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What is the difference between Bitcoin and Qtum?

What is the difference between Bitcoin and Qtum?

 

What is the difference between Bitcoin and Qtum? This question originally appeared on Quora, the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.

The answer below is byAltraraj Bai Suklaw.

Altraraj Bai Suklaw, M.B.A from Alagappa University Graduated 2015

Answered Sep 18th, 2017
Bitcoin is one of a digital currency in which encryption techniques are used to regulate the generation of units of currency and verify the transfer of funds, operating independently of a central bank.

Qtum is a hybrid blockchain application platform. Qtum core technology combines a fork of bitcoin core, an Account Abstraction Layer allowing for multiple Virtual Machines including the Ethereum Virtual Machine and PoS consensus aimed at tackling industry use cases.

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