BitcoinZ

Like BTG, this currency appeared in October 2017, so it is too early to judge its success. Unlike the above “bitcoins,” BTCZ is not a fork of BTC, but of another currency – Zcash (ZEC). This provides it a number of technical advantages, but questions the validity of its positioning as a “version” of bitcoin.

The key feature that the currency inherits from ZEC is the anonymity of transactions. In this, BTCZ resembles BTCD. BTCZ mining is implemented strictly by PoW method, but, like BTG, has a low technical entry threshold and is possible on a home computer. As with BTG, this is intended to provide a more decentralized network than BTC.

Like XBC and BCH, BTCZ provides a much higher transaction rate than the original BTC, and it is slightly higher than the updated BTC. XBC’s blockchain block size is 2 megabytes (twice the size of BTC, four times smaller than BCH), but blocks are updated four times more frequently than BTC and BCH – every 2.5 minutes.

The exchange success of BTCZ is still insignificant. Having surpassed the bar of $4 million in November, the currency capitalization soon rolled back to $1.5 million, and now is steadily approaching $10 million.