Vertcoin is a digital currency that can be sent between people over the internet. Vertcoin (VTC) stays true to the original vision of cryptocurrency: a financial system owned by its users, the people’s coin. Vertcoin is not controlled by large banks or mining hardware manufacturers and can be mined by anyone profitably. Fairly distributed without a premine, ICO or airdrop, Vertcoin is developed by community members working as volunteers and the project is wholly funded by donations. A finite resource similar to gold, you can rest assured that Vertcoin will keep your money safe from vested interests and ensure that transaction fees are proportionate and shared between a large number of miners. With Vertcoin, you can truly be your own bank.

Lots of claims, let’s see how it stacks up.

Price History

Obviously the price has skyrocketed lately. Very possibly due to the ASIC-resistance bandwagon.

Team

James Lovejoy — Lead developer.

Zemrys — Developer

Something of concern — There are no links to github, no links to any personal profile or linkedin at all.

jk_14 — Developer

At the very least, this dev has *some* information that links to him. The dev team isn’t looking great so far, historically.

Eric (Etang) — Developer

No google results. Not sure where he fits in to this project.

Star (Godwits) — Developer and consultant

No google results. Not sure where they fit in.

Bryan Goodson (Goodminer) — Developer

Still no google results. Why is it that all developers on this project are nearly non-existent?

Gert-Jaap Glasbergen — Developer

Finally we have someone with a presence.. What seems a little strange is the fact that he’s a “volunteer” developer on the project.

Alex Turek (turekaj) — Developer

Not a lot of information available here.

pknight — Developer

pknight

Developer

pknight has helped us create the Electrum wallet. He has been involved in cryptocurrency since early 2014.

While I can appreciate the anonymity behind everything in the blockchain space… I can’t help but criticize everything about this. Trusted consensus is huge.

Technology

Tech wise, vertcoin has a ton of contributors. They also have an open repository. Despite the anonymity of the top dev team, vertcoin seems to have a lot of engineering interest.

Roadmap

Looks like ledgers are a big part of the upcoming roadmap for Vert.

Conclusion

Not a bad coin. Adoption and integration are huge… This could be a potential winner.