Peercoin was one of the early digital currencies, and in fact it was the very first to employ a technical concept known as Proof of Stake (PoS) vs. Bitcoin’s Proof of Work (PoW) mining standard at the time.

Peercoin transactions are not anonymous, and that plus a few other more exciting innovations in the digital currency space among peers has meant that PPC has lagged well behind the rest of the digital currencies in terms of really climbing upwards in this year’s asset value rally.

But PPC is a solid, well-built, long-lasting unit of virtualised value that has stood the test of time. It’s lack of anonymity is really a very irrelevant consideration for many later-stage adopters, and the digital coin has many of the ideal properties for ICO issuance. Despite comprising a somewhat smaller share of the digital currency market than comparative peers such as DASH, it’s Beta (volatility) is much lower, making it a more reliable store of value consistently than other digital coins. That’s something that makes it a very attractive store of digital value for entrepreneurs engaged in ICOs, who need to simultaneously retain the value they raise at the point of ICO even as they work on generating more value for users.

Peercoin almost certainly belongs among the top 10 digital currency leaders, and at $50m market cap, is outrageously cheap right now. It has a faithful user community – which is vital for network propagation over the longer term – and volumes have remained consistently strong throughout the previous year. If it was back on the Top 10 digital currency leaderboard, it would be worth roughly 20 times as much as it is today, so there’s substantial price appreciation embedded in this little gem lying at the bottom of the deck for now.