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README.md

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 ![](.gitbook/assets/whatisbanner.svg)
 
-**PIN** is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency designed to save and index metadata to a decentralized, permission less network.
+PIN📌is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency designed to index web3 metadata. PIN also exists as a wrapped token on [Ethereum](https://etherscan.io/token/0xc1f976b91217e240885536af8b63bc8b5269a9be), Binance Smart Chain, and Polygon.
 
-Its unique features can be used to **"pin"** up to 1040 bytes to any transaction and store it permanently and immutably on the network. The pins can then be retrieved and read by many PIN-based applications. When combined with its supporting metadata library, the [Open Index Protocol \("OIP"\)](https://www.openindexprotocol.com/), **PIN provides a new standard for publishing, indexing, and monetizing any digital content.**
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-A **robust development community** is actively using PIN to create and index immutable links that will help to serve as the infrastructure for web3.
+{% hint style="success" %}
+**Looking for FLO? We've re-branded to PIN:** [**FLO Rebrand and Expansion Into Web3**](https://medium.com/public-index-network/upgrading-flo-to-pin-to-build-content-rich-web3-applications-d3b679b8f6ab)
+{% endhint %}
 
-[![](.gitbook/assets/buybutton.svg)](https://www.publicindex.network/for-users/exchanges) [![](.gitbook/assets/swapbutton.svg)](https://www.publicindex.network/for-users/swap-flo-to-pin)
+Users and developers can **"pin"** metadata, permanently and immutably storing it on the network for public use. Pins can then be retrieved and read by any PIN-based application. When combined with its supporting metadata library, the [Open Index Protocol \("OIP"\)](https://www.openindexprotocol.com/), **PIN provides a new standard for publishing, indexing, and monetizing any digital content.**
 
+A robust development community is actively using PIN to create and index immutable links that will help to serve as the infrastructure for web3.
 
+[![](.gitbook/assets/buybutton.svg)](https://docs.publicindex.network/for-users/exchanges) [![](.gitbook/assets/upgradebutton.svg)](https://docs.publicindex.network/for-users/upgrade-flo-to-pin)
 
 > "The goal of PIN is to build a worldwide database of metadata for content on the web,"
 >
-> — **Joseph Fiscella**, Co-Founder & Lead Developer for PIN \(formerly FLO Network\).
+> — **Joseph Fiscella**, CEO of PIN Labs.
 
-{% hint style="success" %}
-**Latest News**: [**FLO Rebrand**](https://medium.com/@JosephFiscella/d3b679b8f6ab)
-{% endhint %}
+{% page-ref page="about-pin/design-philosophy.md" %}
 
 ![](.gitbook/assets/socialmediabanner.svg)
 
-{% embed url="https://twitter.com/FLOblockchain" caption="" %}
+{% embed url="https://twitter.com/pinblockchain" caption="" %}
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+![Established 2013](.gitbook/assets/titlebar.svg)
 

SUMMARY.md

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 * [Welcome to PIN](README.md)
 
-## 🖈about pin
+## 📌 about pin
 
 * [Design Philosophy](about-pin/design-philosophy.md)
 * [Features](about-pin/features.md)
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   * [Caltech ETDB](about-pin/applications-and-projects/caltech-etdb.md)
 * [The PIN Team](about-pin/the-pin-team.md)
 
-## 🖈For Users
+## 📌 For Users
 
 * [Exchanges](for-users/exchanges.md)
 * [Mining](for-users/mining.md)
 * [Wallets](for-users/wallets.md)
 * [Block Explorers](for-users/block-explorers.md)
-* [Swap FLO to PIN](for-users/swap-flo-to-pin.md)
+* [Upgrade FLO to PIN](for-users/upgrade-flo-to-pin.md)
 
-## 🖈For Developers
+## 📌 For Developers
 
 * [PIN on Github](for-developers/pin-on-github.md)
 
-## 🖈Open Index Protocol
+## 📌 Open Index Protocol
 
 * [What is OIP?](open-index-protocol/what-is-oip.md)
 * [OIP on Github](open-index-protocol/oip-on-github.md)
 
-## 🖈Contact and media
+## 📌 Contact and media
 
 * [PIN Community & Social Media](contact-and-media/pin-community.md)
 * [Contribute to PIN](contact-and-media/contribute-to-pin.md)

about-pin/design-philosophy.md

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-description: What makes PIN special
+description: What makes PIN special?
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 # Design Philosophy
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 3. Prevent widespread data atrophy
 4. Provide high throughput of transactions
 
+{% page-ref page="features.md" %}
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about-pin/features.md

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 # Features
 
-## Pins - The Secure Metadata Layer
+## PIN - The Secure Metadata Layer
 
-"Pins" can be added to any transaction and broadcast to the network. The pin is added right after the outputs and before the lock time, and it is included when calculating signature hashes for inputs. Once the transaction is imbedded, the data is "pinned" to the blockchain via the sCrypt Proof-of-Work algorithm. As a result, it is immutably stored on the distributed network. Pins cannot be changed without changing the input to the signature, which would invalidate the transaction. If the transaction is invalidated by a change to a pin, the block containing the invalid transaction will become invalidated as well, causing a cascading effect invalidating every block chained after it. This feature can be deployed to a variety of file storage, indexing, and retrieval applications.
+"Pins" can be added to any transaction and broadcast to the network. Pins cannot be changed without changing the input to the signature, which would invalidate the transaction. If the transaction is invalidated by a change to a pin, the block containing the invalid transaction will become invalidated as well, causing a cascading effect invalidating every block chained after it. This feature can be deployed to a variety of file storage, indexing, and retrieval applications.
 
-## Block Size and Speed
+## Proof-of-Work "FLO" Chain Details
 
 Initially, pins were limited to 140 bytes. Currently, 1040 bytes of data can be stored on the blockchain with a maximum block size of 1MB. Currently, 1040 bytes of data can be stored on the blockchain with a maximum block size of 1MB. If the blocks are consistently filled, the maximum block size may be increased. **With a target time of 40 seconds, PIN is fast. In fact, it is 15x faster than Bitcoin, and 3.75x faster than Litecoin.** To further assist with transaction throughput, the maximum ancestor limit for an unspent transaction output \(UTXO\) chain has been increased from the Bitcoin default of 25 up to 1250. This permits large amounts of information to be efficiently indexed.
 
-## Additional Security
+## Additional PoW Security for FLO
 
 PIN does not allow reorganizations of 100 or more blocks, and uses a continuity of Proof-of-Work blocks to secure the blockchain. Once a transaction receives 100 confirmations \(~1 hour\), it cannot be tampered with or removed from the blockchain.
 

about-pin/history/README.md

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 **PIN**, formerly FLO \(The Flo Blockchain\), is in its eighth year of growth and development. It launched in 2013 as a Litecoin fork and was established to be decentralized, secure, fast and efficient. PIN's blockchain structure is derived directly from Bitcoin's UTXO model, and its security is also provided from Proof of Work. PIN was created with no pre-mine, no ICO, no master-nodes, no airdrops, and no dev-fund. It was launched fairly to all participating miners and continues to maintain this core ethos of true decentralization. As a result, its community has driven its development since its inception and continues to do so to this day.
 
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