What is Bitoreum?
June 22, 2025
Crystal Bitoreum is the active continuation of the Bitoreum blockchain, a grassroots cryptocurrency originally built as a fork of Raptoreum (and by extension Dash). While the original project stalled due to limited developer engagement, Crystal Bitoreum was born to reignite the ecosystem with new code, transparency, and community-first governance.This is not a fork in the traditional sense. Crystal is a working title used to distinguish our updated chain and software stack from the dormant legacy codebase. All efforts are to keep the same coin supply, smartnode system and emission curve — but with a radically upgraded infrastructure and renewed vision.
Why Crystal Bitoreum?
- The name change is topical to reflect new development team, coin and call BTRM stays the same
- To restore development momentum, correct broken features and continue active support for the community
- To implement Smartnode protections and modern governance
- To reward miner loyalty while preventing manipulation
- To protect the original community and fair launch principles
What Has Been Done
- Forked project from 3.0.2.1 to 4.0.0.0
- 🚀 Built, released & stabilized network on version 4.1.0.0 — full Smartnode and LLMQ upgrade
- 🛠 Refactored and simplified the build system (Bake + Moonstone tools)
- 🌐 Launched:
- New Official Website
- New Whitepaper (ePub PDF) and supporting Documentation
- Official explorer
- New core wallet binaries
- Transparency Dashboard
- Established new Social Media Channels:
What’s Coming Next
- Finalize Multi-platform auto-compiling Bake (Bitoreum Make) utility
- More exchange listings
- Promotions and active community engagement
- S-Mart.cc, a fully Cryptocurrency-driven online retail store
Bitoreum was never dead. It was waiting for the right hands. This is not a takeover, this is a restoration.