Virtacoin
VTA
Proof of WorkScrypt
Target block interval60 seconds
Total supply in paper~21 billion VTA
Difficulty retargetEvery block (paper)
Wallet lineageBitcoin-based
Bitcoin
BTC
Proof of WorkSHA-256
Target block interval~10 minutes
Maximum supply21 million BTC
Difficulty adjustment2016-block interval (documented in VTA paper)
Design referenceOriginal Nakamoto design
Benchmark Matrix
Dimension
VTA
Bitcoin
Evidence status
Block interval
60 sec target
~10 min target
Documented
PoW algorithm
Scrypt
SHA-256
Documented
Supply
~21B
21M
Documented
Difficulty response
Every block
2016 blocks
Documented in source
Confirmation latency
To be measured
To be measured
Live test
Actual fees
To be measured
To be measured
Live test
Network security
To be measured
To be measured
Live test
Code quality / architecture
Repository audit
Repository audit
Code audit
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The next benchmark modules should collect current network data, use identical measurement rules where possible, publish methodology, and record limitations. That is how VTA Benchmark can turn historical/documented protocol claims into independently checkable research.