A poll of several hundred members on a criminal forum found there was no agreement on which coin to adopt.
The poll revealed the following coin preferences: Monero, 21.82%, Dash, 20.61%, Ether, 19.39%, Litecoin, 15.15%, bitcoin, 13.33% and Bitcoin Cash, 9.7%.
During the next 12 months, Recorded Future found bitcoin remained the most frequently used coin, followed by Litecoin. Thirty percent of vendors offering alternative payments were willing to accept Litecoin, while 20% were willing to accept Dash. Bitcoin Cash was the next most commonly accepted coin, accepted by 13% of vendors.
The analysis found Russians favored Litecoin while English speaking users favored Monero.
The analysis concluded that bitcoin will remain a main dark web payment method, but it will have a smaller market share. Litecoin and Dash will join bitcoin as an everyday payment method.