<s>
Verge	B-Protocol
Currency	O
is	O
a	O
decentralized	O
open-source	B-License
cryptocurrency	O
which	O
offers	O
various	O
levels	O
of	O
private	O
transactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
does	O
this	O
by	O
obfuscating	O
the	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
of	O
users	O
with	O
Tor	B-Application
and	O
by	O
leveraging	O
stealth	O
transactions	O
making	O
it	O
difficult	O
to	O
determine	O
the	O
geolocation	O
of	O
its	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Verge	B-Protocol
Currency	O
has	O
a	O
maximum	O
supply	O
capped	O
at	O
16.5	O
billion	O
XVG	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
Proof	O
of	O
Work	O
(	O
POW	O
)	O
mining	O
principle	O
with	O
multi-algorithm	O
support	O
and	O
5	O
different	O
hash	O
functions	O
:	O
Scrypt	B-Algorithm
,	O
X17	O
,	O
Lyra2rev2	O
,	O
myr-groestl	O
and	O
blake2s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Verge	B-Protocol
Currency	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2014	O
and	O
originally	O
named	O
DogeCoinDark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
rebranded	O
to	O
Verge	B-Protocol
Currency	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
bitcoin	O
principle	O
,	O
Verge	B-Protocol
Currency	O
has	O
a	O
transparent	O
ledger	O
that	O
allows	O
anyone	O
to	O
view	O
all	O
of	O
its	O
transactions	O
,	O
but	O
protects	O
user	O
identities	O
and	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
achieved	O
by	O
integrating	O
both	O
Tor	B-Application
to	O
not	O
expose	O
IP	B-Protocol
addresses	I-Protocol
and	O
using	O
stealth	O
transactions	O
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
Wraith	O
Protocol	O
,	O
to	O
hide	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
transactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2018	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
adult	O
entertainment	O
provider	O
MindGeek	O
would	O
begin	O
accepting	O
Verge	B-Protocol
Currency	O
as	O
a	O
payment	O
option	O
on	O
its	O
website	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
during	O
April	O
and	O
May	O
2018	O
,	O
Verge	B-Protocol
Currency	O
suffered	O
from	O
timestamp	O
exploit	O
on	O
one	O
of	O
its	O
5	O
mining	O
algorithms	O
.	O
</s>
