Epic Cash

Epic Cash (EPIC) is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that aims to serve as a peer-to-peer form of digital money. It is designed to function as a store of value, medium of exchange, and unit of account. Built using the Mimblewimble protocol, Epic Cash offers enhanced privacy, scalability, and decentralisation by eliminating addresses, obscuring transaction amounts, and applying cryptographic techniques to conceal sender–receiver relationships.

The project launched in August 2019 and follows a proof-of-work consensus model. EPIC is mined using multiple algorithms tailored to CPUs, GPUs, and ASICs, which include RandomX, ProgPow, and CuckAToo31+ respectively. Its architecture focuses on reducing blockchain bloat and ensuring participation is accessible to a wide range of users.

Epic Cash is intended to function as:

• Private Digital Money: With features like Confidential Transactions, CoinJoin, Dandelion++ for transaction propagation, and no wallet addresses, EPIC enables private peer-to-peer payments.

• Store of Value: The supply is fixed at 21 million coins with predictable emission, designed to create scarcity and long-term value retention.

• Medium of Exchange: Fast block times (one minute per block) and low transaction costs allow EPIC to be used for everyday transactions.

• Mining Incentive: Users can earn EPIC through mining with CPUs, GPUs, or ASICs. Mining rewards are allocated with the aim of maintaining decentralisation.

Although 'EPIC' was the ticker assigned at the deployment of the Epic Cash Token's smart contract, it is in use by another asset that has a larger market presence and higher trading volume on major exchanges. Due to this association and to avoid confusion in the marketplace, the alternative ticker 'EPICCASH' has been adopted for this token. This designation is specifically used to ensure that assets are distinctly identified.