#Vertcoin News

Vertcoin Pushes to a One-month High as Crypto Markets Rebound

VertCoin Witnesses Second 51 Percent Attack in One Year Span

December 2, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoins

Less than a year after a block reorg that caused $100,000 worth of double-spending, VertCoin has seen yet another 51 percent attack where 603 blocks were reorganized on the chain. As per Crypto Briefing, a mere 125 BTC, worth $29, was sent to the hacker's wallet, but the larger implications...

How to Mine Vertcoin (VTC) on a Windows Laptop

October 29, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Cryptocyclopedia, Mining

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...

Hammering Home ASIC Resistance: Thoughts on the Monero Hard Fork

April 23, 2018 by Ben Rodriguez at Altcoins, Commentary, News

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...

ASIC Mining and How it Is Undermining the Decentralized Nature of the Blockchain

April 2, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Business, Ethereum, Mining, News, Tech

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...

Vertcoin Developer Proposes Hardware Device for Lightning Network

March 23, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, News

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 Insulated from Cryptocurrency Market Downturn on Mar. 22

March 22, 2018 by Jamie Holmes at Altcoins, Commentary, News, Price Analysis

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...

Vertcoin Pushes to a One-month High as Crypto Markets Rebound

February 20, 2018 by Jamie Holmes at Altcoins, News, Price Analysis

Vertcoin (VTC) has pushed to a one-month high, attempting the $5.00 handle on February 20 as cryptocurrency markets rebound and bitcoin regains $11,000. The altcoin has been buoyed by an update on the open-source miner for AMD GPUs(which has long been absent), the re-opening of account registrations on Bittrex and...

Vertpig: Building an Ecosystem for Vertcoin

February 6, 2018 by Robert DeVoe at Altcoins, Business, Finance, News

During January 2018, BTCManager reported on the exciting new potential alternative to Coinbase, Vertbase. Whereas Vertbase aims to be a method to purchase Vertcoin (VTC) for fiat currency directly, Vertpig wants to be the ultimate cryptocurrency exchange for VTC users. The exchange will offer all trading pairs in Vertcoin. Quick...

Buy Vertcoin with USD? Vertbase Could Make It Happen

January 10, 2018 by Robert DeVoe at Altcoins, News

For those who are new to cryptocurrency, buying altcoins can sometimes seem like a daunting task. Usually, one must first get their hands on bitcoin before anything else. Then, they will need to send that bitcoin to an exchange (and likely pay a hefty fee in doing so), exchange it...

Vertcoin Just Underwent its First Block Reward Halving

December 12, 2017 by Robert DeVoe at Altcoins, Blockchain, News

Popular altcoin, Vertcoin (literally green coin) underwent a block reward halving on December 11. The effect will be all newly mined blocks will see their reward dropped from 50 VTC to 25 VTC, with the halving occurring on block 840,000. What is Vertcoin? Vertcoin is a currency-use focused cryptocurrency that...

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