BitZeny

BitZeny (ZNY) (November 8, 2014) is a cryptocurrency from Japan that claims to be CPU-only. It uses an algorithm called Yescrypt-0.5^[1]^[2].

Overview

BitZeny's history goes back to November 2014. Aiming at a cryptographic currency that everyone can easily mining, it was born by Japanese domestic developers as a clone of Bitcoin (BTC). The currency unit is ZNY, a total number of issues is 250 million and there is a limit^[3]^[4].

The biggest feature of BitZeny is that central processing unit mining can be done with a normal PC. Since many encryption currencies are mined using GPUs and ASICs, it is an oligopoly state by some minors who can invest in special equipment. BitZeny is difficult to mining with GPU and ASIC, and adopts an algorithm suitable for CPU mining^[4]^[5].

Bitzeny Community

Bitzeny community is bustling with many miners because this cryptocurrency adopts the "CPU mining" which an individual can take the profit. Also, some restaurants accept Bitzeny payment, and various functions about BitZeny are being developed. (ex. Twitter tip bot "Rin-Hime") So "The Bitzeny world" - which is enjoyed miner and holders spreading in the world^[6]^[8].