Feature | Dash | Monero | ShadowCoin | AnonyMint's "VaporCoin" | BitShares DPOS |
| Anonymity | Spyware | Unprovable | Unprovable | No | Incomplete |
| Mass-scale txns | Broken, Unfixable | No | No | Yes | 100+ TX/sec |
| Instant txns | Broken, Unfixable | No | No | Yes | No |
| Network & security model | Fixed cost Vulnerable[1] Proof-of-Stake | Unbounded cost Satoshi proof-of-work | Unbounded cost Satoshi proof-of-work | Unbounded cost Perfected proof-of-work | Fixed cost Vulnerable[1] Proof-of-Stake |