MintCoin is a new Proof of Work (POW) / Proof of Stake (POW) hybrid cryptocurrency coin. It's objective is to become the next innovative, secure, and energy efficient cryptocoin in the market. MintCoin is distributed using a fast POW distribution mechanism, and after 5 weeks, it becomes a pure POS coin. This makes the coin completely energy efficient in order to sustain itself, not having to depend on resource intensive mining rigs. MintCoin now runs on 100% Proof-of-Stake to secure the network. After the year 2016, stakers will receive a fixed 5% indefinitely as reward for securing the network. PoS variable interests: - 1st year: 20% - 2nd year: 15% - 3rd year: 10% - 4th and subsequent years: 5% MintCoin is often compared with its close counterpart - Peercoin and NXT
VestChain is the unique blockchain platform that has full capacity to tackle the problems inherent to the existing blockchains, i.e that of expandability and time needed for confirmation. VestChain presents a decentralized accessible blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure; it is absolutely open source content management system. VestChain is promoting a smart contract platform, the main goal of which is to provide the most progressive properties no other platform is able to offer right now. The main feature of it is that it is the only one developed out of a scientific doctrine and a methodology putting research at the first place. A huge international team of highly-qualified engineers and scientists makes the core of the VestChain development process.