monero and zcash are in the race but man verge pump & dumps are scary af, the FUD that goes inside the community is insane, how do i know it? well i once rode the pump, then dumped it. verge holders have often stated that it may go upto 100$ (insane,right?) without keeping in mind the total token supply, & recently now that latest news of 51% hack has added more jewels to the crown, now if someone still feels that it can be future of privacy then i must say we won't be having much privacy.
In blockchain attempts to hack will be an issue forever. It has happened and will happen again in different ways and with different targets.
Whomever said verge will go to 100$, was probably 12 year old kid. Best case scenario it wouldn't go over 1 to 3$ in the next year, unless huge amounts of money goes into crypto.
It has indeed pumped and dumped in the last few months, which is a very good thing for many who buy and sell at the right moments. Overall it has gone up huge in its run ( ath was about x50.000 lol which is crazy ). In any case and time frame you look at verge and Considering other coins, it is still pretty stable despite the crises.
Deeponion despite being a very good project, has seen its price plummet. If you bought at all time high you have almost lost all your assets ( on paper ) I'm sure when market trend is up, deeponion will go up, but for the people who bought few months back it must be very painful....
Btw i have verge, a bit deeponion and i had monero. Am not a fan of any coin, for me it is investment and i just support the idea behind crypto....not a project per se. I believe the crypto space will cange dramatically to the extent that will surprise all of us!
Personally i think verge has some things going for itself.
1- tech is as good as any other coin if not better. But i wish somebody with more knowedge could compare these on a more detailed level
2- dev team is active, there is developement and they are trying to market it ( one example is the announce partnership, hopefully with some financial services institution as far as rumors go )
3- The amount of total supply makes it more elligible to become a currency for day to day payments.
Only con for the coin i see ( compared to some others ) is that the amount of transaction is not private. Not sure if that matters to anybody, as long as the transaction can not be traced to a source. But maybe it would be better if they could hide that too.....?