Lightning Bitcoin vs Qtum vs NEM
What problem does this service solve?
Lightning Bitcoin's goal is to create a faster, and more scalable, decentralized payment network. | Qtum is a smart contracts platform and currency protocol that combines attributes of Bitcoin and Ethereum. | NEM is designed to be a blockchain platform with improved scale and speed. NEM's blockchain is permissioned and private. It has some of the best transaction rates of any private ledger in the industry. |
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Company Description
Lightning Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency protocol with a DPoS consensus mechanism. It is a hard fork of Bitcoin that was created with the goal of improving transaction speeds and scalabilty. Lightning Bitcoin's on-chain governance system enables LBTC holders to vote for the blockchain improvement proposals and the delegates who maintain the network as Lightning Nodes. Lightning Bitcoin is not related to the Lighting Network, which is an off-chain protocol built on the Bitcoin blockchain. | Qtum has been described as a hybrid between Ethereum and Bitcoin. Qtum is a smart contracts platform that places a strong focus on value transfers as well as decentralized apps. Qtum enables users to create smart contracts on the platform and conduct cryptocurrency transactions. | NEM is a cryptocurrency and blockchain platform that allows multiple ledgers on the same blockchain. NEM Smart Assets are used to create mosaics for any asset. Transaction fees are paid with NEM's native currency, XEM. NEM originally began as a community-oriented cryptocurrency that was built from the ground up in the Java programming language. |