Research
Compare GHOST With Other Privacy Coins
Objective, evidence-based comparisons. The archive does not declare GHOST "more secure" without evidence.
GHOST vs Monero
GHOST and Monero both use RingCT and stealth addresses, but differ in ancestry, governance, and privacy defaults.
GHOST vs Zcash
Zcash uses zk-SNARKs with optional privacy; GHOST's launched chain uses RingCT and stealth addresses rather than zk-SNARKs.
GHOST vs PIVX
PIVX is the project whose 2018 whitepaper was alleged to have been copied into the original GHOST whitepaper; GHOST later moved to a Particl-derived codebase.
GHOST vs Particl
GHOST was forked from Particl but is organizationally independent; open-source ancestry does not imply affiliation.
GHOST vs Dash
Dash uses a masternode layer and optional mixing; GHOST moved away from masternodes to Ghost Veterans and uses RingCT-based privacy.