This is a quick and dirty table comparison of the three main Directed Acyclic Graph (DAC) Coins. Byteball, IOTA, and Raiblocks are all serious contenders. This table will allow you to pinpoint some of their main differences and similarities.
Last Updated: January 2018
|
Byteball (GBYTE) |
IOTA (MIOTA) |
RaiBlocks (XRB) |
| Address reuse |
Yes |
Not after sending |
Yes |
| Chain type |
Main chain DAG |
PoW DAG |
dPoS DAG+Blockchain |
| Confirmation time (theoretical) |
30 seconds |
Instant |
Instant |
| Confirmation time (current) |
1-2 minutes? |
Minutes to hours |
~10 seconds |
| Consensus |
Mainchain, deterministic |
Minimal PoW, probabilistic |
Weighted dPoS voting |
| Developer ownership |
1%? |
5%? |
4.8%? |
| Distribution |
Free airdrops. 1% premine |
Public ICO. No premine |
Manual mining via captcha |
| Distribution complete |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Divisibility |
1 GBYTE: 1 billion Bytes |
1 MIOTA: 1 million IOTA |
1 XRB: 1024Â raw |
| Fees |
Very small, based on size of data stored |
No fees |
No fees |
| Focus |
Smart contracts. Storing arbitrary data. Value transfer |
Internet of Things (m2m) |
Value transfer (h2h) |
| Inflation |
None/Deflationary (minus distribution) |
None/Deflationary |
None/Deflationary |
| Offline transactions |
Via blackbytes? |
Yes |
Yes? |
| Partnerships |
A few? |
Many |
None as of 2014? |
| Public team |
Partially? |
Yes |
Yes |
| Privacy |
Yes via Blackbytes |
Eventually. Test mixer |
Not on chain |
| Quantum resistant |
Not yet. Via NTRU |
Yes |
No? |
| Smart contracts |
Yes |
Not yet? |
No? |
| Supply (Current) |
645,222 GBYTE |
2,779,530,283 MIOTA |
133,248,290 XRB |
| Supply (Total) |
1,000,000 GBYTE |
2,779,530,283 MIOTA |
133,248,290 XRB |
| Transaction limit (theory) |
Unlimited? |
Unlimited |
Unlimited |
| Transaction limit (current) |
20-30 TPS? |
500 TPS in stress tests |
7k TPS on Testnet? |
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