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2026-06-25 09:51 1mo ago
2019-09-02 12:12 6yr ago
Cryptocurrency Mining: Are ASICs Causing Centralization?
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You can’t really discuss the topic of cryptocurrency mining without getting into issues surrounding the concept of centralization. One of the greatest aspirations of cryptocurrency communities is to decentralize the monetary system and create “trustless” transactions.

While Bitcoin made a lot of headway towards a trustless currency, there are still concerns. The concentration of power among ASIC miners in a few locations make some people wonder if mining is becoming too centralized.

GPUs And Decentralization At present there are two leading forms of mining, as Crypto Briefing has previously explained. Bitcoin, Litecoin and other leading cryptocurrencies can be mined with ASICs, highly specialized devices which can only perform a specific algorithm. Monero, Zcoin and some other cryptocurrencies can only be mined by commercially-available GPUs and CPUs

GPUs are common and relatively inexpensive. A standard gaming PC has at least one GPU in it, sometimes two. These video cards, distributed all over the world, allow for a widespread and highly decentralized network.

ASICs on the other hand, are more specialized, very expensive, and much harder to find. Because they are expensive and harder to set up, ASIC networks tend to be centralized among the wealthier people who have the means to purchase them and set them up on a large scale.

Bitmain Versus Everybody Else It doesn’t just stop at individuals. Relatively few entities control the large mining  pools which dominate the most popular Proof-of-Work coins, particularly Bitcoin. Bitmain, which manufactures the most popular ASICs (there are some competitors emerging on the scene) controls two of the largest Bitcoin mining pools, Antpool and BTC.com.

In fact, at one point in time, their pools controlled nearly 50% of  Bitcoin hashrate, although their share has diminished over the past year.

But just because a pool is centralized, that does not necessarily mean that the miners within the pool are also centralized. If miners notice that their pool is acting maliciously, they can simply switch to another pool.

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Even a leading pool operator, like Bitmain, would still have to work in concert with a massive number of miners, which would cost much more than it would return. In an article examining Mining Centralization Scenarios, Jimmy Song points out the extreme costs of attempting to maintain such a large-scale attack.

But when a single manufacturer produces the most popular mining equipment, “back-doors” exploits become more likely. For example, Bitmain could surreptitiously install a “kill-switch” that would reduce block productivity on non-Bitmain pools. However, these back-door tricks would also run the risk of being discovered and decimating Bitmain’s balance sheet as miners switch to different equipment in the future.

So while large entities like Bitmain may be a centralizing force in Bitcoin and a number of other cryptocurrencies, free market dynamics tend toward decentralization, competition, and innovation. Due to competition and improving profitability, the distribution of ASIC mining pools is diversifying, trending away from the possibility of monopolization.

Electricity Costs Around The World There’s also a possibility of geographic centralization, as miners flourish in areas with the cheapest energy. This can be due to economic conditions or because of the availability of cheap sources such as hydro-electric dams.

In much of the United States, residential electricity rates range around the 13 cent per kilowatthour average, but can be as high as 20 cents in some regions and as low as nine cents in a few states. For larger mining operations, industrial rates are quite a bit cheaper, but it can still be pretty tough to compete against regions where electricity is much less expensive.

Because the cost of electricity is hugely important in figuring out the profitability of any PoW mining operation, high-capacity ASIC mining operations are drawn to locations where the electricity is cheap.

That’s why so much cryptocurrency mining is performed in China, where electricity is cheaper than almost anywhere else. Quebec is also attracting attention due to its surplus of hydro-electricity. This could be another weak point, as mining hashpower concentrates in certain regions.

Multi-million Dollar ASIC Farms Versus Multi-million Dollar GPU Farms But even if ASICs fell by the wayside, one could also set up a hugely expensive GPU farm.  GPUs themselves do not negate the centralization problem, although they may reduce it due to their widespread availability and usage.

It would be considerably more difficult to gain control of a GPU network, simply because there are already so many GPUs distributed around the world. But if someone designed a new GPU that was highly powerful, efficient, and expensive, it could result in a similar problem.

Higher Hashrates Theoretically, the more decentralized a PoW network is, the more secure it should be, but it may sacrifice speed for safety. Miners are incentivized to increase their hashing power for more frequent block rewards, which also increases network security.

A high hashrate means that there is more competition among miners, making the network more expensive to mine. The higher the hashrate, the more expensive it is to to set up or rent the necessary hashing power to launch a 51% attack. At some point, it becomes so costly that it just isn’t worth attempting such an attack.

51% Attacks If any single entity or group of colluding entities manage to control 51% of a network, lots of bad things can happen. Most importantly, the 51% controlling entity can essentially double-spend the currency. 

In a typical double-spend, attacker creates a public transaction that spends some currency, typically by moving it to an exchange. Meanwhile, they use their superior hashing power to create a secret, longer chain, which does not include that transaction, and broadcast it to the rest of the network. Since consensus defaults to the longer chain, they have effectively spent the same tokens twice.

Some lower hashrate PoW networks like Bitcoin Private and Bytecoin are susceptible to 51% attacks because it requires relatively little hashing power to take over these networks. Even bigger names like Bitcoin Cash and Ethereum Classic have fallen victim to such attacks.

ASICs can contribute to centralization if a few wealthy and powerful parties manage to gain more than 51% of a network’s hashrate. Bitmain and some of its affiliates control somewhere around 40% of all of the Bitcoin network’s hashing power. Of course, it would not be in Bitmain’s best interests to diminish the value of the Bitcoin network since they have so much invested in it. Yet, there is a degree of trust that is necessary because of the extent of their influence in the present conditions.

Still, it looks like ASICs are here to stay, with their collectively massive computational power ensuring the security of Bitcoin and a number of other PoW-based networks. In the next and final installment in this series on mining, we will take a closer look at the numbers involved in profitable mining and will conclude with an examination of the ongoing battle for greater decentralization.

This is Part 2 of a series on cryptocurrency mining. For Part 1, click here. 

Disclosure: This article was edited by Darren Kleine. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy.
2026-06-25 09:45 1mo ago
2019-08-31 00:10 6yr ago
Zcoin Review: Sigma Protocol, Private Transactions & Much More
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In this Zcoin review we will be taking a look at another interesting anonymity coin that has been rolling out developments recently.

ZCoin is one of the major privacy coins that attempts to establish anonymous transactions, fungibility and decentralization of mining in a unique and scalable way.

Originally the Zerocoin protocol was developed to be an extension of Bitcoin, but when it wasn’t adopted by the community it was released as a coin and blockchain of its own.

With ZCoin you can spend without any transaction history or link to your identity. This is a dramatic improvement on privacy versus Bitcoin, where addresses are made transparent to combat the double spending problem.

Zcoin and the Zerocoin ProtocolImage via Wikipedia

The idea for the Zerocoin protocol came from Johns Hopkins professor Matthew D Green and two of his graduate students – Ian Miers and Christina Garman. While it was proposed as an improvement for Bitcoin, it never gained consensus, and so in September 2016 Poramin Insom released a blockchain and cryptocurrency using the idea of the Zerocoin protocol.

Zcoin is unrelated to other cryptocurrencies utilizing the Zerocash Protocol. Although Zerocash is a development from Zcoin’s old protocol Zerocoin, their respective implementations are not simple forks of each other, but rely on different cryptographic assumptions with various tradeoffs

Because it was developed as a Bitcoin improvement, sending ZCoins works exactly like Bitcoin and the transactions are recorded in a public ledger. However the Zerocoin protocol uses minting to make these transactions anonymous. Basically, ZCoin requires that you mint Zerocoin before you are able to spend.

These new Zerocoins have no transaction history, and because there are so many users minting coins at the same time it becomes impossible to trace the newly minted coins to any particular user. It has been likened to a type of money laundering, where the old coins are destroyed, and the newly minted coins are untraceable.

The Sigma ProtocolThe Sigma Protocol was implemented in July 2019 and replaced the Zerocoin Protocol.

Zcoin is the first full implementation of the Sigma Protocol, which allows users to have complete privacy via zero-knowledge cryptographic proofs. One of the main benefits of the Sigma protocol is that it has removed the need for the trusted setup.

The trusted setup is something that other cryptocurrencies such as ZCash have had to rely on through their "Ceremony". This has also been one of the major bones of contention for the security of the ZCash blockchain. You will really have to believe that the setup was done correctly in order to trust it.

By removing this trusted setup, the Sigma protocol places Zcoin at a unique advantage.

The Sigma Protocol is a precursor to the next-gen privacy protocol Lelantus being developed by the ZCoin cryptographer Aram Jivanyan which will further build on Sigma and greatly expand its functionality and privacy features by removing the need for fixed denominations in minting and spending.

You can learn more about the Sigma Protocol here.

Zero-Knowledge ProofsZerocoins uses something known as Zero-Knowledge Proofs to help maintain anonymity. Cryptography defines a zero knowledge proof as a method for one party to prove to another party that they know what the value of x is without having to share any additional information aside from the fact that they know what the value of x is.

One simple way of demonstrating this definition is to prove to a friend that you know your Gmail password without telling them what it is by logging into your Gmail account. This would prove you know what the Gmail password is, without giving any additional information.

Image Source: Zcoin Blog

Zero knowledge proofs work for ZCoin in showing proof you own the Zcoin you are sending, without letting anyone know the source of those ZCoins.

How Zerocoin Achieves AnonymityWhen a Zerocoin is minted it destroys a ZCoin in the process. When this occurs the Zerocoin protocol generates a random serial number “R” and a secret number “s”. These randomly generated R and s are then used in a cryptographic function to generate a value “V”, which you become committed to.

The V value is posted to the blockchain to prevent it from being changed in the future. This value V is publicly viewable, as are all the other V values being created by people who are minting.

Now to spend the Zerocoin R a zero knowledge proof is given showing your R value corresponds to the public value of V. This zero knowledge proof only shows that there is some V corresponding to your R, but it doesn’t reveal which one. This allows Zerocoins to be spent without anyone being able to determine their origin.

To avoid double spending of Zerocoins, Znodes verify that the zero-knowledge proof was valid and that Zerocoin R was not previously spent.

Mining ZCoinZcoin began using the Lyra2z algorithm for proof of work, but recently moved to the Merkle Tree Proof of Work algorithm (MTP) to address several problems.

MTP Compared to Other Algorithms. Image Source: YouTube

MTP is known as a memory hard algorithm and it has several benefits, one of which is the prevention of the development of ASIC chips which could lead to centralization of mining. It also helps prevent infecting computers and making them part of mining botnets. The founder of ZCoin has the following to say:

The basic concept is that it should establish the same price/cost for a single computation unit on all platforms meaning that there is no single device that should gain a significant advantage over another for the same price hence promoting egalitarian computing

So, the goal is to keep ZCoin feasible for CPU mining as a way to decentralize the security of the network. The MTP being used by ZCoin has also been made less memory intensive than previous versions, and it is less vulnerable to DOS attacks. That said, the ZCoin team isn’t against GPU mining, but with MTP CPU mining remains competitive even if GPU mining is also utilized.

If you want more information then you can read our comprehensive guide on mining ZCoin.

Founder’s RewardThe Founder’s Reward was implemented to fund the development of ZCoin, and it specifies that for the first four years 14% of mined ZCoins will go to the Founder’s Reward pool. That 14% will be split as follows:

ZCoin Team received 6%Seed Investors receive 6%ZCoin Founder Poramin Insom receives 2%Once the first four years have passed (in September 2020) the block rewards will revert to going entirely to miners and Znodes.

ZnodesZnodes are similar to master nodes in that they are computers on the ZCoin network that are running a full copy of the blockchain, and are working to process transactions. The Znodes are incentivized by receiving 30% of newly minted ZCoins, currently 7.5 per block.

Those running Znodes are required to stake 1,000 ZCoins however, as a way to prove that they are highly invested in the ZCoin network. The stake is an incentive to keep the network running honestly and with consistent uptime.

Before & After ZNodes on ZCoin

As of August 30, 2019, the rate of return for running a Znode is roughly 15.8% based on data from Masternodes.online. It estimates that a node will receive a reward every 17 days 7 hours 50 minutes.

With the price of XZC currently at $5.82 monthly income for running a Znode is roughly $75. This is based on 4,990 active master nodes. If the number of master nodes increases the payout would decrease and vice versa.

Coin Supply and SustainabilityBecause ZCoin was based on Bitcoin, there were 21 million coins originally meant to be created, however, a bug in the code led to the creation of an additional 388,450 coins. That bug has been fixed and the maximum supply of ZCoin is now set at roughly 21.4 million. As of August 2019, the circulating supply of ZCoin is 8,261,093 XZC.

Like Bitcoin, ZCoin began with a block reward time of 10 minutes, however, that was decreased to 5 minutes as of June 2018. Currently, there are 25 coins awarded per block. This award will halve roughly every 4 years until all of the ZCoins have been minted. Once all coins have been minted miners will continue to be rewarded through transaction fees.

Zcoin TeamWhile Matthew Green originally came up with the idea for ZCoin, the implementation was the work of Poramin Insom. At the time he was working under Matthew Green at Johns Hopkins, which made for a perfect mentor relationship.

Prior to developing ZCoin, Poramin developed Vertcoin, but he moved to work on ZCoin as he saw a need for anonymous transactions in the cryptocurrency space. He plans to eventually return to the development of Vertcoin, but is fully focused on ZCoin for the time being.

From Left: Poramin Insom (Founder), Peter Shugalev (Lead Dev), Tadhg Riordan (Solidity Dev), Snguyen (Dev)

The lead developer of ZCoin is Peter Shugalev, a software architect and programmer who brings over 15 years of experience to the ZCoin project. Based in Moscow, he has a Masters degree from Moscow State University in Computer Science and Mathematics and has even created his own programming language which was used in a signature-based intrusion detection system.

On the business side, the COO of ZCoin is Reuben Yap, a corporate lawyer for 10 years, who joined ZCoin in October 2016 and has been pivotal in shaping the vision and direction of the ZCoin project.

He is very well-versed in blockchain privacy protocols and spends a good deal of time traveling and speaking about them in a simple and easy to understand manner. He has long been a proponent of privacy and was previously the founder of one of the top VPN services in SE Asia (bolehvpn.com).

The XZC TokenThe XZC token got off to a strong start, opening in October 2016 at just above $0.90 each. Within a week it was trading above $5, and at the end of the second week, it had rallied to $8. It couldn’t hold those levels, however, and by November it had slid back down to trade under $1.

It continued to slide throughout the remainder of 2016, although there was also a good deal of volatility, and the price was apt to change by as much as 30-50% within a matter of days.

As 2017 got started XZC had rallied back above the $1 level and was soon trading back above $2 as well. It continued climbing and June/July 2017 saw it trading in a range of $10-$20. There was a drop back under $7 in August, but XZC soon recovered, trading from $10-$15 throughout the autumn of 2017.

XZC Price Performance. Image via CMC

Price really began to take off in November 2017 and as is the case with most cryptocurrencies, ZCoin saw a huge run-up in price during December 2017, hitting a high of $169.99 on December 26, 2017. Since then the price has retraced quite a bit, and with the exception of a bounce in April 2018 has been steadily moving lower.

As of August 2019, one ZCoin (XZC) is worth $5.83, with price moving steadily lower for most of 2018, with a low of $4.21 hit in December. Price recovered in early 2019 and by June was trading near $15. It spent June and much of July trading in a range of $10 to $13 but then retreated along with the broader crypto markets.

Buying & Storing XZCThe largest trading volume for ZCoin (XZC) can be found on MXC, although there is also a good amount of trading volume on the CoinEx platform. CHAOEX also has a good deal of volume, and beyond that, you can get XZC at Binance, DigiFinex, Huobi Global and a number of other smaller exchanges.

In terms of volumes, it is relatively well split out on the exchanges although over 80% is concentrated in the top 3. There is decent liquidity though with healthy order books that are quite deep. This means easy execution for the large block orders.

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The ZCoin project does have an official desktop GUI wallet, which is probably the best choice since it has built-in mint and spend functions. There is also an Electrum light wallet available.

For those who prefer mobile wallets, there are a number of choices including the Trust Wallet, Coinomi, Edge Wallet, Cobo Wallet and a number of others.

Plus the ZCoin developers are working on a native mobile wallet that is expected to be released by the end of 2019. Both popular hardware wallets, the Ledger and Trezor, also support XZC.

ZCoin Developement & RoadmapSomething that I sometimes like to do in order to determine the development progress on a project is to look into their GitHub repositories. By observing how much code is being pushed, one can get a good idea of exactly what is being done.

Hence, I decided to jump into Zcoin's official GitHub. Below are the code commits for the top three most active repos in their GitHub. These are the total number of commits pushed in the past year.

Commits to select repos over past 12 months

As you can see, they have been quite active with a regular stream of commits. There are also a further 66 other repositories with varying degrees of activity.

This level of development is more than we have seen on other projects at similar stages. In fact, if we were to compare Zcoin to other projects based on the total number of commits, it comes in at number 52.

This of course makes sense given that there were a number of updates that the Zcoin developers have recently been working on. The prime among these is of course the Sigma protocol which is finally out.

There are also some really exciting updates that are planned in their roadmap. Below are some of the most notable updates still planned for 2019.

Overhaul of User Interface: A new GUI wallet is on the way that will be based on Vue.js.RAP: Receiver Address Privacy: This will allow users to share one static public address that will route transactions to brand new addresses. This will preserve privacy and has not been used by any other privacy coin.Encrypted Node Communications: This encrypted node communication will allow Zcoin traffic to be censorship resistant.MTP Revamp: They will improve on MTP in order to further the ASIC resistant featuresNative Mobile Wallet: Launch of a mobile wallet that will have full privacy supportThen, heading into 2020 one can expect to see research on scaling, governance and quantum resistant algorithms. If you wanted to keep up to date with the development then you can head on over to their official blog.

ConclusionZCoin sees some advantage from having code that is based on Bitcoin’s core code. It makes it easier for the project to implement changes that Bitcoin makes. And the anonymity factor is certainly a big deal, especially in countries such as China, where privacy is difficult to come by.

As Western nations begin to regulate cryptocurrencies there is a good chance that privacy will become increasingly important across Europe and in the U.S.

While some have complained about the Founder’s Reward being included in ZCoin, there are other cryptocurrencies out there who have implemented similar features.

After all, the development team needs funds if they are to continue working on ZCoin, and Insom himself admitted that the reason he had to halt work on Vertcoin was from lack of funds. In any case, there’s only one more year until the Founder’s reward is done, and I’m betting five years from now no one will even remember the Founder’s reward.

A dedicated founder and lead developer, combined with funding for development, and a solid roadmap makes ZCoin’s future look bright.

Disclaimer: These are the writer's opinions and should not be considered investment advice. Readers should do their own research.
2026-06-25 09:20 1mo ago
2019-06-12 08:10 7yr ago
Crypto Market Wrap: Litecoin Lifting 10% as Bitcoin Continues Consolidation
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Crypto markets remain sideways; Litecoin still surging, BNB and Cardano doing well, Bitcoin and ETH flat.  Market Wrap As the crypto consolidation continues markets have fallen back again following a day of minor gains. There is still no sign of this correction that everyone is expecting as total market capitalization remains above $250 billion and Bitcoin remains sideways.

Bitcoin fell back to $7,780 yesterday before recovering back to $8,050 during Asian trading today. As was the case yesterday, BTC dropped back below $8k pretty quickly and is still trading there, flat on the day. Unless the bulls can take it above $8.2k BTC will remain range bound.

Predictably Ethereum has also done absolutely nothing and remains trading at $248, a fraction higher than it was this time on Tuesday morning. ETH is still hopelessly tied to Bitcoin and is likely to remain so until some fundamentals kick it into gear.

The top ten is a mixed affair during the morning’s trading session. Many altcoins have not moved at all since yesterday but one is showing a lot of strength with a 34 percent gain on the week and another 9 percent added today. Litecoin has turned $125 from resistance into support and has surged to $140 as the halving fomo heats up. Analysts expect LTC to reach $150 before traders start taking profits and it retraces a little.  Binance Coin is the only other one moving with a 4 percent gain to reach $33.

The top twenty is looking equally mixed today with Cardano leading things adding 5 percent to $0.088. Tron, IOTA and NEO have notched up a further 2 percent each but the rest remain flat, unchanged from yesterday.

FOMO: Egretia Emerges Entering the crypto top one hundred with a spike of 30 percent is EGT which is now priced at $0.015. OKEx is driving momentum for this Singapore based video gaming token with a series of giveaways.

A Breaking News: 5 Million EGT Giveaway!!!
11:00 am June 11th - 11:00 am June 18th in OKEx
More details: https://t.co/jn3pTaOv17 #egt #okex #airdrop #gaming #blockchain pic.twitter.com/DOFzalUUKz

— Egretia (@Egretia_io) June 10, 2019

Zcoin is also on a pump today as XZC adds 20 percent largely driven by crypto exchanges in Thailand. WAX is the third best performer today with a rise of 11 percent. Such a surprise at the red end – it is Aurora again dumping 23 percent; this altcoin is so predictable that everyone should be trading it.

Total market capitalization 24 hours. Coinmarketcap.com Total crypto market capitalization is up a tiny fraction from yesterday at $256 billion. The mini $6 billion dump was quickly recovered meaning that markets are still at the same level and still consolidating. Nothing is likely to happen until Bitcoin makes a bigger move, its dominance has been steadily eroding this month and it is now down to 55.4%.

Market Wrap is a section that takes a daily look at the top cryptocurrencies during the current trading session and analyses the best-performing ones, looking for trends and possible fundamentals.
2026-06-25 07:59 1mo ago
2019-03-12 16:10 7yr ago
Crypto.com up over 132%, Zcoin 104%, what's going on?
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Crypto.com up over 132%, Zcoin 104%, what's going on?
2026-06-25 02:10 1mo ago
2019-06-19 08:10 7yr ago
Crypto Market Wrap: All Eyes On Bitcoin as Altcoins Consolidate
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Crypto markets consolidating today; Bitcoin takes a breath, LTC back up,  XRP, EOS and Tezos retreating. Market Wrap Crypto markets have remained in consolidation for the past 24 hours. Very little movement has occurred on most of the majors as Bitcoin shows no direction at the moment. Total market capitalization remains around $285 billion this Wednesday morning.

Bitcoin peaked at $9,250 yesterday but failed to hold that level, sliding just below $9k three times in the past 12 hours. It did recover back above it every time though and is currently sitting at $9,150. With heavy resistance above $9.5k and a new support zone at $8.7k BTC could consolidate here for a while.

Ethereum is still stagnant, dropping back below $270 again in a downside correction. The next key support level is $260 and a fall through this could lead to larger losses for ETH. Without any clear fundamentals it is hard to see where else it can go in the short term.

Altcoin Outlook Red dominates the top ten during today’s Asian trading session. XRP could not hold on to its gains despite the big partnership announcement and has fallen back over 3 percent to $0.43. Bitcoin Cash, EOS and Stellar are shedding a similar amount as altcoins remain weak. Only Litecoin and Binance Coin are in the green, but only just as these two continue to hold strong.

The top twenty outlook is also mixed but most crypto assets remain flat for another day. Ethereum Classic and Tezos are the only two that have really moved in the past 24 hours and both are falling back. Zcash is making a comeback and is about to flip NEM for that 20th spot as ZEC grabs 8 percent on the day.

FOMO: Insight Chain Cranks The pump of the day has gone to INB which has spiked 85 percent to reach $0.34. There does not appear to be anything obvious fundamentally driving this EOS based blockchain project. Nearly all of the volume is on one exchange, Livecoin, indicating that the pump is probably manipulated.

Ardor is doing well today with a climb of 26 percent and privacy based Zcoin is third with a 16 percent gain on the day. At the red end of the top one hundred is Aurora which probably isn’t worth mentioning any more. Zilliqa and Chainlink are also dumping over 7 percent each.

Total market cap 24 hours. Coinmarketcap.com Total crypto market capitalization has not really changed much over the past day. It is back to yesterday’s level of $284 billion with a daily volume of $54 billion which has fallen significantly this week. Altcoins are still largely frozen as Bitcoin continues to dominate, still commanding over 57 percent of the market.

Market Wrap is a section that takes a daily look at the top cryptocurrencies during the current trading session and analyses the best-performing ones, looking for trends and possible fundamentals.
2026-06-25 00:02 1mo ago
2020-01-19 12:12 6yr ago
Will 2020 Become The Year of Privacy Crypto Coins? So Far It Is
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While most people consider every cryptocurrency transaction anonymous, that’s not the case. Bitcoin, for example, has all transactions recorded on a public ledger, which can be easily accessed. In theory and practice, it’s entirely possible to associate a Bitcoin address with an individual, especially if he has ever used a cryptocurrency exchange, which requires identity verification.

However, the apparent need for a fully anonymous payment option ultimately led to the creation of such, called privacy coins. During this week, turbulent movements, a lot of them recorded serious gains, and it’s perhaps to have a closer look.

What Are Privacy Coins? Privacy coins conceal all the information from both the sender and the recipient. They don’t provide any data on the amount of the transaction when they take place and ultimately leave absolutely no traces or records behind.

With this being said, a lot of people consider that privacy coins are generally used by criminals since the transactions are untraceable. One valid example here may come from the kidnapping of a Norwegian multimillionaire’s wife last year. The perpetrators reportedly requested a ransom for $10 million to be paid in one of the most popular private coins – Monero.

However, this report from Q2 2019 indicates otherwise. It examines cryptocurrencies’ involvement in illegal activities, and it concludes that privacy coins are responsible for just around 4% of all similar transactions.

A more popular usage is the basic need of most regular people to protect their anonymity from central authorities and governments. This is where the demand for such coins surfaced in the first place.

Notable Privacy Coins Examples As with most cryptocurrencies, there are already several well-established privacy coins in the market.

Monero is one of the most popular at the moment. It’s also one of the largest cryptocurrencies, as it’s currently situated in 11th place. Besides, it has received a lot of widespread adoption with many different outlets.

Dash is another prominent example of such a coin, which is based on Bitcoin’s software. It continues to grow over the years, and just recently, it partnered with Burger King Venezuela. Dash will be offered in 40 different locations where people can use it to purchase burgers, for instance. Its price also reacted accordingly and surged with over 80% in a day.

Dash: Focusing On Real Solutions Cryptopotato recently had the opportunity to speak with Dash Core’s Business Development Manager for LatAm, Ernesto Escalona, regarding the price movements and company’s updates. He talked about the recently released Dash Platform on EvoNet, which is a “technology stack for building decentralized applications on the Dash network.” He also mentioned Venezuela’s adoption that adds further real usage for Dash.

“We believe the recent positive price action is a reflection of Dash constantly working on fundamentals to allow real use of cryptocurrency. […] So getting cutting edge technology deployed, and focusing on real solutions seems to be getting the attention in 2020, and we will keep working to make real adoption happen!”

As a response to the above, the Dash team added that they are a “user-centric coin with a privacy feature on one wallet and not a privacy coin.”

Zcash falls under the category of privacy coins. The company is behind the Zk-SNARK protocol, which a part of the zero-knowledge proof system. Moreover, it was also recently endorsed by the famous whistleblower Edward Snowden.

A lot of people wonder why I like #Zcash despite the Founder’s Reward. Here’s a reason: that tax funds a quality team that catches and kills serious bugs in-house, before they get exploited. Some other projects learn about bugs like this only AFTER people have lost money. http://t.co/i9MD1CpeNx

— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) February 5, 2019

Other examples for privacy coins are Horizen (ZEN), Verge (XVG), Bytecoin (BCN)< Zcoin (XZC), PIVX (PIVX), and more.

Pricing History Naturally, one can’t overlook the price for a particular coin, especially if he considers taking advantage of their potential as an investment, rather than transmitting payments.

By looking at all charts, one can get some general and conclusive information on how all privacy coins were handling the different trends. For example, during the parabolic price increase of late 2017 and early 2018, all of them reached their respective all-time high (similarly to most cryptocurrencies that existed back then.)

Monero (XMR) was to almost $500, while Dash hit $1,642 in December 2017. Then came the price crash, and all of them followed closely. Just for reference, XMR noted a 92% decline to $42 in late 2018, while DASH’s drop was 96% to $63.

Is The Positive Privacy Coin Trend Back? Despite the price crashes of 2018, most of them appear to be on an extremely positive trend as of the last few weeks. XMR recorded a 10% increase in the previous seven days. Zcash posted 66% gains, and Zcoin was up with 60% in the same timeframe.

Dash managed to surge by 140% to about $125. Besides, DASH entered the top 10 currencies by market cap at one point but it retraced since then.

These movements had the crypto community speculating on whether or not privacy coins are returning to the grand scene. They had a significant role during the previous major bull cycle, and some consider their latest increases as an indication that another one is to come. While it may be too early to conclude this theory to be valid, it’s still worth checking the possibility of actually occurring soon.

Even though all of the privacy coins declined a bit in the past couple of days, the surges were notable and it’s interesting to see whether 2020 will be positive in this regard.

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Bitcoin Price Back at $8,700 As Institutional Investors Appetite for BTC Grows Exponentially
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Governments Begin to Roll Out FATF’s Travel Rule Around the Globe
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Russian Cybersecurity Firm Debuts Blockchain Voting Machine
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Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has announced the launch of a new blockchain voting machine to enable transparency, secure voter’s votes, and curb election fraud.

According to the firm, implementing blockchain technology gives the prototype and edge over the traditional voting system.

Kaspersky Launches Blockchain Voting Machine According to a report by Verdict on Thursday, February 27, 2020, Kaspersky has introduced its first-ever blockchain-powered voting machine using Polys, an online voting system developed by the company’s Innovation Hub.

Commenting on the advantages of electronic voting, Roman Aleshkin, head of product at Polys remarked:

“From speaking to our customers, we understand the issues and inconvenience they face when organizing paper-based voting. As we see from our Polys platform, e-voting can solve some of these issues, allowing more possibilities for remote participation and even increasing turnout of younger people.”

The report further explained how the prototype work, stating that voter will get a unique QR code or token. Furthermore, this code or token will be scanned, enabling voters to vote on any of the Polys DLT-backed machines. Thereafter, the votes are encrypted and counted, and the voters can verify that their votes are recorded on the blockchain.

Kaspersky says this voting process helps to eliminate multiple votes by one voter, reduce the number of electoral officers and long queues, and also minimize cost.

While this method of voting will record more participation from voters during elections, it, however, comes with some hiccups. As the process requires a smartphone/computers and an internet connection, voters without any of the above can be disenfranchised.

Alsehkin, noting this risk, commented:

“However, if physical polling stations were to be closed completely, it would deprive and alienate certain groups of people from taking part in an election and making their voice heard. That is why we introduced our new voting machines. Working together with the online platform, they allow citizens to vote using the method they prefer, in a convenient and transparent way.”

The cybersecurity firm also partook in a DLT voting campaign in Volgograd, Russia, which recorded participation from over 82,000 people.

DLT Utilization in Government Elections Governments and associations are gradually exploring the use of blockchain technology to improve the electoral process. This is because the system is transparent, fast, and cheap compared to the traditional system of voting.

Back in 2018, the Thai Democrat Party employed Zcoin’s blockchain to conduct its primary election. Zcoin stated that despite the large turnout of voters, the final results were released under 12 hours. The Catalan government expressed willingness to use a DLT-powered voting system for elections.

Furthermore, Utah County collaborated with Tusk Philanthropies, an advocate of mobile voting, to trial the blockchain-based voting system for its municipal primary elections held in August 2019.

Former U.S. Presidential Candidate of the Democratic Party, Andrew Yang, is well-known crypto and blockchain proponent. Part of Yang’s propaganda focused on clear virtual currency regulations in the U.S. and the adoption of blockchain technology.

One of Yang’s campaign policies focused on implementing the DLT-based system of voting. According to the Democrat, standing in long queues at polling booths to vote was antiquated. Yang added that voting with blockchain will effectively reduce queues, minimize election fraud, and increase voter participation.

Recently, the Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Startups, Singapore (ACCESS) announced it was employing blockchain technology for voting, to enable transparency and anonymity.

As previously reported by Blockonomi, the botched Iowa caucus election, which used a mobile app to conduct its election, recorded errors and delays in the result. This led some blockchain proponents to push DLT as the solution to voting problems.
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The Promise and Reality of Blockchain’s Role in Global Elections
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The Best Privacy Coins: Crypto Briefing’s Top 10
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Privacy coins have been lauded by some as necessary to protect users’ basic right to privacy. So, what are the top 10 privacy-centric cryptocurrencies?

The Benefits of Privacy Coins Privacy cryptocurrencies occupy a sacred place in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

While most cryptocurrency transactions are traceable on the blockchain, privacy coins utilize a range of protocols to obscure the addresses of transacting parties. Some privacy cryptocurrencies are private by default. Others offer identity-preserving features as an option.

Some exchanges have even delisted many coins due to regulatory pressures to implement strict KYC requirements. But if protecting one’s identity is a highly valued commodity, it’s important to understand how each of the top privacy coins operates.

Privacy Coins By Default Monero (XMR) Monero is the privacy coin with the largest market cap, at around $1 billion at press time. 

Monero uses the CryptoNight Proof-of-Work protocol to make the network ASIC resistant. The protocol also obscures wallet transaction details and user amounts on the public blockchain. A truly fungible cryptocurrency, XMR coins’ transaction histories cannot be traced. 

CryptoNight uses ring signatures and stealth addresses to hide transaction details. All transactions are private by default.

RingCT (Ring Confidential Transactions), an enhancement of CryptoNight, implements ring signatures to obfuscate transactions on the network by mixing them with other spendable transaction inputs.

The blockchain displays the validity of transactions, but only the sender and receiver involved in a particular transaction can see the amount of coins transferred in a transaction.

Monero is widely considered the most important of this category of cryptocurrencies.

Zcoin (XZC) Zcoin uses a protocol known as Sigma to preserve user identity. Sigma removes the ability to link coins with transaction histories. Only the parties to a transaction have knowledge of the exchange of funds.

The privacy-focused coin has integrated Tor into its network to hide users’ IP addresses. The development team also added Dandelion++ to improve IP address protection when a transaction is broadcast.

The team is currently building toward the launch of Lelantus, an upgrade that would improve the protocol’s scalability, privacy, and ease of use.

Lelantus will usher in completely untraceable transactions. Called HOOMP, Hierarchical One-out-of-Many-Proofs, the algorithm significantly improves on the performance of the One-Out-of-Many Proofs (OOMP).

OOMP is a building block of many other upcoming privacy protocols, such as Beam, Anonymous Zether, JP Morgan’s Many to Many proofs, and Monero’s Triptych and Triptych-2.

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On average, Zcoin developers found a 10x faster proving time, as well as a reduction in verification time, using HOOMP. This feature could make it one of the most important privacy coins in the market.

Bytecoin (BCN)  Bytecoin bills itself as the world’s first private untraceable cryptocurrency. To ensure user privacy, Bytecoin deploys CryptoNote technology.

The protocol utilizes ring signatures to bundle transactions as well as making addresses unlinkable through the generation of “non-repeating, one-time address.” 

Bytecoin’s privacy credentials are only enhanced by the fact that the more widely known Monero is a fork of the BCN project.

Grin (GRIN) & MimbleWimble Grin is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency “without censorship or restrictions.” The project deploys two methods to ensure transaction privacy for its users.

First, the Grin blockchain does not store amounts or addresses involved in transactions. Transactions are relayed through “a sub-set of peers” prior to being broadcast.

Secondly, using Mimblewimble allows past transaction data to be erased. That not only contributes to the privacy of transactions, but it also helps the blockchain scale. Beam is another project that uses the Mimblewimble protocol.

To ensure privacy and fungibility, the Litecoin Foundation has considered implementing the protocol on the LTC blockchain. According to the foundation: 

“We have started exploration towards adding privacy and fungibility to Litecoin by allowing on-chain conversion of regular LTC into a MimbleWimble variant of LTC and vice versa. Upon such conversion, it will be possible to transact with MimbleWimble LTC in complete confidentiality.”

Super Zero (SERO) Super Zero is the native token for the SERO Dapp platform. SERO uses Super-ZK for privacy, and is reportedly 20 times faster than the Sapling upgrade of zk-SNARKs.

Its protocol claims to be the first to support smart contracts that use zero-knowledge proofs.

Privacy Coins With Optional Privacy Dash (DASH) Dash, a fork of the Bitcoin protocol that began life as Xcoin in 2014, has an optional privacy feature that allows users to hide transaction details if they want to through the network’s mixing mechanism. Dash’s privacy feature is called PrivateSend.

It has become a very popular way to transact in Venezuela. The feature, an implementation of CoinJoin, mixes coins with other transactions, to obscure the origin of the funds.

Dash is not, strictly speaking, a privacy coin and does not market itself as one.

In fact, the company’s website promotes it as “instant, global, and easy to use.” Transactions cost less than one cent and are near-instant.

Zcash (ZEC) Zcash is another widely-used coin with optional privacy.

Zcash transactions can take two forms: transparent or private. In private transactions, address details are hidden. 

Zcash is a fork of the Bitcoin protocol, adding a privacy layer through a cryptographic proof known as zk-SNARKs. Zero Knowledge Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge allows transactions to be verified without any knowledge of the wallet addresses involved or the amounts transferred.

According to the Zcash team:

“’Zero-knowledge’ proofs allow one party (the prover) to prove to another (the verifier) that a statement is true, without revealing any information beyond the validity of the statement itself. For example, given the hash of a random number, the prover could convince the verifier that there indeed exists a number with this hash value, without revealing what it is.”

Horizen (ZEN) Horizen is “a technology platform with optional privacy features that aims to enable an application-rich and inclusive ecosystem to provide people with freedom and everyday usability.”

ZEN is the platform’s native cryptocurrency.

Like other privacy coins, its privacy features are optional, offering both T-Addresses (transparent) and Z-Addresses (private). Z-Addresses utilize zero-knowledge cryptography to allow users to obfuscate transaction amounts and sender and receiver addresses.

Komodo (KMD) Komodo was a source-code fork of Zcash, enabling the project to implement the zk-SNARKs protocol. It is not a privacy blockchain itself, and KMD is not a privacy coin. But the platform allows for the creation of privacy protocols by third parties.

If a project wishes to adopt Komodo’s privacy as a feature, it can choose whether to make it optional or mandatory. (The Komodo project itself is not privacy-centric.)

Komodo developers also built an entirely separate blockchain, Pirate Chain, in mid-2018. Pirate Chain (ARRR) has mandatory transaction privacy using the zk-SNARKs protocol. The team claims it to be one of the most private blockchains in operation.

The Komodo website outlines that Monero’s ring-signature protocol leaves traces of metadata, which the zk-SNARKs protocol does not.

Verge (XVG) Verge, originally DogecoinDark, uses an anonymous network layer and the Tor anonymity tool to hide IP addresses and user locations.

The Wraith Protocol upgrade brought the ability to accommodate stealth addressin to the Verge network.  The upgrade offers senders and receivers the ability to choose to have transactions recorded to the public or the private ledger.

Not only are the locations of senders and receivers private by default, but it also offers stealth addressing.

For these reasons, Verge is a payment option accepted by Pornhub, an ideal use case for privacy coins.

Privacy Coins an Important Part of the Crypto Ecosystem Privacy coins remain an important part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Despite, or perhaps because of, the increased regulatory scrutiny of privacy-enhancing features in the cryptocurrency markets, privacy-focused projects will continue to be important tools against privacy infringements.

Disclosure: This article was edited by Paul de Havilland. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy.
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What is Firo Coin?
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Formerly known as Zcoin, Firo (FIRO) is a cryptocurrency focused on private digital cash. The platform created the Lelantus privacy protocol, which allows users to burn their cryptocurrencies and later use new ones without any transaction history.

Before Lelantus, it was the first cryptocurrency to code and launch a practical implementation of the Zerocoin protocol, which has become one of the most widely used privacy protocols.

Firo’s Lelantus privacy protocol and its predecessor, Sigma, are based on a unique zero-knowledge proof called one-out-of-many proof, which, unlike other zk structures, does not require a trusted setup or exotic mathematical/cryptographic assumptions.

Additionally, it was the first project to deploy Dandelion++ in October 2018, a method of propagating transactions that prevents third parties from linking an IP address to a transaction.

In November 2018, Firo’s blockchain was used in the primary election of the Thai Democrat Party to elect their party leader. With over 127,000 votes cast nationwide, it marked the first large-scale political election conducted on a blockchain. Firo rebranded from Zcoin in October 2020.

Firo uses a PoW-Chainlock hybrid consensus model, which features a network-wide verifiable measure/vote of “first seen” rule conducted by deterministically selected few hundred masternodes (LLMQ) locked to the first seen block. Since no reorganization is allowed after this point, blocks are final with a single confirmation. According to statements, this also reduces 51% mining attacks, as the masternode network would need to be compromised before Chainlocks can be disabled.

Firo’s mining algorithm, MTP, is based on memory hardness to make it resistant to ASICs. It is transitioning to FiroPOW, a variant of ProgPOW specifically designed for GPU mining and more resistant to ASICs and FPGAs to promote fair distribution of the cryptocurrency.

Firo’s founder is Poramin Insom, who holds a master’s degree in Information Security from Johns Hopkins University, where he wrote a paper on the proposed practical implementation of the Zerocoin protocol. Insom is also the co-founder of Satang Corporation and served as a second lieutenant in the Royal Thai Armed Forces’ cyber warfare unit.

How to Buy FIRO Coin?FIRO Coin can be quickly and securely purchased through Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency trading platform by transaction volume.

To buy FIRO Coin, you must first become a member of Binance and then send fiat currency. After sending fiat currency like USD, you can perform a purchase transaction in the Bitcoin (BTC), BUSD, and Tether (USDT) FIRO trading pairs where

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
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Binance Expands Support For FIRO Hard Fork & Network Upgrade, Price Jumps 3%
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On Thursday, September 12, crypto exchange Binance announced that it would be supporting the hard fork and network upgrade for privacy-focused digital cash project Firo. The announcement has led to major buzz in the crypto community with the FIRO price surging by 3% in the past hour.

Binance Jacks Up FIRO Triggering Optimism According to an official announcement by Binance dated September 12, the crypto exchange will start preparations for supporting the privacy-focused platform’s hard fork and network upgrade shortly ahead. Aligning with this mover, the exchange will halt deposits and withdrawals for the FIRO token starting September 16 at 04:00 UTC. This decision comes as an approach to ensure the best user experience, the crypto exchange clarified.

The hard fork and network upgrade is set to occur at the block height 958,655, or roughly on September 16 at 05:00 UTC. Moreover, as per the coin’s community, the upgrade Firo v0.14.14.0 will mandate tokenomics changes, as voted by the community.

Following the upgrade, the new block reward distribution will be 70% Masternodes, 5% Miners, 15% Development Fund, and 10% Community Fund. Firo’s official announcement offers a detailed view of all the changes.

With Binance’s extension of support to the project’s upcoming advancements, crypto market participants speculate over its price action ahead.

Token Price Jumps 3% Today Meanwhile, FIRO price gained nearly 3% in the past 24 hours and is currently trading at $1.12. The coin’s intraday low and high were recorded as $1.07 and $1.14, respectively. Today’s pumping price movements fall in line with the broader market trend and Binance’s support for the project’s upcoming upgrades. Moreover, the coin’s 24-hour trading volume surged slightly by 7%.

Notably, the crypto exchange behemoth’s expansion of offerings for cryptocurrencies has previously sparked an upward movement in prices. For context, AERGO price soared with Binance‘s enhanced offerings recently, CoinGape Media reported.

Altogether, crypto market enthusiasts speculate whether the looming developments could ignite a rally in the privacy-focused digital cash protocol ahead.
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Previously known as Zcoin, Firo is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that allows users to burn coins and later redeem new ones with no transaction history, using zero-knowledge proofs.

What is Firo Coin (FIRO)?Firo developed the Lelantus privacy protocol, which supports high anonymity sets without requiring a trusted setup and relies only on standard cryptographic assumptions. Lelantus’ innovation in combining several proofs with confidential amounts has influenced protocols like Monero’s Triptych and Beam’s Lelantus-MW. Firo also employs Dandelion++ to conceal transaction source IPs without relying on external services like Tor or i2P.

Firo has developed and utilizes Merkle Tree Proofs (MTP) as its Proof-of-Work algorithm to incentivize mining with commodity hardware, aiming to be memory-hard with fast verification. The blockchain is further secured with LLMQ ChainLocks. Firo’s blockchain was also used in Thailand’s Democratic Party elections in 2018 to elect party leaders, with over 127,000 votes nationwide.

Additionally, Firo focuses on private payments. It has also developed a tokenization layer called Elysium, allowing users to leverage Firo’s privacy features for their tokens. FIRO will be used as fees for transactions on that layer.

Moreover, Lelantus allows users to burn any number of tokens and redeem new tokens with no associated history at any future time. Masternodes provide protection against 51% attacks and allow for instant block finality using LLMQ-based ChainLocks. Firo also employs Dandelion++ technology to conceal a transaction’s source IP.

MTP (Merkle Tree Proof) is a memory-hard Proof-of-Work algorithm designed to remain lightweight while being fixed in memory, promoting commodity hardware mining.

FIRO Coin can be securely bought and sold on Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. FIRO Coin is traded on Binance in FIRO/BTC, FIRO/USDT, and FIRO/BUSD pairs.

To buy FIRO, users must first register with Binance. After completing registration, transfer cryptocurrency or fiat currency to the Binance wallet. Once the transfer is complete, FIRO Coin can be purchased from any of the three pairs listed above. For example, to buy from the FIRO/USDT pair, go to the FIRO/USDT interface, enter the desired amount in the limit section, and complete the purchase by placing a Buy FIRO order.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.
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