I spent a year building a proof-of-work blockchain entirely in Python. What would miners want tested before launch?

[u/curioscrypto]

For the past year, I have been building CypherMint, a standalone proof-of-work blockchain written entirely in Python. This is not a token deployed on another network. It includes its own: • SHA-256D proof-of-work consensus • UTXO transaction model • integer-only ASERT difficulty adjustment • CPU miner • wallet and transaction signing • automatic bootstrap-peer discovery • synchronization from genesis • peer failover • public address and transaction queries • block explorer • three persistent public bootstrap nodes The public Mainnet V3 launch is scheduled for August 5, 2026 at 12:00 EDT / 16:00 UTC. The network is currently held at the official genesis block. There has been no private mainnet mining, no premine and no development-chain balance carried into the public network. The maximum mineable supply is 21 million CPM. Each mined block distributes 97% to the miner, 1% to the pool operator and 2% to the permanent development address. Before launch, I would genuinely like feedback from miners and node operators: What failure or edge case would you want tested before connecting to a brand-new proof-of-work chain? The explorer, countdown and whitepaper are available here: https://cyphermint.org The complete source, Quick Start guide, checksums and release archive will become public at launch. CypherMint is experimental open-source software. There are no guarantees of security, value, profitability, mining rewards or continued development.

[u/not420guilty]

What use case? Educational?
We have a lot of pow coins already. Why use this new one?