Frequently Asked Questions

Bitcoin uses an algorithm (SHA-256) that has been completely dominated by specialised ASIC hardware - normal computers cannot meaningfully participate any more. Malairte uses a CPU/GPU-friendly algorithm so anyone with a regular PC can mine. The two networks are independent and Malairte (MLRT) is its own coin with its own ledger.

No. Malairte was designed from the start to run on everyday hardware. A normal laptop or desktop computer is enough to install the wallet, send and receive coins, and even mine at a small scale using your CPU or graphics card. You do not need a server rack, an ASIC, or a high electricity bill. If your computer is recent enough to run a modern web browser smoothly, it is recent enough to use Malairte. This is one of the biggest differences between Malairte and Bitcoin: Bitcoin mining today needs specialised industrial machines, while Malairte deliberately keeps the door open for ordinary people, families, and community groups to take part on the hardware they already own.

If you still have your recovery phrase — the list of 12 or 24 words you wrote down when you first set up the wallet — you can restore everything. Install the Malairte wallet on a different computer, choose the option to restore from a recovery phrase, and type the words in the correct order. Your balance will reappear because the coins live on the blockchain, not on your old device. If you lose your wallet AND your recovery phrase, however, the coins cannot be recovered by anyone, including the Malairte team. No company controls your wallet, so no company can reset it. This is why writing the recovery phrase down on paper, and storing it safely, is the single most important step.

Yes, your wallet address is meant to be shared. It is the long string of letters and numbers that other people use to send Malairte to you. Think of it like an email address or a bank account number for receiving payments — people can send things to it, but they cannot take anything out using it. What you must never share is your recovery phrase or your wallet password. The recovery phrase is the master key, and anyone with it can move your coins. The address is just the public mailbox. If you are not sure which is which, look at the length: addresses are usually around 30 to 60 characters, while recovery phrases are a list of real English words.

Always reach the Malairte wallet and downloads through the official website, malairtebitcoin.com, and bookmark it the first time you find it. Do not click wallet links from chat apps, emails, search ads, or social media posts — scammers buy ads that look identical to the real thing. Check the spelling of the address bar carefully; fake sites often use a letter swap or an extra hyphen. If you are downloading software, verify that the file came from the official site and not a mirror. When in doubt, ask in the official Malairte community before installing anything. A two-minute check has saved many people from losing every coin in their wallet to a convincing fake.

Malairte exists because Bitcoin, while important, has drifted away from being a coin ordinary people can take part in. Mining Bitcoin today requires industrial ASIC machines, cheap electricity, and large amounts of capital. For most families that door is closed. Malairte was built to keep the original promise: a cryptocurrency that anyone with a normal computer can mine, hold, and use. There was no pre-mine where founders quietly kept large amounts for themselves, no venture capital deal, and no special hardware advantage. Malairte is not trying to replace Bitcoin — it is trying to be the on-ramp for the people Bitcoin left behind: students, veterans, retirees, and community groups who want to learn and participate on fair terms.

A confirmation means your transaction has been included in a block and added to the Malairte blockchain. When you first send coins, the transaction is pending — broadcast to the network but not yet written into a block. Once miners include it in the next block, it gets its first confirmation. Every additional block built on top adds another confirmation, making the transaction harder and harder to reverse. For small everyday amounts, a few confirmations are plenty. For larger transfers, people often wait for more to be extra safe. You can watch confirmations climb in real time by looking up your transaction ID on a block explorer. More confirmations simply mean the payment is more deeply and permanently locked into the chain.

A seed phrase, also called a recovery phrase, is a list of 12 or 24 ordinary words that can fully restore your wallet on any device. It is the master key to your coins. A password, by contrast, only unlocks the wallet app on one particular device and can usually be changed. The crucial difference is recoverability: if you forget a password, you can often reset it using your seed phrase, but if you lose the seed phrase itself, nobody on earth can recover your coins. Treat the seed phrase as far more precious than any password. Write it on paper, store it offline, and never type it into a website, a chat, or a cloud document of any kind.

No, it is always a scam, with no exceptions. The "send coins, get more back" trick is one of the oldest and most common frauds in crypto. It often appears as a fake giveaway from a celebrity, a project, or even an account pretending to be the Malairte team. The promise feels exciting, which is exactly the point — excitement makes people act before they think. No legitimate person or project will ever ask you to send coins first in order to receive more. Once you send crypto, it cannot be reversed, so the coins are simply gone. If you see this offer anywhere, ignore it, do not reply, and consider reporting it. When something sounds too good to be true in crypto, it almost always is.

Malairte transactions are final by design, and that finality is a feature, not a flaw. Because there is no central company controlling the network, there is also no central authority with the power to reverse, freeze, or undo a payment. Once a transaction is confirmed on the blockchain, it is permanently recorded across thousands of independent computers. This is what makes the system trustworthy and resistant to censorship — nobody can quietly claw back your coins either. The trade-off is that responsibility sits with you. If you send coins to the wrong address, there is no helpline to call. That is exactly why careful habits matter: always copy and paste addresses, verify the first and last characters, and send a small test amount first when paying someone new.

Yes, the Malairte blockchain is public, meaning anyone can view every transaction and the balance of every address using a block explorer. However, public does not mean personal. The blockchain records wallet addresses, not names, emails, or other identifying details. So while someone can see that an address sent a certain amount at a certain time, they cannot tell who owns that address from the blockchain alone. This openness is what lets you verify payments yourself and keeps the network honest, since nothing can be hidden. To protect your privacy, it helps to use a fresh receiving address for different transactions where possible, and to avoid publicly linking your real identity to a specific address you control.