One miner. One position. One block per cycle.
Raw computational power cannot be used to accumulate additional turns.
PROOF OF FAIRNESS / CONSENSUS
A fair cycle of
block production.
Proof of Fairness is designed around a simple principle: every active and eligible miner receives the same opportunity to produce blocks within the mining cycle.
If 500 miners participate in a complete cycle, each miner produces one of those 500 blocks before the cycle begins again.
More computational power does not buy additional positions in the cycle.
MINING CYCLE / CONCEPTUAL VIEWACTIVE · ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS
MINER001→BLOCK
MINER002→BLOCK
MINER003→BLOCK
MINER500→BLOCK
↻NEXT CYCLE
500 miners.500 blocks.One block each.
The cycle begins again.
Fair does not mean simultaneous.
Proof of Fairness coordinates block production as an ordered cycle between active eligible miners.
DESIGN OBJECTIVES
Three practical principles.
No incentive for a computational arms race.
If additional processing power does not provide additional turns, consuming more energy simply to overpower other miners loses its purpose. Computational efficiency becomes rational rather than escalation.
Useful hardware remains useful.
Older or modest hardware does not become irrelevant simply because another participant deploys a faster machine. The useful competitive life of participating hardware can extend further.
One block. Every 600 seconds.
Proof of Fairness defines a deterministic 600-second block cadence. Unlike systems where a nominal interval represents a statistical target, UNFTCHAIN's interval is a protocol-defined cadence.
Not an average. A protocol cadence.
BLOCK N↓ 600sBLOCK N+1↓ 600sBLOCK N+2↓ 600s···
NETWORK INTEGRITY
Fair participation requires unique participation.
Proof of Fairness incorporates a Sybil-resistance mechanism designed to enforce one eligible mining identity per participant.
Duplicate identity behaviour is automatically detected by network consensus. When detected, the affected identity is excluded from mining for 144 blocks.
If the conflicting identity attempts to participate again, the exclusion period is renewed. Repeated attempts can therefore extend the mining exclusion indefinitely.
The underlying detection mechanism is currently patent pending and is not publicly disclosed at this stage.
One eligible participant.
One position in the cycle.
144-block exclusion · Renewed when the conflicting identity attempts to participate again.
DESIGN COMPARISON
More power does not mean more turns.
This comparison describes a different design objective. It is not a judgement on other consensus systems.
MORE COMPUTE→MORE COMPETITIVE POWER
MORE COMPUTE≠MORE POSITIONS
ELIGIBLE MINER → ONE POSITION
Fairness is not making every machine equal.PROOF OF FAIRNESS / UNFTCHAIN
It is preventing computational power from becoming absolute power.