## Τι είναι το ETHPoW (ETHW);

Το EthereumPoW (ETHW) είναι ένα πιθανό [hard fork](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/hard-fork-blockchain) του [Ethereum](https://coinmarketcap.com/el/currencies/ethereum/) blockchain με την επερχόμενη [Ethereum Merge](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/the-eth-merge-trade). Με τη συγχώνευση το Ethereum θα μετατραπεί σε [proof-of-stake](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/proof-of-stake-pos), ενώ η forked έκδοση θα παραμείνει [proof-of-work](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/proof-of-work-pow).

Διαβάστε: [Όλα όσα θέλατε να μάθετε για τη συγχώνευση του Ethereum](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/all-you-ever-wanted-to-learn-about-the-ethereum-merge)

Το EthereumPoW αυτοπροσδιορίζεται ως «το αυθεντικό Proof of Work Ethereum, που αναπτύχθηκε και διευθύνεται από την κοινότητα». Ωστόσο, το «αυθεντικό» Ethereum θα ήταν το [Ethereum Classic](https://coinmarketcap.com/el/currencies/ethereum-classic/), το οποίο είναι το αρχικό blockchain Ethereum που συνέχισε με την αρχική κατάσταση της αλυσίδας μετά το ['The DAO' Hack](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/a-history-of-the-dao-hack).

### Ποιοι είναι οι Ιδρυτές του EthPow;

Το EthereumPoW υποστηρίζεται από μια άγνωστη (σε ποσότητα και όνομα) ομάδα ατόμων που κάνουν [εξόρυξη](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/miners) ΕΤΗ που θα χάσουν από τη μετάβαση σε PoS. Σύμφωνα με τον Messari, ο κλάδος εξόρυξης του Ethereum εκτιμάται ότι αξίζει 19 δισεκατομμύρια δολάρια και θα καταστεί παρωχημένος με την αλλαγή σε PoS. Δεδομένου ότι το Ethereum εξορύσσεται με ειδικές [GPUs](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/graphical-processing-unit-gpu), όσιοι κάνουν εξόρυξη δεν μπορούν απλά να μεταβούν στο [Bitcoin](https://coinmarketcap.com/el/currencies/bitcoin/), το οποίο εξορύσσεται με [ASICs](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/asic).

Ο ιδρυτής του Ethereum Vitalik Buterin πρότεινε το [ETC](https://coinmarketcap.com/el/currencies/ethereum-classic/) ως εναλλακτική λύση, αναφερόμενος σε αυτό ως «μια αλυσίδα που είναι μια χαρά» για όσους κάνουν επί του παρόντος εξόρυξη ETH. Ωστόσο, αυτοί που κάνουν εξόρυξη φαίνονται δεσμευμένοι να τροποποιήσουν τον κώδικα (forking) του ETHW. Στα εξέχοντα ονόματα που υποστηρίζουν το fork περιλαμβάνονται ο Justin Sun, ιδρυτής της Tron, και ο Chandler Guo, ένας γνωστός miner ETH. Το Poloniex, που υποστηρίζεται από τον Justin Sun, είναι το πρώτο ανταλλακτήριο που εισάγει το ETHW και ανακοίνωσε σχέδια για την εισαγωγή πιθανών forked ETH διακριτικών.

### Τι κάνει το ETHPoW μοναδικό;

Το EthereumPoW πρόκειται να αντιγράψει την κατάσταση του Ethereum στο hard fork PoW. Κατά τη στιγμή της σύνταξης του κειμένου, δεν ήταν σαφές αν αυτό θα σήμαινε απλώς την αντιγραφή της κατάστασης της αλυσίδας — η οποία θα επέτρεπε στους προγραμματιστές [DApp](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/decentralized-applications-dapps) και στους εκδότες [stablecoin](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/stablecoin) να επιλέξουν ποια αλυσίδα Ethereum υποστηρίζουν — ή την αντιγραφή και των καταστάσεων των εφαρμογών, η οποία θα διπλασίαζε τις DApps και τη ρευστότητα στο Ethereum στο EthereumPoW.

Η κοινότητα του Ethereum φοβάται ότι το forking ολόκληρης της αλυσίδας, συμπεριλαμβανομένων όλων των DApps και της ρευστότητας σε αυτήν, θα δώσει τη δυνατότητα στους [πρωτοπόρους και MEV](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/frontrunners-and-mev-explained-how-to-beat-the-bots) να εκμεταλλευτούν την ελάχιστη αξία που έχει απομείνει στο ETHPoW κατά τη στιγμή της συγχώνευσης. Στην πράξη, αυτό θα σήμαινε την αποστράγγιση όλων των [δεξαμενών ρευστότητας](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/liquidity-pool) της άνευ αξίας forked «ρευστότητας PoW» και την εξαργύρωσή της σε ETHW, η οποία αναμένεται να διατηρήσει αρχικά κάποια αξία. Αρκετοί συνεργάτες του Ethereum χαρακτήρισαν την έναρξη του ETHPoW ως εκμεταλλευτική και ως μια άσκηση του «αδειάσματος των ιδιωτών.»

Μπορείτε να διαβάσετε περισσότερα για τις διαφορές μεταξύ των δύο αλυσίδων στο άρθρο μας [Ethereum PoS vs Ethereum PoW](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/ethereum-proof-of-work-pow-vs-ethereum-proof-of-stake-pos).

#### Σχετικές σελίδες:

Δείτε το [Ethereum (ETH)](https://coinmarketcap.com/el/currencies/ethereum/) - το blockchain που το ETHW ενδεχομένως πρόκειται να υποστεί forking και αναμένεται να υποβληθεί στην πολυαναμενόμενη συγχώνευση στις 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2022.

Ρίξτε μια ματιά στο [Ethereum Classic (ETC)](https://coinmarketcap.com/el/currencies/ethereum-classic/) — το «αυθεντικό» blockchain Ethereum που συνεχίστηκε με την αρχική κατάσταση της αλυσίδας μετά το hack «The DAO» του 2016.

Διαβάστε την [ενδελεχή ανάλυση στην tokenization (δημιουργία διακριτικών) και την κλιμάκωση Ethereum](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/tokenization-and-ethereum-scaling).

Μάθετε περισσότερα για το Ethereum Merge στην [ενδελεχή μας ανάλυση για το Ethereum 2.0](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/a-dive-into-ethereum-2-0).

### Πόσα νομίσματα ETHPoW (ETHW) υπάρχουν σε κυκλοφορία;

Με το ETHW να κάνει forking αρχικά το Ethereum blockchain, η αλυσίδα θα ξεκινούσε με την ίδια [κυκλοφοριακή προσφορά](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/circulating-supply) όπως το proof-of-stake Ethereum. Ωστόσο, δεδομένου ότι το Ethereum μετά τη συγχώνευση θα έχει πολύ χαμηλότερο ρυθμό πληθωρισμού από την τρέχουσα έκδοση PoW, οι δύο αλυσίδες θα αποκλίνουν στην προσφορά νομισμάτων. Εάν το EthereumPoW συνεχίσει να εξορύσσεται, η προσφορά θα αυξηθεί με ταχύτερο ρυθμό από αυτόν του Ethereum με PoS.

### Πώς διασφαλίζεται το δίκτυο Cardano;

Το ETHPoW θα παραμείνει στον ίδιο μηχανισμό proof-of-work που χρησιμοποιεί το mainnet του Ethereum από την ίδρυσή του. Παρόλα αυτά, κατά τη στιγμή της συγγραφής του άρθρου δεν ήταν σαφές αν η εξόρυξη του ETHPoW θα συνεχιζόταν, στην πραγματικότητα, δεδομένου ότι η προγραμματισμένη [βόμβα δυσκολίας](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/article/ethereum-s-arrow-glacier-upgrade-to-delay-ice-age-s-difficulty-bomb-till-summer-2022) έχει σχεδιαστεί για να καταστήσει ανέφικτη την εξόρυξη στην αλυσίδα PoW.

### Πού μπορείτε να αγοράσετε ETHPoW (ETHW);

Τη στιγμή που γράφονται αυτές οι γραμμές, το ETHW είναι επί του παρόντος διαθέσιμο στα ανταλλακτήρια [Poloniex](https://coinmarketcap.com/el/exchanges/poloniex/), [Gate.io](https://coinmarketcap.com/el/exchanges/gate-io/), [MEXC](https://coinmarketcap.com/el/exchanges/mxc/), [Phemex](https://coinmarketcap.com/el/exchanges/phemex/), [DigiFinex](https://coinmarketcap.com/el/exchanges/digifinex/) και [CoinW](https://coinmarketcap.com/el/exchanges/coinw/).

Λάβετε τις τελευταίες ειδήσεις για την κρυπτογράφηση και τις τελευταίες πληροφορίες για τις συναλλαγές με το [CoinMarketCap Alexandria](https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria).

EthereumPoW

Ethereum Classic (ETC) is the original Ethereum (ETH) blockchain that launched in July 2015. Its main function is as a smart contract network, with the ability to host and support decentralized applications (DApps). Its native token is ETC.

Since its launch, Ethereum Classic has sought to differentiate itself from Ethereum, with the two networks’ technical roadmap diverging further and further from each other with time.

Ethereum Classic first set out to preserve the integrity of the existing Ethereum blockchain after a major hacking event led to the theft of 3.6 million ETH.

Ethereum Classic

Ravencoin is a digital peer-to-peer (P2P) network that aims to implement a use case specific blockchain, designed to efficiently handle one specific function: the transfer of assets from one party to another. Built on a fork of the Bitcoin code, Ravencoin was announced on Oct. 31, 2017 and released binaries for mining on Jan. 3, 2018 with what is called a fair launch: no premine, ICO or masternodes. It was named in reference to a TV show Game of Thrones.

Ravencoin

Terra (LUNA) is a public blockchain protocol that emerged from Terra Classic. Terra Classic is home to the algorithmic stablecoin TerraClassicUSD (UST). It's now-renamed LUNC token collateralized UST, which crashed in a bank run in May 2022. That devalued LUNA to virtually zero and caused a launch of a new chain — resulting in Terra Classic and Terra. Read a full breakdown of the Terra crash here.

The development of Terra Classic launched in January 2018 and the blockchain launched in April 2019. It attempted to combine the price stability and wide adoption of fiat currencies with the censorship-resistance of Bitcoin (BTC) and offer fast and affordable settlements through its UST stablecoin. Terra Classic offered stablecoins pegged to the U.S. dollar, South Korean won, Mongolian tugrik, and the International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights basket of currencies.

The new Terra blockchain continues the legacy of Terra Classic without the UST stablecoin. It will keep building with the help of the LUNA community dubbed “LUNAtics” and evolve the world-class UX and UI that brought Terra Classic up to second place in total value locked (TVL) at its peak. Many DApps have agreed to migrate to Terra to continue their functionality.

Terra

Conflux (CFX) is a public layer-1 blockchain that was made to power decentralized applications (dApps), e-commerce, and Web 3.0 infrastructure by being more scalable, decentralized, and secure than existing protocols.

Conflux makes it easier to transfer valuable assets by making the process quick, effective, free of network congestion, and with low transaction costs. The platform is based on the Tree-Graph consensus mechanism, and it combines Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) algorithms to achieve consensus. The protocol uses Turing-complete smart contracts written in Solidity, just like those on  Ethereum, and is compatible with the EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine).

Conflux's growth is fueled by CFX, the platform's native token, which gives users financial incentives to participate and engage more. The token is used to pay transaction fees, govern the network, and is given as compensation to miners who help secure the network via staking.

Conflux

Bitcoin Gold was founded in 2017 to become a user-friendly alternative to Bitcoin. The BTG network aims to combine the security and sturdiness of the Bitcoin blockchain and its characteristics with the opportunity for experimentation and development.

BTG enhances and extends the crypto space with a blockchain closely compatible with Bitcoin but without using resources like Bitcoin hash power or vying for the "real Bitcoin" title. The company aims to present a coin with the implementation capabilities of Bitcoin, however, expanding on the opportunities for DeFi and DApp developers to use the coin.

Bitcoin Gold

ApeCoin is an ERC-20 governance and utility token used within the APE Ecosystem to empower and incentivize a decentralized community building at the forefront of web3.

ApeCoin holders govern themselves via the decentralized governance framework controlling the ApeCoin DAO, and vote on how the ApeCoin DAO Ecosystem Fund should be used. The APE Foundation administers proposals agreed upon by ApeCoin holders.

ApeCoin

Aptos is a Layer 1 Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain that employs a novel smart contract programming language called Move, a Rust-based programming language that was independently developed by Meta (formerly Facebook)’s Diem blockchain engineers.

Aptos’s vision is a blockchain that brings mainstream adoption to web3 and empowers an ecosystem of DApps to solve real-world user problems.

The PoS blockchain can achieve a theoretical transaction throughput of over 150,000 transactions per second (tps) through parallel execution.

In March 2022, Aptos raised $200 million in a seed round led by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Other crypto heavyweights like Tiger Global and Multicoin Capital took part in the funding round. Fast forward to July, the startup raised another $200 million in a Series A round with participation from Dragonfly, Apollo Global, Franklin Templeton, Animoca, Jump Crypto and others.

Two months later, Binance Labs made a strategic investment of an undisclosed amount in Aptos.

On Oct. 18, 2022, Aptos announced the mainnet launch, while the Aptos genesis occurred on Oct. 12, 2022.

Aptos

Terra is a blockchain protocol that uses fiat-pegged stablecoins to power price-stable global payments systems. According to its white paper, Terra combines the price stability and wide adoption of fiat currencies with the censorship-resistance of Bitcoin (BTC) and offers fast and affordable settlements.

Development on Terra began in January 2018, and its mainnet officially launched in April 2019. As of September 2021, it offers stablecoins pegged to the U.S. dollar, South Korean won, Mongolian tugrik and the International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights basket of currencies — and it intends to roll out additional options.

On May 28, 2022, the genesis block of the new chain was launched to conduct future transactions under the name Terra (LUNA), and the original Terra Chain was rebranded as Terra Classic. The original native token — LUNA has also been renamed as LUNA Classic (LUNC). Moreover, all network stablecoins (UST, KRT, EUT) have been renamed to Terra Classic stablecoins (USTC, KRTC, EUTC). There will be no Terra stablecoins on the new chain.

There is a theory that the additional term “classic” is a reference to the Ethereum / Ethereum Classic split in 2017. According to CEO, Do Kwon, the collapse of UST in the spring of 2022 is the equivalent moment of the Ethereum’s DAO hack that took place in 2017.

Terra Classic

Optimism (OP) is a layer-two blockchain on top of Ethereum. Optimism benefits from the security of the Ethereum mainnet and helps scale the Ethereum ecosystem by using optimistic rollups. That means transactions are trustlessly recorded on Optimism but ultimately secured on Ethereum.

Optimism is one of the biggest scaling solutions for Ethereum with over $500 million in TVL. It is home to 97 protocols, the biggest being Synthetix (SNX), a derivatives exchange, Uniswap (UNI), a DEX, and Velodrome (VELO), an AMM. Users can begin their journey on Optimism by adding the chain on their Metamask and bridging tokens like ETH to the L2. On May 31, 2022, Optimism conducted a highly anticipated airdrop of its OP token.

Optimism

FTT is the native cryptocurrency token of the crypto derivatives trading platform FTX that launched on May 8, 2019. On Nov. 11, 2022, FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S., and is currently undergoing proceedings. Some of the information below may not reflect the current standings of the FTX exchange, please proceed with caution when interacting with the FTT token.

The team behind FTX comprises some of the largest crypto traders over the past few years who, having found issues with most mainstream crypto futures exchanges, decided to launch their own platform. FTX claims that it stands out due to such features as clawback prevention, a centralized collateral pool and universal stablecoin settlement. FTX is a centralized crypto exchange launched by Sam Bankman-Fried in 2019, backed by significant trading companies in the industry, including Almeda Research, OTPP, Temasek, BlackRock, Coinbase Ventures and Sequoia Capital. As of 2022, the platform has over a million registered members, and the daily trading volume has reached billions of dollars.

In regards to clawback prevention, a significant amount of customer funds on other derivative exchanges have been claimed by socialized losses. FTX reduces this by using a three-tiered liquidation model.

On existing crypto futures exchanges, the collateral is fragmented across separate token wallets; this can be difficult for traders as it prevents positions from getting liquidated. On the other hand, FTX derivatives are stablecoin-settled and only require one universal margin wallet.

Another feature of the FTT are leveraged tokens, which allow traders to put leveraged positions without the need to trade on margin. If a trader wants to short Bitcoin with 3x leverage, they can simply buy a 3x short Bitcoin leveraged token on FTX. These tokens are ERC20-compatible and can be listed on any spot exchange. FTX currently offers XRP, BNB, TRX, BTC, ETH, EOS, USDT and LEO leveraged tokens.

A year after its founding, FTX Exchange introduced the exchange token called FTX Token or FTT. The FTT coin is an ERC-20 standard token that is actively used by ecosystem participants.

Initially, FTT was established as a reward for exchange transactions; however, over the years the list of functions has grown:

FTT is applicable in the creation of leveraged tokens on the FTX Exchange; users can receive VIP discounts in the form of FTT depending on the number of coins they own, and it’s possible to earn rewards for providing liquidity through futures positions.

In order to maintain its value, the exchange regularly buys back and burns its tokens, spending on the purchase of FTX: 33% of trading fees, 10% of the reserve fund, and 5% of other commissions.

FTT Token use cases:

1/3 of the commissions received from transactions on FTX are utilized to buy back FTT. Tokens redeemed in this way are burned;

FTT tokens are used to reduce trading fees and to secure futures positions;

Profits from massive market movements are distributed among the holders;

By purchasing a white label version of FTX’s OTC portal and futures market, institutions and investors pay expenses in FTT tokens;

By creating leveraged tokens, projects can pay listing fees with FTT;

Users can stake FTT to benefit from discounts, bonus votes, and blockchain fee waivers.

One benefit of FTX Token (FTT) is commission discounts. Members pay a low fee and obtain tighter spreads. Traders use FTT as collateral, and those who are active on FTX Exchange see percentage differences of up to 60%. Traders get insurance protection, which ensures a net profit in moments of market volatility, then makes it possible to continue trading even without a margin call.

In addition to the fact that FTT is useful for opening positions with leverage, FTT staking also offers perks: discounts, the opportunity to win NFTs, participation in airdrops, bonus votes and IEO tickets.

FTX Token

Zilliqa is a public, permissionless blockchain that is designed to offer high throughput with the ability to complete thousands of transactions per second. It seeks to solve the issue of blockchain scalability and speed by employing sharding as a second-layer scaling solution. The platform is home to many decentralized applications, and as of October 2020, it also allows for staking and yield farming.

Development work officially started on Zilliqa in June 2017, and its testnet went live in March 2018. A little over a year later, in June 2019, the platform launched its mainnet.

The native utility token of Zilliqa, ZIL, is used to process transactions on the network and execute smart contracts.

Zilliqa

Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is a distributed, open, and extensible naming system based on the Ethereum blockchain. ENS converts human-readable Ethereum addresses like john.eth into the machine-readable alphanumeric codes you know from wallets like Metamask. The reverse conversion -- associating metadata and machine-readable addresses with human-readable Ethereum addresses -- is also possible.

The goal of Ethereum Name Service is to make the Ethereum-based web easier to access and comprehend for humans - similar to how the Internet’s Domain Name Service makes the internet more accessible. Like DNS, ENS also uses a system of dot-separated hierarchical names called domains with domain owners fully controlling their subdomains.

ENS launched with a highly successful retroactive airdrop in November 2021 that rewarded users who had registered addresses before the project launched its token. However, in February 2022, it faced criticism over apparently homophobic tweets by its director of operations.

Ethereum Name Service

Flow

Ethereum-based DYDX ($ethDYDX) is a governance token that allows the dYdX community to truly govern the dYdX Layer 2 Protocol built on Ethereum ("dYdX v3"). ethDYDX is currently undergoing a migration from Ethereum to the dYdX Chain. More information is available here. If you want to migrate ethDYDX to dYdX Chain DYDX, to enable staking, security and governance of the dYdX Chain you can follow the how-to-bridge guide here.

If you want to read about the new token utility for dYdX Chain DYDX you can read the blog here

ethDYDX (dYdX) is the governance token for the layer 2 protocol built on Ethereum. By enabling shared control of dYdX v3, ethDYDX allows traders, liquidity providers, and partners of dYdX to work collectively towards an enhanced dYdX v3.

Built on StarkWare’s StarkEx scalability engine, layer 2 is used for trading of cross-margined perpetuals on the platform. The scaling solution allows dYdX to increase transaction speed, eliminate gas costs, reduce trading fees and lower​​ minimum trade sizes on the protocol.

A total of 1,000,000,000 ethDYDX have been minted, and started to become accessible over five (5) years, on August 3rd, 2021, at 15:00:00 UTC.

dYdX (ethDYDX)

Chia Network (XCH) is a layer 1 blockchain that uses its own custom-designed programming language called Chialisp and a novel consensus mechanism called proof-of-space-and-time (PoST). The combination of these two allows the blockchain to use less energy without compromising network security. In contrast to most other blockchains, Chia Network is a public, for-profit, open source company that aspires to become listed on NYSE or NASDAQ. Its blockchain is aimed at enterprise use, which is why Chia Network plans to have XCH on its balance sheet in case of a listing.

Chia Network’s first proof-of-time function was released in 2019, with the first beta version of its blockchain launching in 2020. Chia Network achieved full functionality, including wallet functionality, transactions and smart contracts, with its mainnet launch in 2021.

Chia

Kaspa is a proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrency which implements the GHOSTDAG protocol. Unlike traditional blockchains, GHOSTDAG does not orphan blocks created in parallel, rather allows them to coexist and orders them in consensus. The Kaspa blockchain is actually a blockDAG. This generalization of Nakamoto consensus allows for secure operation while maintaining very high block rates (currently one block per second, aiming for 10/sec, dreaming of 100/sec) and minuscule confirmation times dominated by internet latency.

The Kaspa implementation includes a lot of cool features such as Reachability to query the DAG's topology, Block data pruning (with near-future plans for block header pruning), SPV proofs, and later subnetwork support which will make future implementation of layer 2 solutions much easier.

Kaspa

Trust Wallet Token, or TWT, is a simple BEP-20 utility token that provides a range of benefits and incentives to Trust Wallet users. Trust Wallet itself is a mobile cryptocurrency wallet that supports dozens of popular native assets, in addition to popular tokens on the Ethereum, Binance and TRON blockchains.

Holders of TWT tokens unlock a variety of benefits when using Trust Wallet, including discounts on in-app cryptocurrency purchases and on the use of decentralized exchange (DEX) services. TWT holders can also participate in the governance of Trust Wallet and can vote on Trust Wallet update proposals, helping to shape the development of the app.

Trust Wallet Token was initially launched as a BEP-2 asset on Binance Chain, but was relaunched as a BEP-20 token on Binance Smart Chain in October 2020.

Trust Wallet Token

TerraUSD (UST) is the decentralized and algorithmicstablecoin of the Terra blockchain. It is a scalable, yield-bearing coin that is value-pegged to the US Dollar. TerraUSD was created to deliver value to the Terra community and offer a scalable solution forDeFi amid severe scalability problems faced by other stablecoin leaders likeDai. Thus, TerraUSD promises users a higher level of scalability, interest rate accuracy, and interchain usage.

TerraUSD provides several benefits that have made it a stand-out stablecoin competitor. Due to its minting mechanism, UST meets the requirements of DeFi protocols that it uses without losing scalability. UST can also be easily added to crypto wallets by simply integrating TerraUSD as a payment method. Another area where TerraUSD has shown its power isDApps. For example, platforms that mint fungible synthetic assets and track real-life asset prices use UST as a pricing benchmark.

TerraUSD (UST) was launched in September 2020 (in collaboration with Bittrex Global) and has since gained the reputation as the most scalable stablecoin. UST can be used in conjunction withLUNA, Terra's non-stablecoin crypto, or as a standalone token.

TerraClassicUSD

Zcash is a decentralized cryptocurrency focused on privacy and anonymity. It uses the zk-SNARK zero-knowledge proof technology that allows nodes on the network to verify transactions without revealing any sensitive information about those transactions.

Contrary to a common misunderstanding, the majority of cryptocurrencies on the market, including Bitcoin (BTC), are not anonymous, but rather pseudonymous; while they do not explicitly reveal the identities of their users, each user has their own public address or addresses which can be traced back to them via the methods of data science and blockchain forensics.

Zcash transactions, on the other hand, still have to be relayed via a public blockchain, but unlike pseudonymous cryptocurrencies, ZEC transactions by default do not reveal the sending and receiving addresses or the amount being sent. There is an option, however, to reveal this data for the purposes of auditing or regulatory compliance.

Zcash was first released on October 28, 2016, and it was originally based on Bitcoin’s codebase.

Zcash

Dash is an open-source blockchain and cryptocurrency focused on offering a fast, cheap global payments network that is decentralized in nature. According to the project's white paper, Dash seeks to improve upon Bitcoin (BTC) by providing stronger privacy and faster transactions.

Dash, whose name comes from "digital cash," was launched in January 2014 as a fork of Litecoin (LTC). Since going live, Dash has grown to include features such as a two-tier network with incentivized nodes, including "masternodes," and decentralized project governance; InstantSend, which allows for instantly settled payments; ChainLocks, which makes the Dash blockchain instantly immutable; and PrivateSend, which offers additional optional privacy for transactions.