BLOCKCHAIN • CRYPTOCURRENCY • NARRATIVE JOURNALISM
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What is Zcash? Zcash is a privacy-focused crypto which was launched in October 2016 by a team of notable developers, including the prominent cryptographer Zooko Wilcox (Founder and CEO) and many of the original developers of the Zerocoin and Zerocash protocols. Zooko Wilcox has over 20 years of working in the field of cryptography, startups [...]
The cryptosphere is highly competitive and, most of the time, a very ruthless environment. It’s an environment in which every altcoin tries to steal the crown that has been over Bitcoin’s head ever since it was launched by Satoshi Nakamoto on 9 January 2009. Be that as it may, there are still various other internal [...]
Bitcoin vs Ripple Bitcoin was created to be a form of peer-to-peer electronic cash which was created in 2009, making it the world’s first digital currency to be secured by cryptography, and which did not have any central authority to govern it. Bitcoin holders are able to send and receive the coins among each other, [...]
This is a follow up of the previous article (Part I) How and Where to Buy Bitcoin (BTC). You can also find more information on XRPNow on How to buy Ripple. The last part of 2017 saw many cryptocurrencies touching their all-time-high values. Among them, one particular project displayed record-breaking growth and managed to touch [...]
Even if you’ve just started to get your bearings within the crypto space, there’s a good chance you’ve heard about Ethereum, a distributed and open-source blockchain network, famous for its cryptocurrency (the ETH token) and for its ability to run and host smart contracts. What is ERC-20? Wikipedia defines ERC-20 as being a technical standard [...]
What is Dash? Dash is a cryptocurrency initially created in 2014 by coping Bitcoin’s code and first called Xcoin. It was subsequently rebranded to Darkcoin, but due to its dark web connotations, it rebranded again to Dash. Unlike Bitcoin which is popular as a store of value of trading medium and Ethereum which is a [...]
Check out the second part of this article (Part II) How and Where to Buy Ripple (XRP). A couple of years ago, cryptocurrencies started to capture the imagination and the attention of investors from all over the world. Since then, there have been many big-time investors who loathed the idea of cryptocurrencies calling the rising trend [...]
Ethereum is ranked second on CoinMarketCap, and for good reason, as it saw an incredible increase in value over the course of its existence. Unsurprisingly, considering its versatility as a platform and its ever-increasing customer/user base, Ethereum is also one of the most highly traded cryptocurrencies. In 2017 alone, Ethereum witnessed a 4000% increase in [...]
Bitcoin Gold History Bitcoin Gold was the result of a community-driven hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain which took place shortly after the fork that created Bitcoin Cash. The Bitcoin Gold forked original Bitcoin blockchain on October 24, 2017, at the 491407 block. There are many reasons for a cryptocurrency to go through a hard [...]
What is Monero? Monero, formerly known as BitMonero, is an open-source, cryptocurrency launched in April 2014, which focuses on transactional privacy. The developers behind this innovative digital asset did not reserve any for themselves, relying solely on donations and its community to fund the development. Ring Signatures and Mixing Addresses Monero makes use of ring signatures [...]