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Introduction to Litecoin Mining If you’re just interested in owning Litecoin, then you can easily buy some from the plethora of cryptocurrency exchanges and brokerage services currently on the Internet. However, there’s another way of owning Litecoin, and that is through mining. Litecoin is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency which means that it’s mineable. Considering you have [...]

Launched in 2012, Ripple a decentralized currency and platform that aims to revolutionize the payments market by providing fast and secure payments at very low fees. One of the most important reasons why Ripple is currently so popular is the fact that it has already been accepted by a multitude of banks from all over [...]

What are Cryptocurrencies? First, let’s understand the definition of cryptocurrencies. Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that are encrypted (secured) with complex cryptographic algorithms. Cryptography is used here to secure and verify the transfer of transactions. Cryptocurrencies are powered by a public ledger which records and validates all transactions chronologically, which is known as a blockchain. What [...]

What Is Binance? Before we begin discussing what the Binance Coin is, we shall first discuss about Binance, the exchange. Binance is one of the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the crypto space, with almost $1.5 billion in trading volume every single day. The exchange was launched in July 14th 2017, in an ICO which raised nearly [...]

From both a crypto aficionado and a bystander’s point of view, it looks like cryptocurrencies have started taking over the world bit by bit. For anyone looking to get into crypto trading or simply looking to put in real money into Bitcoin for future investments, it’s important to get as much information as possible. Once [...]

What is Stellar? Founded in 2014, Stellar is a cryptocurrency project created by two of Ripple’s co-founders after running into philosophical differences with the rest of Ripple’s team. When Jed McCaleb and Joyce Kim determined that the consensus implemented by Ripple was far from perfect, Stellar was forked from the said network. Even though it [...]

What is Ripple? Ripple is the name for both an open-source distributed payment network and its native cryptocurrency which is used to transfer currencies. The Ripple network aims to put to rest traditional financial networks such as credit cards, PayPal and wire transfers which are costly, time-consuming and sometimes inaccessible, particularly for cross-border transactions. Ripple [...]

When new to the cryptocurrency world, one of the first things you will learn while researching “What is Bitcoin?,” is the fact that there are a large number of other cryptocurrencies out there. These digital currencies are called altcoins. The term stands for “alternative to Bitcoin,” and it basically describes every other cryptocurrency that isn’t [...]

The highly anticipated EOSfinex encryption exchange with EOS drive is scheduled for the end of September. In a publication, Bitfinex announced that it would release the beta version of EOSfinex at the Blockchain live event in London. The release, scheduled for September 26, highlights one of EOS’ most important and advanced applications. Bitfinex will be [...]

Californian cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase seeks to diversify its portfolio by adding five altcoins: Cardano (ADA), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Stellar Lumens (XLM), Zcash (ZEC), and 0x (ZRX). The announcement made by the largest American cryptocurrency trading platform was dedicated both to inform employees and customers. “We are making this announcement internally at Coinbase and to [...]