It relies upon the Bitcoin and Zerocoin, RingCT codebase and has the changed X16RT estimation. The changed computation infers the coin is CPU/GPU mineable only and there are no ASIC/FGPA backhoes.
There are at present a couple of pools supporting VEIL mining, more than 90% of the hashrate is spread more than one pool. The gathering is watching out for this and referenced diggers move over to various pools to pass on the hash rate even more similarly.
As a general rule, the mark of the endeavor is to make an incredibly useful and effective cryptographic cash that includes the best degree of mystery open without surrendering adequacy or accessibility.