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'''VertCoin''' (VTC) was created in early 2014 to overcome concerns that the centralization of mining that has occurred with Bitcoin, has reduced the security of Bitcoin.<ref name="IBT">{{cite news | last = Charlton | first = Alistair | title = Vertcoin: The Soaring Cryptocurrency Set to Surpass Bitcoin | publisher = INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES | date = 5 February 2014  | url = http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/vertcoin-soaring-cryptocurrency-set-surpass-bitcoin-1435261 | accessdate = 2014-04-04 }}</ref>  VertCoin is advertised as being [[Mining#ASIC_Mining|ASIC]] resistent and [[multipool]] resistant.<ref name="Vertorg">{{cite web  | title = Vertcoin strengthens the distributed nature of cryptocurrencies with its innovative approach | publisher = Vertcoin.org  | url = https://vertcoin.org/  | accessdate = 2014-04-04 }}</ref>  
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'''VertCoin''' (VTC) was created in early 2014 to overcome concerns that the centralization of mining that has occurred with Bitcoin, has reduced the security of Bitcoin.<ref name="IBT">{{cite news | last = Charlton | first = Alistair | title = Vertcoin: The Soaring Cryptocurrency Set to Surpass Bitcoin | publisher = INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES | date = 5 February 2014  | url = http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/vertcoin-soaring-cryptocurrency-set-surpass-bitcoin-1435261 | accessdate = 2014-04-04 }}</ref>  VertCoin is advertised as being [[Mining#ASIC_Mining|ASIC]] resistent and [[multipool]] resistant<ref name="Vertorg">{{cite web  | title = Vertcoin strengthens the distributed nature of cryptocurrencies with its innovative approach | publisher = Vertcoin.org  | url = https://vertcoin.org/  | accessdate = 2014-04-04 }}</ref>, although neither of these properties are actually possible.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:25, 5 April 2014

VertCoin (VTC) was created in early 2014 to overcome concerns that the centralization of mining that has occurred with Bitcoin, has reduced the security of Bitcoin.[1] VertCoin is advertised as being ASIC resistent and multipool resistant[2], although neither of these properties are actually possible.

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