What is TRON, and what is it trying to accomplish? According to the official TRON whitepaper: TRON is a world-leading blockchain-based decentralized protocol that aims to construct a worldwide free content entertainment system with the blockchain and distributed storage technology. The protocol allows each user to freely publish, store and own data, and in the […]

What is Monero? Monero (XMR) is an open-source cryptocurrency. It was created in April 2014 and it concentrates on fungibility, solitude and decentralization. Monero utilizes an obfuscated people ledger, meaning anyone can broadcast or send trades, but no external observer can inform the origin, destination or amount. Monero utilizes a Proof of Work mechanism to […]

What is Cardano? Very similar to Ethereum, Cardano is a wise contract platform nonetheless, Cardano provides scalability and safety through a layered structure. Development Initial release September 29, 2017; 12 months ago Latest release Cardano SL 1.3.1 / 16 October 2018 (2 days ago) Code repository https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-sl Written in Haskell License MIT [1] Website www.cardano.org […]

What is Tether? An electronic bookstore backed by fiat money supplies organizations and individuals with a strong and decentralized way of exchanging value whilst utilizing a comfortable accounting unit. As of 15 October 2018, the purchase price of a single Tether fell to $0.94, and it is an indication that investors have lost faith in […]

Stellar is an open-source, decentralized protocol for electronic money to fiat money transfers that allows cross-border transactions involving any pair of currencies. The Stellar protocol is encouraged by a nonprofit, the Stellar Development Foundation. The Stellar network has been used by companies like IBM, KlickEx, Deloitte, Parkway Projects, Tempo, Wanxiang Labs and Stripe. In March […]

EOS Blockchain is aiming to become a decentralized operating system which can support industrial-scale decentralized applications. They are planning to completely remove transaction fees. They are claiming to have the ability to conduct millions of transactions per second. Development Original author(s) Daniel Larimer, Brendan Blumer White paper https://github.com/EOSIO/Documentation/blob/master/TechnicalWhitePaper.md Initial release Dawn 3.0.1-alpha[1] / January 31, 2018; Code repository […]

Based on their site, Bitcoin Cash is defining itself: “Bitcoin Cash is peer-to-peer electronic cash for the Internet. It is fully decentralized, with no central bank and requires no trusted third parties to operate.” Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is comparable to Bitcoin in several ways, beginning with its own name. But let us say the differences […]

The cryptocurrency market has become crowded, with new cryptocurrencies coming out daily, while old ones disappear faster than ever. Let’s check out the top 20 cryptocurrencies, as they appear on coinmarketcap.com 1. Bitcoin (BTC) Bitcoin is the king of the crypto world. To most, it’s interchangeable with”cryptocurrency.” Its objective is to extend a peer-to-peer digital model […]

What’s FinTech? FinTech is a brand new business which uses technology to enhance activities in a fund. The usage of smartphones for mobile banking, investing services and cryptocurrency are cases of technology intending to make financial services more accessible to the public. Financial technology businesses include both startups and established fiscal and tech companies hoping […]

Like any startup, new blockchain companies require funding before being able to lunch their product (and some without having anything to show for, except for a whitepaper). What is an Initial Coin Offering(ICO) and how do ICOs work? What’s an ICO (Initial Coin Offering)? So, an Initial Coin Offering works like this: Usually, a startup offers […]