → Peercoin → NovaCoin → MotaCoin). Originally founded in 2014 and relaunched with a new genesis in March 2018, it features X13 proof-of-work hashing for the initial distribution phase, a full transition to pure Proof-of-Stake at block 978,420, 4.20% annual staking rewards, and a 125 million fixed supply.

Version 2.0.1 introduces the Snapback Recovery Protocol — a chain-level rollback mechanism that recovered the network from a consensus fault, redistributed 25 million MOTA to affected users, and upgraded the economic model in a single coordinated hard fork. It also adds a native Solana bridge via an inverted escrow architecture: all 125 million MOTA SPL tokens were pre-minted on Solana with mint authority permanently revoked.

The chain is live and operational, with staking nodes running on dedicated hardware, a block explorer at explorer.motacoin.net, and 35 custom RPC commands for staking management, bridge operations, coin control, and chain analytics.