Interesting things about cryptocurrencies
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As you know, bitcoin and ether are not the end of cryptocurrencies. At the moment there are more than a thousand and a half altcoins, and even an experienced investor, let alone a beginner, finds it difficult to figure out which ones are the most interesting and profitable right now. We have highlighted six of the most promising, in our opinion, altcoins, which can bring an investor a good profit in 2018. Altcoin Steem Steem is an internal cryptocurrency, which is used in the social network steemit.com, built on blockchain technology. Every user who publishes a quality post or a good comment on such a post on this network receives a reward in Steem cryptocurrency. Every month Steemit social network publishes...
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Perhaps the most popular activity at the moment is predicting bitcoin rates. Despite the fact that bitcoin's collapse has been predicted about 200 times, the world's first cryptocurrency is still going strong. Nevertheless, events can unfold in such a way that bitcoin could be destroyed as a result. We look at 8 of the most likely scenarios for such an outcome over the next five years. Scenario #1. Computer end of the world Bitcoin, like other cryptocurrencies, is a product of a computer network, a program code. From technical point of view, as long as more than one computer is connected to the network and the corresponding software is running, the cryptocurrency is alive. Suppose, as a result of some natural or man-made cataclysm...
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Authors: Artem Genkin, Alexei Mikheev Publisher: Alpina Publisher, 2018 ISBN 978-5-9614-6558-7 Pages: 592 pages Format: 70×100/16 Weight: 990 g Binding: Softcover Buy Book Read Book Read the beginning of the book Read about Blockchain Blockchain and everything associated with it is one of the most breakthrough fintech technologies of recent times. Sergey Solonin. founder of QIWI, General Director of FinTech Association Blockchain allows you to create the perfect registry. A perfect registry can transform everything in the world. Tim Draper, American venture capitalist, founder and managing partner at Draper Associates. Using global and Russian examples, the authors discuss how and why blockchain technology captured the minds of millions in just a few years, caused a real cryptocurrency boom in the market and attracted...
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The popularity of cryptocurrencies has caused an explosive growth in the number of cryptocurrency exchanges. The number of trading platforms, where cryptoassets are traded, has reached 400. Know Your Customer - the principle of correct cryptocurrency exchanges Many exchanges are regulated by the US and UK financial authorities and operate in compliance with legislation aimed at combating terrorist financing and money laundering. On the one hand, this is a great advantage. Such cryptocurrency exchanges, unlike all sorts of "anarchic" platforms, have an official status with all the ensuing consequences, including insurance of client funds, impossibility of fraud and manipulation of client funds and exchange functionality. On the other hand, compliance with legal requirements forces each client of the exchange to undergo...
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Cryptocurrencies have become so popular that probably only lazy people have not given bitcoin exchange rate forecasts. And the forecasts varied from complete depreciation, to the growth of bitcoin price to the most exorbitant heights. More recently, analysts racked their brains as to whether or not the bitcoin price will reach the level of 10 thousand dollars by the end of 2017, drawing support and resistance levels on the charts, but the year is not over yet, and the "bitcoin" already visited the level of 20 thousand dollars per coin. So believe all kinds of predictions... In fact, it is very easy to give a bitcoin price forecast. It is enough to point a finger at any amount, and then you can build up a theoretical base. About one thing...
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Bitcoin today has a huge number of its fans. However, the number of opponents is not less. One can hear all sorts of things about the most popular cryptocurrency. Some say that bitcoin is in the future and will become a mainstay of the global financial system. Others compare it to pyramids and soap bubbles, promising adherents that they will cry and their fortune will turn into useless notes. We've gathered and debunked 6 of the most common myths about bitcoin. Misconception #1. Bitcoin is a scam and a bubble that can burst at any moment Proponents of this statement rely on the fact that bitcoin is a useless piece of code whose value is not confirmed by anything tangible. However, the value of any...
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Today, cryptocurrency is widely discussed in the media. Although, despite its popularity, only some people prefer it to traditional money. Experts and investors unanimously argue that the main problem of unpopularity of cryptocurrency in modern society is its instability. And they are right. No one wants to keep their fortune locked up as an intangible digital asset. If we analyze the situation in more detail, it turns out that the problem of instability is related to the limited options for using digital currency in everyday life. How can we make cryptocurrency accessible to everyone? To answer this question, we need to ask the following question. Why is cryptocurrency unstable in principle? The answer is on the surface - speculation. But you shouldn't put it at the top of the list. In the first place...
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The world of cryptocurrency is experiencing an unprecedented rise. Bitcoins, Ethers, blockchains, and transactions are on the radar of many. We know that Bitcoin was created by Satoshi Nakamoto, Etherium by Vitalik Buterin, Litecoin by Charles Lee, Ripple by Jack MaCaleb, etc. And if the biographies of all cryptocurrency creators are known, the identity of Satoshi Nakamoto is still a mystery. So who is Satoshi Nakamoto and what do we know about him? How did Satoshi Nakamoto come to be? In November 2008, a mailing on behalf of Satoshi Nakamoto was published, containing a description of the Bitcoin protocol. In 2009, the first software for the Bitcoin network was released, after which...
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Cryptocurrency code developers usually have other goals in addition to the main task of creating a new virtual unit. This can be the calculation and development of a fundamentally new mechanism for transactions with high speed of application execution and minimal fees. Or a higher level of security for payments, regardless of the scale. Or, for example, the privacy of financial transactions - a condition that is very much in demand in the investment world. Each of these points is worth exploring in more detail. In this case, when talking about the prospects of cryptocurrency, we will take as a basis exactly the innovation - the technology or the angle of view that is atypical for the capital market. The profitability of the most promising from this point of view...
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Главное отличие криптовалюты от всех остальных имеющихся в формате активов аналогов – это отсутствие регулирования. Где-то с течением времени криптовалюту принимают за актив, где-то – за законную форму платежа. Однако до единой мировой структуры цифровых валют очень и очень далеко. Что изменится, если криптовалюта попадёт под регулирование Центробанков? Её в качестве эксклюзивного предложения «вне рамок и законов мегарегуляторов» просто не станет. Под таким надзором она будет торговаться так, как потребуется институциональным игрокам. Остальные останутся за рамками этих “крупномасштабных” интересов. Криптовалюта превратится в ещё один инструмент достижения финансовых целей на глобальных уровнях и потеряет свою привлекательность для рядовых пользователей. И тогда…
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