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Bitcoin Bitcoin Metrics



Magic Lines

Simple but powerful pricing models for the Corn! Don't underestimate them.

Mayer Multiple

Pricing model and oscillator derived from the 200-DMA

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Magic Lines
(Recent)

Bitcoin's magic lines: 128D, 200D, 128W and 200W

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Magic Lines
(Full History)

Bitcoin's magic lines: 128D, 200D, 128W and 200W

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Stock-to-Flow Models (Valuation)

Comparison between @100TrillionUSD and Checkmate's S2F Models. PlanB's is taken from the original paper, Checkmate calculates log-log regression to Market Cap on every daily closing price.

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Stock-to-Flow Models (Pricing)

As per S2F Valuation model adjusted to present as coin price.

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Investor Tool

Picking tops and bottoms using the long term 2yr Moving Average after @PositiveCrypto. Chart is supplemented with high conviction bottom/accumulation 128W and 200W moving averages.

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Price Drawdown Models

Forward Looking Targets of the market top assuming current ATH is the bear market floor

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Monthly Returns

Oscillator presenting 30-day returns for Bitcoin as a measure of overheated or undervalued

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Quarterly Retrace

Rolling Quarterly 50% Retracement (USD) for simple short-term bull / bear signal

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Realised Value

Tracking aggregate market cost basis, profit + loss.

Realised Cap + MVRV
(Valuation)

Total value stored in Bitcoin

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Realised Price + MVRV
(Pricing)

Aggregate break-even pricing model

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Unrealised Profit & Loss

Oscillator for net aggregate PnL

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Market-Realised Gradient Oscillator (14-day)

Momentum oscillator for swing trades

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Market-Realised Gradient Oscillator (28-day)

Momentum oscillator for mid-term swing trades

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Market-Realised Gradient Oscillator (140-day)

Momentum oscillator for long term trades

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Realised Profits (Daily)

Calculate profits realised as a % of current market cap daily

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Realised Profits (Monthly)

Calculate profits realised over as a % of current market cap Monthly

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Realised Profits (Quarterly)

Calculate profits realised as a % of current market cap Quarterly

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Spent Output Age Histogram

Probability of spent output age brackets based on historical occurence

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Probability Histograms

Probability based on historical occurence

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Realised Volume Profile (USD)

On-chain volume profile presented in USD denomination.

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Realised Volume Profile (BTC)

On-chain volume profile presented in BTC denomination.

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Reserve Risk

Capturing the macro HODLing and spending behaviour in one powerful oscillator.

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Realised Price-to-Liveliness Ratio

Bitcoin Liveliness and Realised Price-to-Liveliness Ratio for macro HODLing and Spending Behaviour.

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Binary Liveliness

Identifying periods of high and low spending behaviour using multiple binary liveliness techniques.

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Mining Metrics + Supply Stress

Tracking opportunities in miner stress, income and block-times

Difficulty Ribbon
(Valuation)

Fair value estimate and miner supply side stress

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Difficulty Ribbon
(Pricing)

Price levels based on mining metrics

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Puell Multiple

Mining income stress oscillator

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Block Subsidy Model
(Valuation)

Valuing monetary premium

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Block Subsidy Model
(Pricing)

Pricing monetary premium

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Mining Pulse

Mining block-time stress oscillator

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Hash-Rate

Proof-of-Work Mining Hash-rate.

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Miner Balances

Miner supply held within 0 or 1 Hop from the coinbase transaction.

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Miner Net Flows

Miner change in net balance compared to rolling 14-day median.

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Performance Metrics

Tracking perfrormance and settlement metrics for Bitcoin.

NVT + RVT Ratios

Ratio of valuation to on-chain activity to assess network utilisation.

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NVT + RVT Ratios Adjusted for Free Float Supply

Ratio of valuation to on-chain activity adjusted for free-float supply

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Value Stored per byte

Ratio Market Cap, Realised Cap and Cumulative USD Settled to total Blockchain size. This measures 'value density' of the chain.

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On-chain Transaction Volumes

Total On-chain transaction volumes in USD.

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Transaction Counts

Total On-chain transaction counts.

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Active Addresses

Active On-chain Addresses.

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Metcalfe's Law Models
(Valuation)

Log-Log regression models considered for on-chain activity to estimate 'fair value'. Model considers Transaction Counts, Transaction Volume (USD) and Active Addresses.

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Metcalfe's Law Models
(Pricing)

Metcalfe Law models as per Valuation adjusted by supply to present equivalent pricing levels.

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Supply Distribution Metrics

Analysis related to Bitcoin Supply, Coin Age and Address wealth distributions

Coin Maturation (30-day)

30-day Net Position Change metric for the HODL Waves.

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Coin Maturation (60-day)

60-day Net Position Change metric for the HODL Waves.

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Exchange Flows

Inflows and outflows of BTC out of exchanges (as estimated by Coinmetrics Community Data).

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Old and Young Coin Supply
(% of Supply)

Mapping out the Old (> 6m) and Young Coins as a proportion of circulating supply.

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Supply Dynamics
(% of Supply)

Circulating, Free-Float, 1yr Active and Miner Supply as a proportion of circulating supply.

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Old and Young Coin Supply
(Volume)

Mapping out the Old (> 6m) and Young Coin Supply.

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Supply Dynamics
(Volume)

Circulating, Free-Float, 1yr Active and Miner Supply.

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HODL Waves
(% of Supply)

Proportion of supply categorised by age since last active.

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Supply Distribution Bands
(% of Supply)

Proportion of circulating supply categorised by address holding volume.

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Address Count Bands
(% of Supply)

Proportion of addresses categorised by DCR coin holdings.

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HODL Waves
(Volume)

Coin supply categorised by age since last active.

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Supply Distribution Bands
(Volume)

Coin supply categorised by address holding volume.

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Address Count Bands
(Volume)

Total Address count categorised by coin holdings.

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Cycle Metrics

Following the cyclical behaviour of the Bitcoin market.

Cycle since Market Low

Price performance since the bear market low.

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Cycle since Market Top

Price performance since the bull market blow-off top.

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Cycle related to Halvings

Price relative to the Bitcoin Halving.

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Golden Ratio Multipler
(Full History)

Cyclical support and resistance based on Fibbonacci multiples of the 350DMA. Metric originally presented by @PositiveCrypto.

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Golden Ratio Multipler
(Recent History)

Zoomed in version of the Golden Ratio Multipler by @PositiveCrypto

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Golden Cross Bull-Bear
(+ Sats per Dolla!)

Simple cycle metric showing bull-bear bias based on the 50-200-day MA cross. Includes additional salt for fiat maximalists showing mass debasement in sats per dollar.

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Fear and Greed Index

Price relative to the Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index.

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Bitcoin Decred Metrics




Fair Value Models

Estimating a fair value for atoms

Stock-to-Flow Model
(Valuation)

Stock-to-flow regression model to market cap

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Stock-to-Flow Model
(Pricing)

Stock-to-flow regression model to price

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Stock-to-flow residual oscillator

Statistical distance from S2F model mean

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Mayer Multiple

Oscillator based off the 200-DMA for support and resistance

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Probability Histogram
(Oscillators)

Mayer, MVRV, S2F, Puell and 142-day ticket sum

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Probability Histogram
(TVWAP)

Ticket weighted volume averaged price

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Realised Value

Psychological mean and recency bias for Cred-Heads

Realised + MVRV Model A
(USD, Valuation)

Decred realised valuation priced in USD

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Realised + MVRV Model B
(USD, Pricing)

Decred realised price in USD

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Market-Realised Oscillator
(28-day)

Momentum oscillator for short term trades

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Realised + MVRV Model C
(BTC, Valuation)

Decred realised valuation priced in BTC

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Realised + MVRV Model D
(BTC, Pricing)

Decred realised priced in BTC

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Market-Realised Gradient Oscillator
(142-day)

Momentum oscillator for long term trades

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Unrealised Profit & Loss

Oscillator for net aggregate PnL

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Realised Profits (Daily)

Calculate profits realised as a % of current market cap daily

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Block Subsidy Models

Aggregate income stress levels for miners, stakers and contractors

Block Subsidy Model A
(USD, Valuation)

Cumulative BTC cashflows for seeking supply-side income stress and bottom formation

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Block Subsidy Model B
(USD, Pricing)

Pricing levels in BTC for cumulative network supply-side cashflows

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Block Subsidy Model C
(BTC, Valuation)

Cumulative BTC cashflows for seeking supply-side income stress and bottom formation

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Block Subsidy Model D
(BTC, Pricing)

Pricing levels in BTC for cumulative network supply-side cashflows

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Staking VPVR (USD)

Plotting out proportion of staking rewards earned in various USD price bands.

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Staking VPVR (BTC)

Plotting out proportion of staking rewards earned in various BTC price bands.

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Mining VPVR (USD)

Plotting out proportion of mining rewards earned in various USD price bands.

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Mining VPVR (BTC)

Plotting out proportion of mining rewards earned in various BTC price bands.

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Mining Metrics

Assessing stress in the Decred mining market

Difficulty Ribbon
(Valuation)

Tracking miner stress and rig expansions

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Difficulty Ribbon
(Pricing)

Tracking miner stress and rig expansions

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Puell Multiple

Assessing miner income against yearly average

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Mining Pulse

Using block times to monitor mining markets

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Ticket Metrics

Stakeholders are bullish...but how bullish!?

28-day Ticket Funding Rate

Rate of buying first ticket

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56-day Ticket Funding Rate

Rate of buying second ticket

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142-day Ticket Funding Rate

Rate of perpetual ticket buying

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28-day Strongest Hand

Short term ticket volume weighted volatility bands

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56-day Strongest Hand

Mid term ticket volume weighted volatility bands

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142-day Strongest Hand

Long term ticket volume weighted volatility bands

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TVWAP (Valuation)

Stakeholder ticket buying weighted valuation

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TVWAP (Pricing)

Stakeholder ticket buying weighted pricing

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Hodler Conversion Rate

Relative volume of ticket to non-ticket transactions

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142-day Ticket Sum

Total USD value bound to the chain over 142-days

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Performance Metrics

How is Decred performing under the hood?

Onchain Transfer Volumes

Onchain volume split into Regular, Tickets and CoinShuffle++

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Coins Moved Adjusted for Supply

Sum of coins moved relative to supply over period

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NVT and RVT Ratio

Ratio of network valuation to daily transaction volume

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Tickets and Staking

Ticket price and total DCR value staked

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CoinShuffle++

Privacy mixing volumes

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DCRDEX

Atomic swap transaction volumes (NOTE:STATIC DATA)

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Value Stored per byte

Ratio Market Cap, Realised Cap and Cumulative USD Settled to total Blockchain size. This measures 'value density' of the chain.

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Staking ROI in DCR

Presents the estimated staking reward in DCR for owners of 1 to 5x tickets alongside estimated future ticket prices.

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Staking ROI in USD

Presents the estimated monthly staking reward in USD for a single ticket for a set of DCR/USD price assumptions.

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Supply Distribution Metrics

Analysis related to Decred Supply, Coin Age and Address wealth distributions

Supply Distribution Bands
(% of Supply)

Proportion of circulating supply categorised by address holding volume.

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Supply Distribution Bands
(Volume)

Coin supply categorised by address holding volume.

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Ideal Supply Dilution

Calculates the idealised supply dilution of stakers and premine participants assuming perfect and persistent staking (i.e. maximum plausible premine holdings).

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HODL Waves
(% of Supply)

Proportion of supply categorised by age since last active.

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HODL Waves
(Volume)

Coin supply categorised by age since last active.

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Supply Dynamics

Circulating, Free Float, Active 1yr, Stakehuffle++ and Staked Supply.

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Address Count Bands
(% of Supply)

Proportion of addresses categorised by DCR coin holdings.

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Address Count Bands
(Volume)

Total Address count categorised by coin holdings.

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Treasury Metrics

Analysis related to the Decred Treasury spending, runway and sustainability

Treasury Balances (DCR)

Tracking total inflows, outflows and balance of DCR Treasury Block Rewards

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Treasury Vote Power

Compares the value of the treasury to ticket price as a measure of 'value governed per vote'

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Treasury Flows USD Oscillator

Oscillator showing Inflows vs payments to the Treasury

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Treasury Net-Flow (30-Day)

30-Day Sum of USD net inflow/outflows to the Decred Treasury

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Treasury Net-Flow (90-Day)

90-Day Sum of USD net inflow/outflows to the Decred Treasury

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Treasury Return on Investment

Comparing treasury balance in USD vs multiples of lifetime cumulative spend

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Treasury Remaining Runway (Months)

Comparing max monthly spend rate to present Treasury balance + Future inflows to estimate runway.

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Bitcoin Monero Metrics



Cyclical Patterns

Well, thats the thing with a private chain...you can't see anything!

Transaction Counts vs
Date

Comparing transaction counts over time.

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Transaction Counts vs
Protocol Age

Comparing transaction counts against days alive.

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Transaction Counts vs
Coin Age

Comparing transaction counts against proportion of 2050 mined supply

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Price Cycle Comparison
(vs Supply Age)

Comparing BTC, DCR and XMR valuation to coin supply age.

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Price Cycle Comparison
(vs Protocol Age)

Comparing BTC, DCR and XMR valuation to protocol lifespan.

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Bitcoin Haven Protocol Metrics



Cyclical Patterns

Comparing the growth of Haven to Monero at various protocol ages!

Monero XMR vs Haven XHV
(Valuation vs Protocol Age)

Comparing XMR, XHV valuation to protocol lifespan.

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Monero XMR vs Haven XHV
(Pricing vs Protocol Age)

Comparing XMR, XHV price to protocol lifespan.

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Horizen Horizen Metrics



Performance Metrics

Overall performance of the Horizen blockchain

Node Counts

Overall Horizen Node Counts

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Supply Dynamics

Total issued supply and supply staked, transparent and shielded.

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Transaction and Exchange Volumes

Comparing transaction volumesn-chain and to exchanges.

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Block Subsidy Model
(Valuation)

Block Subsidy Models considering network Valuation.

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Block Subsidy Model
(Pricing)

Block Subsidy Models considering pricing.

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Bitcoin Research Papers



Decred: Unforgeably Scarce, Hyper-Secure

Sound Money means Security, Finality and Scarcity.
Unforgeably Secure
Decred: Unforgeably Scarce, Hyper-Secure

A detailed study into unforgeable costliness, blockchain security and transaction finality assurances provided by Decred and Bitcoin.

Research Paper

Decred Security Curve

Demonstrating the exponential benefits to blockchain security offered by Hybrid PoW/PoS Consensus.

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Daily Cost to Attack (A)

Model A: Daily block reward as a proxy for daily attack cost (excludes ticket and ASIC CAPEX).

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Finality Ratio

Taking the ratio between Decred and Bitcoin security under various attack assumptions to compare finality.

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Unforgeable Costliness

Compare the total unforgeable costliness of Decred and Bitcoin over history (cumulative security spend).

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Daily Cost to Attack (B)

Model B: Daily block reward as a proxy for daily attack cost (includes ticket CAPEX, Not ASICs).

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Compare Unforgeable Costliness

Compare cumulative security spend to top PoW coins (Model A, excludes PoW and PoS CAPEX).

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Decred: The Resilient Stronghold

A detailed audit of Decred onchain performance.
Unforgeably Secure
Decred: The Resilient Stronghold

A detailed audit of Decred onchain performance.

Research Paper

Block Reward Fee Ratio

Miners: Comparing the fee ratio and long term security viability for Bitcoin and Decred .

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Cumulative Settled Value (USD)

Users: Cumulative USD value settled onchain (denominated both in USD and native units).

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Transaction Counts

Users: Presents the daily and cumulative transaction counts for Decred against protocol age (days since genesis).

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Miner Cumulative Income

Miners: Cumulative PoW miner income from block-subsity and fees.

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Daily Native Units Settled (DCR)

Users: Presents the daily native units settled onchain in regular and ticket transactions.

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Mean + Median Tx Size

Users: Presents Median + Mean transaction size denominated in native units against protocol age (days since genesis).

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Miner Hashrate Growth

Miners: Presents logarithmic growth of proof-of-work mining hashrate + difficulty.

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