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How Zcash influences Bitcoin and vice versa

During the last couple of weeks, there's been considerable discussion on the main differences between Zcash and bitcoin, and how they affect one another's values, considering the fact that both are priced fairly high, when compared to most of the other digital currencies available on the market. With this in mind, there are structural similarities between…

November 19, 20160Comments

ByKewl

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Zcash, Revolution or Failure?

The way the developers like to explain what is Zcash is through an anecdote comparing Bitcoin to http and Zcash to https. This makes a lot of sense, since Bitcoin, unlike Zcash is completely transparent. Zcash in contrast allows users to hide sender, receiver and value information of transaction. The way it does this is…

November 1, 20160Comments

ByZoran Spirkovski

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Rising Stars in the Altcoin World

It's difficult to judge a coin at the beginning as you have no idea how many people it's attracted and how many of the people investing in it actually think the coin has a chance. Given that, if you're just looking at a coin to trade or a coin that you'd like to support, here are…

September 18, 20160Comments

ByKewl

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Lisk

Lisk is relatively new altcoin which was launched on May 24th, 2016. Lisk is a decentralized cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. It uses a unique new approach to blockchain mining though. It has what it calls Delegated Proof of Stake. In this system, you basically vote for 101 “delegates”, and these are the only…

September 10, 20160Comments

ByKewl

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Monero- A Rising star

Why is Monero (XMR) rising so fast? Many altcoins have been pumped and dumped before, but XMR is a much different case. If you've monitored the price of the coin over the last few months, it's spiked from nearly 0.003 BTC to almost 0.025. How and why is it rising? We've got the info. Why is it…

September 10, 20160Comments

ByKewl

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Why Do Some Altcoins Fail?

Why do they fail? How do they fail? If you've ever tried trading altcoins before, you know there is lots of profit that can be had out there but also a fair share of risk. But why do some altcoins fail? How do some skyrocket?There are a few key things that can guarantee an altcoin's…

September 10, 20160Comments

ByKewl

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Peercoin

Peercoin is a decentralized cryptocurrency that is based on Bitcoin. The main difference between Bitcoin and Peercoin is that Bitcoin uses Proof of Work whereas Peercoin hosts a Proof of Stake system (more details on this later). Peercoin is an innovative altcoin with a bright future. Difference between proof of work and proof of stake Proof…

July 25, 20160Comments

ByKewl

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Steemit and STEEM

What is STEEM? STEEM is an upcoming and explosive altcoin. Made to incentivize users to use the social media platform steemit, it's the first altcoin that you can get without mining or buying. Steemit rewards it's users with STEEM for creating content, commenting, and up-voting. But STEEM is not like other altcoins. When you participate…

July 24, 20160Comments

ByKewl

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DASH

The ultimate "internet of money" Dash stands for Digital cash. It is a form of cryptocurrency that is quite popular among millions of people today! It is possibly the first form of digital currency that works similar to a physical currency! Transactions here take place without the wait, just like a normal physical transaction of…

June 6, 20160Comments

ByKewl

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Ripple

The cryptocurrency that maintains a smooth flow of money Ripple is a digital currency created with the aim of establishing a distributed, open-source payment method. The decentralized transaction network within which Ripple operates is also called Ripple. It relieves people of the hassles of using other modes of online payments such as credit cards, debit cards,…

June 6, 20160Comments

ByKewl