Verge hard forks for stealth transactions

With over 1,500 cryptocurrencies and tokens currently out there those that succeed need to be a cut above the rest. Anonymity and stealth transactions are in high demand as banks and governments strive to clampdown and gather identities of traders. One altcoin that has taken another step towards this is Verge which hard forked this week.
The Verge team announced the success of the fork in its Twitter feed and stated that stealth transactions are now being processed. The fork occurred at block 1,