Original link: https://www.reddit.com/r/peercoin/comments/3h681h/looking_for_help_understanding_the_fundamentals/
from the same author, jwinterm:
With all the hype surrounding Ethereum launch in the last week, I’d like
to start putting together a comparison table of all the 2.0
platforms/coins/tokens/thingamajigs. The ones I have in mind are
Bitshares, Burst/Nem/Nxt/Qora, Counterparty (Dogeparty/Clearinghouse),
and Ethereum. I’m interested in mapping out their similarities and
differences, particularly what each is capable and incapable of doing,
but also other differences such as validation scheme (PoW or PoS),
initial distribution, etc.
Source: The 2.0 throwdown thread
jwinterm:
“I prefer PoW, just not when all of the coins are mined within a few days
of launch. Anyway, SDC is based on BTC codebase (Blackcoin,
apparently), right? I know they’ve added ring signatures, but I have a
hard time calling it a 2.0 when it’s forked (in)directly from 1.0, and
it doesn’t (yet) offer decentralized markets/apps/exchanges/etc. If I
add SDC on the basis of anonymity and messaging, then I should add
Digital/Dark/Ducknote as well, right? Anyway, I’ll consider it after I
get a chance to look into the market feature I bit more. I’m leaning
towards removing NuShares, so maybe I’ll replace it with Shadow.”
Source: The 2.0 throwdown thread