All Things Alt: StartCOIN's Crowdfunding Twist, World Cup Fever and Vertcoin's Stealth Move
Any superstitious altcoin enthusiasts out there? Today marks the coincidence of both Friday the 13th and the full moon, an appropriate way to end yet another week in the digital currency world. But, there's no need to dwell on the existence of luck as it relates to cryptographic payment systems. Instead, let's kick back and take a look at some of the more notable recent happenings in altcoin for a few minutes - and hope that you don't see any black cats walking under ladders or breaking a nearby mirror before you post your next buy or sell order. Altcoins rise to cheer on World Cup....
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If you didn’t know already, Vertcoin is an ASIC-resistant coin, one of the first coins I found out about andwrote about. Vertcoin with has been slowly dropping in market cap over the last few days, but that hasn’t discouraged the community with releases such as the Stealth Address, and now the POW change to Lyra2. Below is a short video explaining stealth addresses more in-depth. Vertcoin aims to be the cryptocurrency of choice for personal and business use. We were the first to offer Stealth Addresses protecting everyone’s right to privacy on the blockchain. We believe this to be a much....
Altcoins are the next best thing after bitcoin. They come in all shapes and sizes, and they are usually designed for a specific use. Development of altcoins can be attributed to the success of bitcoin and the open source technology that powers the bitcoin network. The concept of crowdfunding has been around for a long time even before the term itself was coined. Crowdfunding involves raising money from a large number of people. One of the best examples of crowdfunding during the pre-internet days is the construction of the Statue of Liberty. Funds required to build the huge statue was met....
Source: Reddit.com. The developers of Vertcoin, the ASIC-resistant alternative cryptocurrency, answered questions Sunday in an 'Ask Me Anything' thread on the currency's dedicated Reddit page, revealing improvements and new developments at play in the Vertcoin world. Vertcoin developer a432511 announced a few key accomplishments and developments in progress that he hopes will improve Vertcoin value and combat price drops: -PR/marketing campaign - A new PR and marketing campaign is under way that involves "a multi-channel advertising campaign starting with Facebook and ending with a press....
Max Keiser is the co-founder of StartJOIN, a crowdfunding platform and launch pad for business ideas and projects that leverages on cryptocurrency such as StartCOIN and Bitcoin. Here it is not only financial backing that people give but also other forms of support such as sharing the ideas, providing feedback, consultation, and skills. Max is also the host of Keiser Report, a financial program that airs on RT. CoinTelegraph had an opportunity to have an exclusive interview with Max on StartJOIN’s progress so far and what we can expect in the future. “I'm confident that StartJOIN and....
Vertcoin does not think Zerocoin implementation would be a good move. Over the past few weeks, there have been rumors that Vertcoin could soon implement a variation of Zerocoin to enhance privacy and anonymity in this particular cryptocurrency. I recently talked with Paul Bradley, one of the developers of Vertcoin, to clear the air on what kinds of features we are going to see added to Vertcoin in the near future. While Bradley stated Zerocoin implementation is probably off the table due to the negatives outweighing the positives, there are are still a few privacy-enhancing features that....