Questions tagged [cryptocurrency-comparison]

Comparison between two of more cryptocurrencies, one of which usually being Monero

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How is monero different from byteball with being anonymous?

Doing some research on monero vs byteball. What are the fundamental differences between these two?
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What is the Bikercoin currency?

Bikercoin is a new currency (released on June 7th 2016) based on the CryptoNote protocol. What are the major differences between Bikercoin and Monero? What source code are they forking from?
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What infrastructure still needs to be built for Monero that Bitcoin already has?

Things like services and various other infrastructure that Monero will need before it goes mainstream?
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Monero vs Stellar

I wonder how Monero stands compared to Stellar in terms of privacy and scalability. An in-depth comparison is appreciated and will be awarded with bounty.
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What is the difference between Monero (XMR) and Electroneum (ETN)?

I have heard of the Monero fork Electroneum (ETN), which they claim adds additional features to Monero, includes ICO funding, and takes a mobile-first mentality. How is Electroneum different from Monero, especially in terms of privacy?
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Does Bitcoin have any technical advantages over Monero?

Having a far larger network hashrate makes Bitcoin much more resistant to 51% attacks than Monero. Bitcoin also has the advantage of being accepted at many more merchants than Monero (when the purchased item is over the xmr.to and Shapeshift…
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Supposedly Monero Adoption is picking up in the darknet markets. How does one verify this?

There are reports from news articles and other posts that Monero adoption is increasing in the darknet markets. How does one verify this? Is there a site that actually monitors which sites have favored monero adoption vs other payment methods?
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Stealthcoin compared to Monero

How does Monero compare to Stealthcoin https://stealth.org/ I mean in what ways is Monero better other than it being an older cryptocurrency? thanks
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Why Brick and Mortar Merchants should support Cryptocurrency

An observation rather than a question: I live near Chicago and the banks, restaurants, and other stores that sell goods that are getting robbed are on the rise. If the stores moved to cryptocurrency, they wouldn't get robbed.
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