Ravencoin is a digital peer-to-peer (P2P) network that aims to implement a use case specific blockchain designed to efficiently handle one specific function: the transfer of assets from one party to another. Built on a fork of the Bitcoin code Ravencoin was announced on Oct. 31 2017 and released binaries for mining on Jan. 3 2018 with what is called a fair launch: no premine ICO or masternodes. It was named in reference to a TV show Game of Thrones.