Peercoin vs Feathercoin vs ZCoin
What problem does this service solve?
Peercoin aims to create a cryptocurrency that is secure, scalable, and distributed fairly. | Feathercoin's goal is to allow users to make P2P payments that are settled and confirmed quickly. | ZCoin is a privacy focused cryptocurrency with an innovative mechanism to increase anonymity. |
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Peercoin is the first Proof-of-Stake (PoS) cryptocurrency. It was created in 2012 and is one of the oldest and most reliable cryptocurrency networks in the crypto sector. The protocol was developed by Sunny King and Scott Nadel, both of whom are anonymous. Sunny King also created Primecoin and VEE. | Feathercoin is a PoW coin with a fast block processing time. The project was developed with the goal of creating a user friendly coin with fast transaction times and low fees. The Feathercoin network features Automatic Checkpointing (ACP), which is used to prevent 51% attacks. ACP creates a new checkpoint every 5 blocks, protecting the history of the Feathercoin blockchain. | ZCoin is a privacy focused cryptocurrency built on Ethereum. The ZCoin protocol enables anonymous transactions with cryptography that utilizes Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP). ZCoin increases privacy on their network by using a coin-mixer contract that wraps transactions in a serial number and destroying wrapped coins once they have been redeemed. |
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