Mina Protocol
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Mina Protocol says it is a very small, lightweight blockchain that ordinary participants can help run. Of the 3 things it promised, it delivered 0, 2 are past due and not yet checked, 1 is still open (1 with no date); nothing dated is coming up. It trades at $0.0822, #256 of all coins by size, 99% below its highest ever price.
This week in the news: new software release, upgrade or launch live.
A real job, real backing. Delivered 0 of 3, 2 past due, not yet checked. Nothing dated ahead. #5 of 28 privacy blockchains. Nothing to be careful of on the record.
Is it real?
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3 of 4
- ✓A real-world jobReal-world purpose: a platform other apps build on
- ✓Real backingBacking: backed by Paradigm; in the Coinbase 50 Index; trades on Coinbase, Crypto.com, Kraken
- –Something aheadA dated step, deliveries on record, or demand showing up in the news.
- ✓Room to growRoom: worth $106.32M, 35 times smaller than Canton, the biggest coin within reach doing the same thing (Privacy Blockchain)
Backed by Paradigm and 4 more
- Origin31 May 2021about about 5 yearsTagged Made in USA on CoinGeckominaprotocol.com, GitHub
- DevelopersNot namedNeither Wikidata nor its listing names the foundersCode activity not checked
- BackingParadigm, Coinbase Ventures, Multicoin Capital, Pantera Capital, Polychain CapitalInvestor tags from CoinGeckoIndex: Coinbase 50 IndexListed on Coinbase, Crypto.com, Kraken, Binance
- Standing on the record0 of 30 confirmed by outside news, 2 past due, not yet checked4 headlines last month99,643 people keep it on a CoinGecko watchlistNo corrections needed so far
It is already worth more than the typical coin in Privacy Blockchain ($16.67M). To match the leader, Canton ($3.75B), its price would need to rise 3432%, to about $2.90.
Still to check
- 3 dated promises, none delivered yet
- Only 4 headlines named it last month
What to do Nothing dated is ahead and nothing has been delivered on record. There is no event to wait for yet, which is itself the answer.
A gap is not a forecast. Most small coins never close it. The site never picks.
Four tests, printed. Passing all four means a real job, real backing, something ahead, and a price far below the leader of its group. A filter on facts, never a verdict.
Every line has a source: the coin's own listing, CoinGecko's tags, the record, or the news feed. Reputation here is a count, never an opinion.
Does it deliver?
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Every line is quoted from the project's own pages, with the copy we stored and, where one exists, the article that reported it
0 of 3
promises delivered, by the project's own pages
0 of those confirmed by an outside news report
Promises by the year they were due
delivered open past due
delivered open past due, not yet checked today. Click a point to open that promise.
- Past dueNovember 2025Mina Protocol said it would take a snapshot of eligible voters in November to prepare for an upcoming community vote.289 days overdue, not yet checkedProof No article or release reports it shipping. Checked 12 September 2026.
- Past due15 December 2025Mina Protocol said eligible community members would be able to vote on the Mesa protocol changes between December 8 and December 15.274 days overdue, not yet checkedProof This may report it shipping, not yet checked by a person: release 4.0.0-devnet 13 August 2026
- Openno dateMina Protocol said it would publish an updated project timeline with more specific dates once testing progressed further.
Details
“As we progress through the Mesa Testnet and the initial phase of cluster testing, we will share more precise timing for the remainder of the upgrade. It will be at that point that we will publish an updated version of the timeline — including months and more specific dates.”
What is next, and when?
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Nothing dated
The project has not put a date on anything still open. That is a fact worth knowing.
How big is it next to its rivals?
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Only coins within a hundred times its worth; a coin a thousand times bigger is another world
A platform other apps build on
35 coins we checked say they are for a platform other apps build on, worth $393.62B together. #30 of 35 by worth.
Privacy Blockchain: this coin against its direct competitors
- CoinWorth, as a barWorthAgainst this coinToday, and the gapSupplyPromises
Mina Protocol$106.32Mthis coin−5.6%no max0 of 3 delivered
Canton$3.75B35.3× bigger, +$3.65B−0.7%, gap +4.9no maxno record
Beldex$595.09M5.6× bigger, +$488.77M−0.9%, gap +4.6no max10 of 48 delivered
Midnight$333.17M3.1× bigger, +$226.84M−1.7%, gap +3.869% outno record
Humanity$160.98M1.5× bigger, +$54.66M−7.8%, gap −2.220% outnone dated
ZKsync$97.58M1.1× smaller, −$8.74M−2.5%, gap +3.149% outnone dated
Zano$95.17M1.1× smaller, −$11.16M−1.7%, gap +3.9no max51 of 69 delivered
Oasis$53.41M2.0× smaller, −$52.91M−4.8%, gap +0.880% out0 of 1 delivered
Privacy Blockchain: this coin next to Canton, the biggest rival within reach. People go to the bigger coin unless the smaller one does something it does not.
- Mina Protocol says
- Mina Protocol says it is a very small, lightweight blockchain that ordinary participants can help run.
- Canton says
- Canton Coin (CC), the network’s native utility token, was designed to reward real network usage over speculation.
Two claims, side by side, in their own words. Whether the difference is real is for the record to show over time, and for you to judge.
Mina Protocol says it is a very small, lightweight blockchain that ordinary participants can help run.
Its listing puts it this way: The world's lightest blockchain, powered by participants. Mina is building a privacy-preserving gateway between the real world and crypto — and the infrastructure for the secure, democratic future we all deserve.
Problem it says it solves: a platform other apps build on. 52 coins we have checked say the same; together they are worth $408,727,547,844.
Where it trades: Coinbase, Crypto.com, Kraken, Binance, OKX
Each bar is a coin's worth today (price × coins out), longest first. The lit bar is this coin; grey bars are the others doing the same job.
Bars are market cap. Order is size, nothing else. Differences are measured from the coin you are looking at.
What should make me careful?
Nothing printed today
None of the six tests fails. A missed promise counts only on a record a person has checked.
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Privacy Blockchain: this coin next to the group's largest, Canton.
| Mina Protocol | Canton | |
|---|---|---|
| Years trading | 5 years | 9 months |
| Major exchanges | 9 | 6 |
| Named backers | 5 | 0 |
| Headlines, last month | 4 | 42 |
| Promises delivered | 0 of 3 | no record |
What it says is different: The world's lightest blockchain, powered by participants. Mina is building a privacy-preserving gateway between the real world and crypto — and the infrastructure for the secure, democratic future we all deserve.
It is 2.8% the size of Canton. On the facts above it is behind on headlines, last month. For that gap to close, the record would need deliveries showing up in its record, news that names it. Nothing here says it will; the site does not predict.
The tests: nothing to hold it for, more missed than delivered, priced ahead of its record, half the supply still to come, rivals ship while it does not, a big release of coins soon.
The homework: the coin itself, the news, the record
The coin itself
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The last 7 days
Where today sits against its highest ever price
Highest ever: $9.09 on 31 May 2021. Today is 1% of that.
100%
of all MINA that will ever exist is already out in public hands: 1.29B coins.
Nothing is held back. Every coin is already out.
out held back. Each dot is 1%.
Pays for every use of its network
Every transaction on its network pays a fee in it. That is the built-in reason anyone needs it.
- Every transaction on its network pays a fee in it
- Can be staked to earn a share of network rewards
That is all a market cap is: today's price times the coins in public hands. It moves every time the price does. It says what buyers are paying, not what the coin is worth.
- 1.29Bin circulation of 1.29B total. No hard maximum is set, so more can be created.
- of its all-time high of $9.09 on 31 May 2021. That is −99.1% from the top.
- #256by market cap, $106,323,348.
- Not checkedwho holds the most coins, and how much has been burned. Those need on-chain data this site does not read yet.
Supply and value figures from CoinGecko, refreshed hourly. Not part of the record.
What the news says
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Headlines per day, last 30 days
4 headlines named this coin in the last month.
What they were about
- Upgrade4
- Price1
- Mina Protocol Upgrade Goes Live: MINA Price Reacts Within Hours - Coin GabbarUpcoming
- Mina Protocol to Undergo Hard Fork on September 3rdUpcoming
- Bithumb to Temporarily Halt MINA Deposits and Withdrawals for Network UpgradeUpcoming
- Mina Protocol to Launch Mainnet on September 3rdUpcoming
Headlines are the publishers' own. News is never placed next to price.
The record itself
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Six facts, the project's own replies, its peers, contract facts, references and every stored copy
Mina Protocol says it is a very small, lightweight blockchain that ordinary participants can help run.
“Mina is the world’s lightest blockchain, powered by participants.”source · snapshot · captured 2026-09-10
Live. The record does not yet cite when this stage began.
0 of 3 promises delivered. 2 past due with no delivery recorded, not yet checked by a person. 1 open.
Others in smart-contract platforms: Internet Computer 20 of 23, Ethereum 15 of 20, Ozone Chain 13 of 30, Starknet 10 of 24, and 28 more.Others in privacy networks: Zano 51 of 69, Internet Computer 20 of 23, Nockchain 20 of 30, Beldex 10 of 48, and 6 more.
No public code repository is listed in this record.
The project's blog page last changed on 14 September 2026.
Nothing further to flag from the record as it stands.
This record was drafted by a machine from captured pages and has not yet been checked by a person. Treat every line as unverified until that note changes.