The consensus pairing will bring new attention to VeriCoin as it will be the only coin whose transaction performance increases proportionally with the security of the consensus across two independent chains with competing interests. Now, one would be able to get a better and better performing currency for almost no transaction fee cost, this makes for a good currency. With that it is simple numbers, more security, more tx/s, constant cost. This equation currently doesn't exist in crytpo.
First however, we need to enable the best possible technological environment for Verium's consensus success. By improving the efficiency and optimization of the in wallet solominer, solomining can be an integral part of the consensus. This in conjunction with GPU inefficiency, makes mining not too costly and increases power and value with numbers not with few heavy hardware investors like current PoWs. This means a real decentralized security increase along with performance.
One example of the benefits of the relationship between Verium and VeriCoin: There can much more easily be a blockchain based decentralized exchange between Verium and VeriCoin. Transactions can run parallel to their shared blocks and the address formats are the same. So you need not prove address ownership on the other chain, you know that the address from which coins were sent from VRC blockchain is owned by the same entity on the Verium blockchain. So multisig trading can, on the backend be relatively simple, then all that's needed is a nice front end to match buyer with seller. This is just one example, many more are possible, and many haven't even been thought of yet. People are grossly underestimating the power of the coin pairing, but I would expect them to, it hasn't existed in this way before.
I see big possibilities. This coin is like a big sky scraper the foundation is still being built. Companies (investors) have a hard time moving in when the building isn't finished
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