Overview

Wenblocks is a fun, decentralized community-driven project created as a playful mirror of the Xenblocks mining ecosystem. Its purpose is to give dedicated Xenblocks miners something engaging and immediately usable while they await the launch of the X1 blockchain. Xenblocks miners have been grinding away since the project's inception on September 8, 2023, accumulating tokens that remain non-transferable until X1 goes live. In the months since, over 18,000 miners have collectively mined tens of millions of Xenblocks (XENBLOCKS Dashboard | XEN.pub).

Wenblocks addresses this community "boredom" by acting as a parallel, gift project that mirrors Xenblocks in a lighthearted and tradable way. It takes the achievements of Xenblocks miners and translates them into an ERC-20 token ecosystem that the community can trade, stake, and play with on existing networks, providing utility to what were previously just off-chain mining rewards.

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Important Notice: The smart contract addresses shown in this documentation are placeholder addresses (0x0000...0000) for the mainnet deployment. The code examples may contain testnet addresses and configurations. Always verify the official contract addresses before interacting with the protocol.

Background: Xenblocks and the Road to X1

Xenblocks is the Proof-of-Work (PoW) component of the upcoming X1 blockchain, conceived by Jack Levin of XEN Crypto. In Xenblocks, miners use their hardware to solve cryptographic puzzles, earning XNM (XENIUM) tokens. The mining process is intentionally accessible, leveraging the memory-hard Argon2 algorithm to discourage specialized hardware and maintain a wide miner base.

Xenblocks serves as a merged PoW/PoS element for X1. The vision is that X1 will unite the XEN community across multiple chains into one L1 blockchain. Until the full X1 launch, Xenblocks exists in a quasi-testnet state: miners earn XNM off-chain. Because X1 is not yet live, these off-chain tokens are not tradable or usable. This gap is where Wenblocks comes in—bridging the wait with a parallel token system that mirrors Xenblocks' structure in a live, community-driven environment.

For additional technical details on Xenblocks, such as hashing algorithms, difficulty adjustment, and merged mining, refer to the Xenblocks GitBook.

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The Wenblocks Token System

Initial Token Distribution: Each token contract (WNM, WBLK, WUNI, WNT) mints exactly 2 tokens (2e18 with 18 decimals) to the deployer during initialization. These initial tokens are used to create the first liquidity pairs on Uniswap V2, establishing initial market prices and enabling protocol launch.

WNM (Wenium)

• Mirrors XNM (Xenium) from Xenblocks

• Primary staking token in the Wenblocks ecosystem

• Distributed to miners via airdrops (based on Xenblocks mining)

• Intended to be freely tradable and earned solely through community efforts

W.BLK (Wonderblocks)

• Mirrors X.BLK (Superblocks) from Xenblocks

• Scarce token used to boost shares from staking WNM

• Awarded to those who mined superblocks in Xenblocks

• ERC20 with burn() and burnFrom() functions

• Tokens are permanently burned when locked in stakes

WUNI

• Mirrors the XUNI collectibles from Xenblocks

• Earned through special mining achievements

WNT (WEN Token)

• Distributed as staking rewards in Wenblocks

• Minted daily by the staking contract

• Encourages long-term engagement in the ecosystem

• Helps isolate inflation from the primary token (WNM)

WENBlocks stimulates and supports the XENBlocks miners and community through airdrops, staking, and liquidity rewards. All tokens are ERC20s a with burn() function for supply management.