Vertcoin News

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,…

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…

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,…

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…

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.…

Mining Vertcoin (VTC) has now become even easier. The Vertcoin Team has recently released a new update for the easy to use One-Click Miner. This update is said to put the software working smoothly and more efficiently. In August, the…

On September 19, the developers behind Litecoin and Decred successfully completed the first-ever cross-blockchain atomic swap between the Decred and Litecoin blockchain networks. Previously, Litecoin creator Charlie Lee proposed the possibility of performing atomic swaps between litecoin and bitcoin upon…

Vertcoin (VTC) managed to push to its highest level since March 2014, flirting with the $1.00 handle recently. A boost in the number of active addresses on the network correlates with Litecoin’s Segwit activation during May 2017. VTC-BTC was a…