You may hear many such words as "coin" and "token"; for some people, these concepts are almost identical. But these terms mean different things both from the functional and technical sides. Let's sort this out. Table of Contents Coins Coin Characteristics What is a token? Token Characteristics Let's...

إيثريوم (إيثريوم) - إنها منصة لإنشاء تطبيقات لامركزية (عقود ذكية أو عقود ذكية) على بلوكتشين. لديها تطبيقات متنوعة في العديد من المجالات ، ولكن من بين أهمها ، يتم استخدامها كعملة مشفرة ، وكتابة العقود الذكية وإجراء عمليات الطرح الأولي للعملات الرقمية. وقد أظهرت عملة إيثريوم (إيثريوم أو إيثريوم) نفسها...

Have you ever thought of buying shares in a tech company to enjoy a passive income? This kind of getting revenue is one of the numerous spheres democratized by blockchain. Nowadays, it's not a hard task to buy some blockchain ETFs (exchange-traded funds). These assets are stocks of the companies employing...

There are many reasons why people might wish to stay anonymous while making online payments. Some people want to conceal the purchases that conflict laws or the community norms while others simply don't want to waste time and energy on making copies of all the documents required for KYC procedures that...

Cryptocurrencies can be a store of value, a cross-border payment means, a trading instrument, and so on, and so forth. But a poor choice of wallet can easily ruin the entire journey. Despite the international hype, cryptocurrencies are still at the early stage of adoption. Unlike national currencies,...

Have you ever asked yourself why blockchain is still not a regular part of our lives? Big companies are investing money in blockchain research, they implement blockchain solutions, smart and successful people talk about DLT (distributed ledger technologies) as something revolutionary, we hear that the...

Visual Objects website has conducted an interesting survey dedicated to the perception of cryptocurrencies by people who don't own any. 983 people who know what cryptocurrencies are were asked what do they think crypto owners spend their digital money for. To make their research more insightful, Visual...

Cryptocurrency rates are constantly growing and falling, changing dramatically, sometimes even during one day. Lack of reliability and trust are the main reasons that digital assets are not yet widespread. Stablecoins were designed to change this. History of stable cryptocurrencies Cryptocurrencies...

All cryptocurrency assets can be divided into 2 types based on their operating principle: Proof of Work (PoW) and Proof of Stake (PoS). The concept of Proof of Stake (PoS) involves a type of mining, where instead of the computing power of the participants, you just need to store crypto assets in your...

Any currency, whether fiat or crypto, can be considered as a means of exchange, transfer or preservation of capital only if it is fungible. The fungibility of cryptocurrencies can be a key factor in their adoption at the global level. However, a new kind of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) has recently appeared,...

With the introduction of new rules for regulating cryptocurrencies, the so-called “Virgin Bitcoins” are growing in price. Many institutional investors and other funds are willing to pay 20% more than the market price for them. What is the reason for such an overpayment? According to the new rules developed...

Against the backdrop of the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin, in particular, we offer you to get acquainted with the ways to earn the first cryptocurrency! However, let's start with some basics on what Bitcoin is and what is the essence of its technology. Where was it started? “Bitcoin...

It's too early to say that Bitcoin is something that everyone understands clearly. Mass adoption of Bitcoin is also yet to happen. Nevertheless, there is no mistake in saying that Bitcoin became a bright international sensation that provoked many people (big businessmen and developers among them) to...

Consensus algorithms are an inherent part of all blockchain-based technologies as there is no authority unit supposed to validate the network's transactions. Consensus algorithms are here to provide the decentralized trouble proof functioning of the network. We can't underestimate the significance of...

لقد دخلت العملات المشفرة إلى عالمنا مصحوبة بالعديد من المفاهيم المحورية واللامركزية هي واحدة منها. هذا المصطلح ليس جديدا. ما هو أفضل بالنسبة لنا, اللامركزية أو المركزية? لقرون كانت هذه المناقشة السياسية موضوعا ساخنا. يرتبط هذا السؤال بالأساس الأساسي لمجتمعات الناس ومع العديد من جوانب حياتنا. هل نحتاج...

So many people speak of how good decentralized exchanges are, and so few actually use them. By some accounts, as of January of 2019, the trade volume of decentralized exchanges reached only 0.25% of the combined trading volume of all crypto exchanges. At the same time, if you are no stranger to Reddit...