Polkadot is often called Ethereum killer and that’s probably why it’s so hot right now. A lot of savvy digital-asset investors are hedging their bets, buying tokens associated with upstart blockchains that could potentially grab market share from the Ethereum network, often referred to as a “world computer” due to its versatility and programmability. Described as an open-source [...]
Should you go hot or cold? It depends. That’s a very lawyery thing to say but it is true. The short of it, hot wallets are online crypto platforms. It’s when you don’t have the private keys to your cryptos. Cold wallet is when you store the private keys to your cryptos in a hardware or device. Hot [...]
Bitcoin SV stands for Bitcoin Satoshi Vision. It is a breakoff of Bitcoin Cash, a diehard "cult following" of Craig Wright. Craig Wright claims to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the true inventor of Bitcoin. Investing in Bitcoin SV is placing a bet that Craig Wright really did invent Bitcoin, and will one day offer the proof, which is to [...]
Ethereum Classic does the same thing Ethereum does. It facilitates running smart contracts by offering the benefit of decentralized governance.You don’t need a third party involved, such as a bank. It’s an if-then scenario. If the actions required within the contract have been fulfilled, then the responding contract parameters would be completed. If the contract parameters have not [...]
A “stablecoin” is a type of cryptocurrency whose value is tied to an outside asset, such as the U.S. dollar or gold. The company that created the crypto will have a reserve that matches the number of units they have in circulation. It’s like a collateral. You should be able to exchange one unit of a stablecoin for [...]
By now, you should know that there are only 21 Million bitcoins ever created. But not all 21 million bitcoins are already available in the market. Like gold, you need to mine bitcoin. Unlike gold, you don’t need to physically dig the Earth to mine bitcoin. Instead, you make your very powerful computers solve complex mathematical problems to [...]
If you’re a small business, you need to start accepting Bitcoin. Why? #1. There are no fees Let’s face it, 2 to 3 percent merchant transaction fees hit your cash flow hard. Bitcoin transactions typically cost between 1 percent and zero. Yes, 1 to zero percent. You can send or accept bitcoins as payments with no fees attached. [...]
Ethereum is the first cryptocurrency that has an actual utility. Ethereum is also the one cryptocurrency that serves as the perfect case study of how much our future depends on cryptocurrency and the blockchain. It shows just how much better we can have it, how our financial industry and economy can become more transparent, fair, and tamper-proof. It [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2vUixoXiP0 Ethereum just announced they will support Dogecoin. Do you think this will inspire people to take dogecoin seriously and push it above $1? Guy Gotslak: If you have ever watched a romcom where a guy keeps on teasing a girl, making jokes at her expense and then the girl does something that makes the guy fall [...]
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5nJXrSqfCRsb_KSDlTRQEA You mentioned the potential of Blockchain. Is there any industry that you think will benefit from what the blockchain can offer. Guy Gotslak: There’s a lot but the internet is probably the one “industry” that blockchain could affect… for the better. The next level may be an actual merger of the existing internet protocol (TCP/IP) with blockchain [...]
