BlackCoin started of as a Proof of Work coin but has evolved to a unique version of Proof of Stake. Wallet users can unlock wallet for staking only. BlackCoin features the following specifications: - Extremely secure: Among first with fix on SSL heartbeat, Transaction malleability, BIP66 - The probability to sign a block and the block reward does not depend on coinage (anymore). - Recommended confirmations: 10, maturity: 500 - Minimum transaction fee: 0.0001 BLK - Defined block time target: 64 seconds - Max reorganization depth: 500 blocks - Inflation: about 0.95%. - PoS block reward: 1.5 BLK + fees - The accumulated reward is proportional to the total balance and the time of staking. 24/7 staking at current network weight leads to an expected reward ratio (interest rate) of about 5%. - BlackCoin rewards users who supports the blockchain through continuous staking.
Infinitecoin is a Litecoin fork and uses the scrypt Proof-of-Work hashing algorithm. It has a 30-second block target and the difficulty retargets every hour. There is a total of 90.6 billion Infinitecoin. Block rewards are 524,288 Infinitecoin per block and halves every 86,400 blocks (roughly 1 month). Infinitecoin was launched on 5 June 2013.