IOTA (MIOTA) vs Vertcoin (VTC) Comparison

IOTA is a distributed ledger and cryptocurrency created to process operations between devices of the Internet of Things. IOTA was launched in 2015. The project is based on an unique directed acyclic graph (DAG) instead of a blockchain. DAG uses a Tangle technology which provides unlimited scaling opportunities and free and fast transactions. The project is backed by non-profit IOTA Foundation. Besides, IOTA ecosystem has its own data marketplace available both for companies and individuals. IOTA quickly gained strong partnerships in the tech industry (including Volkswagen and Bosch) and high market capitalization (by the end of 2017 IOTA reached top 5 list by its, market cap although now its position is lower).

Vertcoin (VTC) is the coin of the Vertcoin enterprise. The coin is featured by a few exchanges and can be mined. The Vertcoin project has developed the “Proof-of-Work” algorithm called "Lyra2RE". Vertcoin was designed to serve as the graphics card mined version of Bitcoin. Therefore, one of the team’s goals is to make the mining process more affordable. Recently, the team decided to release updates on a quarterly basis instead of monthly updates.