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Auroracoin (AUR) is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency launched in February 2014 and designed specifically for the Icelandic market. It was created as a community-driven alternative to the Icelandic krona, a national currency subject to strict capital controls and significant long-term depreciation. Approximately half of the total supply was premined, and those coins were distributed free of charge to Icelandic citizens through a nationwide airdrop beginning on 25 March 2014, with each national receiving 31.8 AUR. The project was introduced under the pseudonym Baldur Friggjar Odinsson. Technically, Auroracoin is a Litecoin clone, sharing an underlying code base derived from the Scrypt-based proof-of-work lineage that has become common across many early altcoins. Its design emphasises broad citizen-level distribution rather than mining-based acquisition, positioning it as a national digital currency experiment rather than a globally traded asset, and placing it within the category of community-distributed PoW cryptocurrencies.