Argentum announces its cryptocurrency launch

Historical retrospective compiled on 24 October 2026. Dated to the original announcement on 11 June 2013.

Evidence: Original project announcement.

Argentum (ARG) entered the early alternative-currency landscape with a Bitcointalk announcement on 11 June 2013. The discussion documented launch preparations and the proposed mining specifications, providing a contemporary record of the project rather than a later price-history summary. Argentum was presented as a separate cryptocurrency with its own blockchain. The announcement is useful evidence of the project’s beginnings, although promotional descriptions of speed, fairness or innovation should be read as the developers’ claims. This entry records the announcement date; it does not equate that timestamp with the exact time of the first mined block.

Sources: Original Argentum announcement.