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Bitcoin (BTC)

• Invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto (or not)
• Bitcoin is limited to 21 million coins
• Major commercial companies both offline & online accept Bitcoin currency. Including Overstock, Microsoft, Dell, Holiday Inn and more
• Very low fees or no fees with Bitcoin transactions
• Bitcoins are held within digital wallets. Lose the wallet. Lose the bitcoins

Etherium (ETH)

• Was founded in 2014 by Vitalik Buterin (real person)
• Name originated from the name of a race in World of Warcraft
• Second most popular after Bitcoin
• Increased by 5000% within 2017
• Not a Cryptocurrency – Provides an open source blockchain platform
• In addition to currency, developers can use the blockchain for other purposes
• Revert centralized services to decentralized services
• Banks have a close relationship with Ehtarium

Ripple (XRP)

• Run by OpenCoin, Ripple is a distributed open-source payments platform
• Ripple is basically a payment platform designed to connect different payment systems together using XRP as their currency
• Ripple takes a small fraction of XRP from each transaction
• There is no P2P mining, all mining is done by Ripple
• Although technically rivals, Bitcoin transactions can be conducted using the Ripple platform

Litecoin (LTC)

• Launched 2011 by Google creator Charles Lee
• Intended to be an improvement to Bitcoin
• Faster block generation rate based on a distinct mining algorithm
• Claim to offer 4 times faster confirmation time than Bitcoin and more secure
• Bitcoin is Gold. Litecoin is Silver. LTC will never surpass Bitcoin, but it will continue to grow alongside it

Monero (XMR)

• Launched April 2014
• Offers better anonymity by using stealth addresses and ‘ring signatures’
• Monero uses can select who has access to their transactions
• No transaction trail ,meaning vendors can’t deny transaction based on poor history
• Enjoys a steady adoption rate upon release

Zcash (ZEC)

• Launched in 2016 in an attempt to create greater privacy
• Zcash doesn’t reveal the participants or amounts involved in the transaction. Only the fact the transaction took place
• Disables transaction history, meaning vendors can’t refuse transactions
• No reason for coin blacklisting
• 10% of the Zcash mined will go to the Zcash shareholders

Dash

• Launched January 2014
• Began with the Bitcoin blockchain, but ventured out to create their own
• Considers themselves a digital currency with no physical form
• Created “PrivateSend” which mixes the transactions with other transcations making it harder to trace
• Masternode- users who have 1000 or more Dash which offers them higher mining rewards and faster transaction times
• 45% of the mining rewards go to miners, 45% to ‘masternodes’, 10 back into Dash