The Piggycoin development team have announced that the coin will be seeing some rather big changes in the near future, moving to the X11 algorithm before changing entirely to proof-of-stake (PoS). They’ll also be significantly reducing the total number of mined coins. This move will mean an entirely new blockchain, so you’ll need to trade your old coins for new ...

PiggyCoin are calling this week “PiggyWeek”, and have scheduled a bunch of announcements over the duration of the week. Today they have announced the launch of the PiggyCoin Foundation. As with other coin foundations, the PiggyCoin Foundation aims to raise PiggyCoins to be donated towards projects and charities. The announcement reads: PiggyCoin was born out of the ideology of teaching ...

As a parent who is involved in the cryptocurrency scene myself, Piggycoin is something I’ve been watching. They aim to become an introductory coin for the younger ones out there — who might one day be using cryptocurrency as part of their daily routine. I spoke with João, who is the founder of Piggycoin, to find out more about what they’re ...