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Justin Vendetta is the Lead Developer of Verge Currency, one of the largest cryptocurrency communities in the space.
He works on Verge, an open source decentralized protocol based on the Bitcoin Blockchain with enhanced privacy features for mining and transferring coins.
1Interview
2020First on the show
Mar 2020Latest appearance
17 minOn camera
16:42
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Key points
- Verge uses five different mining algorithms instead of Bitcoin's single algorithm, allowing miners to choose based on their hardware capabilities.
- Verge integrates Tor directly into its wallet to mask users' IP addresses and prevent network monitoring of transaction origins.
- Verge offers optional stealth addresses that allow public sharing without revealing transaction history on the blockchain explorer.
- Verge launched without an ICO or premine, relying instead on community volunteers to contribute code and maintain the project.
- Verge's codebase is built on Bitcoin's latest code with privacy features bolted on rather than using coin mixing or tumbling services.
In their own words
“I wasn't going to do one, wasn't gonna have any financial attachment to it. I was going to try to spend as little as possible to keep this thing running and not take anything from it.”
