Ghost adds incentives and privacy on top of Bitcoin — without changing the protocol.
Ghost is a complete infrastructure layer. Payments start on Bitcoin, flow through Ghost for speed and privacy, and settle back to Bitcoin.
A Bitcoin Core fork that stays consensus-compatible. Ghost Core validates the same blocks, follows the same rules, and speaks the same protocol as every other Bitcoin node.
The difference? You control your node's policy. Choose what transactions to relay, what data to store, and how to build blocks.
| Feature | Bitcoin Core | Ghost Core |
|---|---|---|
| Consensus | Bitcoin | Bitcoin (same) |
| Mempool Policy | Fixed | Configurable |
| Block Templates | Standard | Custom profiles |
| Privacy Mode | None | Ghost Mode |
| Node Rewards | None | Up to 15 shares |
Every Ghost node is its own mining pool.
No centralized pool operator. No middleman taking fees. No censorship risk. When a miner connected to your node finds a block, you keep 100% of the transaction fees.
For miners, it looks like any other pool — same Stratum protocol, same familiar setup. The difference is in who controls the block template: you do.
| Feature | Traditional Pool | Ghost Pool |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Centralized | You |
| Fee | 2-4% | 1% subsidy only |
| TX Fees | Pool keeps | 100% to node |
| Block Template | Pool decides | You decide |
| Censorship | Possible | Impossible |
Fast, private payments that settle to Bitcoin. No channels. No liquidity management. No routing failures.
See exactly how rewards work — no new tokens, just Bitcoin.