See the differences side by side.

Issuance follows verifiable rules.

Continuing issuance without a fixed total cap.

Scheduled issuance with periodic halvings.

Scarcity does not ensure real returns.

Real purchasing-power data is needed.

Real purchasing-power data is needed.

Stable issuance is not a stable price.

Issuance does not track a consumption basket.

Issuance does not track a consumption basket.

Issuance access and ownership differ.

Reward allocation and ownership are separate.

Beneficiaries must be checked by historical epoch.

No central approver; participation matters.

Concealed transaction data may reduce targeting clues.

Shielding can reduce some on-chain identification clues.

No identity register; public transaction history.

No ordinary transparent-transfer mode.

Privacy depends on the actual transaction path.

Users can directly control their keys.

Users can hold their own spend keys.

Users can hold their own spending keys.

Full nodes can check rules and validity.

Rules can be checked without revealing amounts.

Privacy and verifiability can coexist.

Confirmations reduce, not eliminate, risk.

Tail subsidy provides continuing native incentives.

Confirmations and privacy provide different assurances.

Rule adoption requires coordination.

Open collaboration with participant adoption.

Proposal status and activation are separate.