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What Is Bitcoin & Why Is Cryptocurrency So Popular?
Bitcoin has been the buzz word in the financial space. As of a matter of fact, Bitcoin has exploded the scene in the last few years and many people and many large companies are now jumping on the Bitcoin or cryptocurrency bandwagon wanting a piece of the action.
People are total new to the cryptocurrency space are constantly asking this question; "What is Bitcoin really?"
Well, for starters bitcoin is actually a digital currency... ❯❯❯
Cryptocurrency: The Fintech Disruptor
Blockchains, sidechains, mining - terminologies in the clandestine world of cryptocurrency keep piling up by minutes. Although it sounds unreasonable to introduce new financial terms in an already intricate world of finance, cryptocurrencies offer a much-needed solution to one of the biggest annoyances in today's money market - security of transaction in a digital world. Cryptocurrency is a defining and disruptive innovation in the... ❯❯❯
'Official' Blockchain Standards for 2019
The succinct statement details the government's pending official definitions of blockchain regulations. Publicly advertised rationales may appear comparatively innocuous or indeed prudent yet such official justifications are an obvious attempt at the curtailing rather than development of decentralized technologies. Even rudimentary, preliminary investigation of the statements highlight what may generously be labelled as contentious... ❯❯❯
Funding Prospects for Blockchain Start Ups in India
Blockchain, brainchild of the Anonymous founder/s of the World's first crypto-currency, Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto is often referred to as "The Backbone of the new Internet". Initially conceptualised in 2008 for Bitcoin, blockchain has found its use in several other fields. WHAT IS BLOCKCHAIN? Blockchain is an open and distributed ledger, which can record transactions between two parties in a verifiable and permanent way. Once... ❯❯❯
Getting Started With Crypto
Investing in the Crypto Currency market space can be a little daunting for the traditional investor, as investing directly in Crypto Currency (CC) requires the use of new tools and adopting some new concepts. So if you do decide to dip your toes in this market, you will want to have a very good idea of what to do and what to expect. Buying and selling CC's requires you to choose an Exchange that deals in the products you want to buy... ❯❯❯
How Cryptocurrency Works
Put simply, cryptocurrency is digital money, which is designed in a way that it is secure and anonymous in some instances. It is closely associated with internet that makes use of cryptography, which is basically a process where legible information is converted into a code that cannot be cracked so as to tack all the transfers and purchases made. Cryptography has a history dating back to the World War II, when there was a need to... ❯❯❯
What Is an ICO in Cryptocurrency?
ICO is short for Initial Coin Offering. When launching a new cryptocurrency or crypto-token, the developers offer investors a limited number of units in exchange for other major crypto coins such as Bitcoin or Ethereum. ICOs are amazing tools for quickly raining development funds to support new cryptocurrencies. The tokens offered during an ICO can be sold and traded on cryptocurrency exchanges, assuming there is sufficient demand... ❯❯❯
How Emerging Technologies Are Shaping the Future of The Global Economy
The world is on the cusp of a digital revolution, with innovation disrupting the way we do everything, from using appliances and gadgets to performing financial transactions. New Asset Classes The digital economy is growing at a fast rate all over the world. The current digital economy is characterized by the creation of new asset classes and digitization of traditional assets. Emerging technologies, such as the blockchain,... ❯❯❯
8 Computing Solutions at the Forefront of the New Economy
In recent times, the traditional economy and the digital economy has been exposed to new and exciting technologies that promise a more decentralized, secure, and fast network for users. In this article, I have included some of the main players in this developing market. 1. Golem Golem is an open-source, decentralized computer network. How Golem Works The Golem Network is a market for computing power, where users can earn from... ❯❯❯
Blockchain & IoT - How "Crypto" Is Likely Going To Herald Industry 4.0
Whilst most people only started to learn about "blockchain" because of Bitcoin, its roots - and applications - go much deeper than that. Blockchain is a technology unto itself. It powers Bitcoin, and is essentially the reason why *so many* new ICO's have flooded the market - creating an "ICO" is ridiculously easy (no barriers to entry). The point of the system is to create a decentralized database - which essentially means that rather... ❯❯❯