VertCoin

From Bitcoin Wiki
Revision as of 05:25, 5 April 2014 by Luke-jr (talk | contribs)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

VertCoin (VTC) was created in early 2014 to overcome concerns that the centralization of mining that has occurred with Bitcoin, has reduced the security of Bitcoin.[1] VertCoin is advertised as being ASIC resistent and multipool resistant[2], although neither of these properties are actually possible.

References

  1. ↑ Charlton, Alistair (5 February 2014). "Vertcoin: The Soaring Cryptocurrency Set to Surpass Bitcoin". INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/vertcoin-soaring-cryptocurrency-set-surpass-bitcoin-1435261. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
  2. ↑ "Vertcoin strengthens the distributed nature of cryptocurrencies with its innovative approach". Vertcoin.org. https://vertcoin.org/. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
Retrieved from "https://en.bitcoin.it/w/index.php?title=VertCoin&oldid=45752"