What is Sovereign Stock Token?
SOST Protocol is a native Layer 1 Proof-of-Work blockchain with its own mainnet, explorer, address format, source repository and consensus rules. Its native coin is Sovereign Stock Token, ticker SOST. SOST is not an ERC-20 or smart-contract token and has no contract address.
SOST launched on 2026-03-15 with 0 premine, 0 ICO, 0 presale, 0 founder allocation, 0 investor allocation, 0 team allocation and 0 dev tax. The maximum supply is fixed at 4,669,201 SOST. Coins are emitted only through Proof-of-Work mining.
SOST uses ConvergenceX Proof-of-Work, cASERT difficulty adjustment and Signature-Bound Proof-of-Work from block 7,100 for miner identity binding and anti-pool resistance.
Every block is split by consensus as 50% miner reward, 25% Gold Vault allocation and 25% PoPC Pool allocation. The network is live and publicly auditable through the explorer.
During the infrastructure test phase, SOST reached a peak of approximately 39 active miners. After SbPoW activation at block 7,100, miners had to update their mining setup. At the latest explorer snapshot, 12 miners had updated.
