# Vertcoin News

Vertcoin (VTC) is an older cryptocurrency project that has been around from a time when airdrops and ICOs were almost unheard of. Launched in 2014, Vertcoin was initially touted by many as a significant challenger to the dominance of bitcoin. Vertcoin discouraged centralized mining and thus makes it easier for...

In this guest post, Ben Rodriguez and ‘thatmanontheright’ from the Vertcoin team outline their views on the Monero hard fork and the importance of ASIC resistance. Recently, there has been a lot of attention on ASICs and ASIC resistance. With the advent of ASICs for the Ethereum network, some coins...

When the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto put forth his ideas for the creation of bitcoin in the 2008 white paper, one of the most obvious philosophies was the elimination of centralized systems and their replacement with a decentralized network. This idea was not unique to Nakamoto alone as many of the...

James Lovejoy, the lead developer of Vertcoin, recently spoke at the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2018, held March 18, on the subject of bitcoin’s upcoming Lightning Network and the technical challenges it may face once fully rolled out. During his presentation, he also explained how a new forthcoming hardware-based project, named...

Vertcoin has posted gains, insulated from a wider cryptocurrency market downturn, with bitcoin and other major altcoins down more than three percent on March 22. There are a few technical indications that the next 4-hour/daily sessions are ones to watch for a major trend reversal in vertcoin (VTC). Vertcoin has...