What is the GHOST Archive?

The GHOST Archive is an independent historical and technical research archive covering John McAfee's GHOST privacy cryptocurrency, including its whitepapers, technology, ecosystem, controversy, and post-2020 development. It is not the official GHOST project and is not affiliated with John McAfee's estate or any related project.

Is the GHOST Archive investment advice?

No. The GHOST Archive is an independent research project and does not provide investment advice. All market and status indicators require current verification.

When did John McAfee's GHOST coin launch?

GHOST was announced in April 2020, distributed via the ESH snapshot on May 25, 2020, and reached mainnet genesis on June 22, 2020.

What is The GHOST Archive?

John McAfee GHOST Coin : The definitive independent research , whitepapers, and legacy of John McAfee's GHOST privacy cryptocurrency.

RESEARCH ARTICLE

GHOST in 2025

Five years of mainnet and continuing research.

Editorial metadata · E-E-A-T

Author

The GHOST Archive Editorial Team

Editor

The GHOST Archive Editorial Team

Published

2024-01-01

Updated

2026-10-08

Last verified

2026-10-08

Direct answer

2025 marked five years since GHOST's mainnet genesis. The project reported continuing privacy research, with every unreleased capability labelled by status.

Project-reported research

Capability	Status
Timing variability	RESEARCH
Adaptive transaction routing	PLANNED
Onion-routing concepts	RESEARCH
Tor / I2P compatibility	TESTING
Bulletproofs++	RESEARCH
Ghost Chat	RESEARCH

Sources

S-03Updated GHOST Privacy Whitepaper (December 2024)PRIMARY
2024-12 · whitepaper · supports: Current privacy stack, tokenomics, Ghost Veterans, governance
https://github.com/ghost-coin
S-05Ghost Medium publicationPROJECT_CLAIM
2020–2025 · project announcement · supports: Project announcements and roadmap claims
https://medium.com/@ghostbymcafee