Created on October 26th, 2012, TRC is one of the oldest cryptocoins in existence. Unlike traditional fiat currencies, TRC is decentralized meaning there is no central bank. The Terracoin Foundation is dedicated to helping the world through donations. Decentralized governance allows masternode owners to control the future of TRC.
Novacoin is a hybrid Proof of work (POW) / Proof of stake (POS) decentralized peer-to-peer cryptocurrency.The Proof of Work part of Novacoin is based on the Scrypt hashing algorithm. Proof of Stake contributes to the coins energy efficiency, as there is no need for nodes to contribute mining power to part of the money creation process. As of now, Novacoin is set to be capped at 2 billion coins. However Novacoin stated that the cap limit may be lifted if the situation requires it. It looks very much like a variation of Sunny King Peercoin.