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so in this video, we're going to talk about the differences between three of the more popular coins to cover in this course, which is bitcoin, monero, and zcash.

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we've talked a lot about bitcoin already and a little bit about monero.

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we've briefly touched on zcash, although this will be the 1st time we cover it.

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so each coin is a little bit different for its own reasons.

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bitcoin being one of the most popular, it's very transparent.

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everything's on the blockchain.

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it is a proof of work type coin.

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it takes about ten minutes per block, which means transaction times can be a bit slow, but it is incredibly popular and still one of the most well known coins in existence.

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monero, which is the preferred one for dark web academy and the one we'll be focusing on in this course and any other courses on dark web academy is a more private coin.

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it's built with private features in mind from day one to make it more anonymous and easier to use from a security perspective.

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it is also proof of work, although it used a slightly different proof of work method, which we haven't really covered yet.

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it's only about two minutes a block, making it much faster.

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and it's the best for the use case of security and privacy.

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zcash can also be private.

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it's a proof of work as well, even faster block time and is very good for security.

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although you won't see as many people accepting that compared to bitcoin and monero.

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and it's important to cover here dash, which we didn't mention in the title slide, but dash can also be private.

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it's hybrid proof of work, which we haven't covered what that means, but it's about two and a half minutes a block.

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it's useful and pretty fast.

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overall, through all of these different coins, you're mostly going to use bitcoin, monero, litecoin, maybe ethereum.

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if you're ever using coins outside of that, it's for a specific use case.

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maybe you know why you need it.

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but the main ones you're going to use are bitcoin and monero and maybe light cash as well.

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when it comes to privacy, security and anonymity, you should be using monero.

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that is the preferred one.

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but if you're working with a vendor that does not accept monero, bitcoin would work as well.