A cryptocurrency is a digital (or virtual) currency, which quite often serves as a decentralized system based on blockchain technology as well. Two defining features of a cryptocurrency is security (due to its cryptographic nature), and the fact that it is not issued by any central authority, which makes it theoretically immune to any external interference or manipulation.
Decentralized finance has been at the center of the cryptocurrency blaze recently, and the liquidity pool is an essential aspect of DeFi. In this article, we’ll be describing the concept of liquidity pools, explain why we need them and how they work.
Find everything you might need to know about Filecoin – a DeFi project that had been in the works for three years, and the native token of which rose 30-fold in just three months – in this guide.
While the number of countries exploring the concept of CBDC is actively growing, we invite you to learn the key basics of Central Bank Digital Currencies in this guide.
Check out this guide to find everything you need to know about Aave – one of the most popular DeFi lending platforms.
Decentralized Finance is seen by many to have numerous advantages over the traditional finance system, part of it due to DeFi’s unique lending system. In this guide, we’ll tell you all about DeFi Lending.
Explore a comprehensive review of the crypto exchange Uniswap and its newly launched DeFi token UNI that has already made waves in the crypto space by surging sevenfold in just a week.
Check out our step-by-step guide on earning interest from DeFi to learn more about commonly used DeFi Apps, notable stablecoins, and the ways of earning interest.
Despite being launched in January 2020, Curve Finance already seems to be poised to become one of the leading platforms in the decentralized finance space. Why? Find out in this guide.
This guide gives a detailed overview of how Synthetix came to become one of the most in-demand token exchanges in the world.
Learn more about Yearn.finance, a relatively unknown lending aggregator that became one of the most popular digital currencies and the most expensive cryptocurrency, surging past $27,000.
Check everything you might need to know about 0x project – Ethereum-based decentralized finance (DeFi) solution, and its native ZRX token.
It seems, that through Polkadot protocol, the emergence of new markets is imminent and the decentralization of future economies is looking more possible than ever before.
Here, we’ve collected all the key information about Balancer, a decentralized finance solution that includes protocols, dApps, smart contracts, and assets – all on a digital blockchain scale.
This guide provides a detailed explanation of the Uniswap mode of operation and its rise to becoming an in-demand diversified exchange.
Find a complete guide on Chainlink, the platform designed to bridge smart contracts technology with the real world, and its $LINK token.
Decentralized apps are the innovation that is driving the world right now, and there are no signs that this trend will stop at any point in the future. Find everything you might need to know about this kind of apps in this guide.
Cryptocurrency has come a long way since its inception, especially since the trailblazing bitcoin pushed its way into global discussions. It’s been more than a decade since then and Bitcoin has since become an ecosystem of its own to be reckoned with, winning lovers and haters alike.
Today people are searching for ways to earn Bitcoin creatively, in some instances, without even having to spend a cent on it. Check out some of the ways you can earn Bitcoin with no hassle.
In this guide, we take a look at bitcoin mining – what it is, how it works, how it influences world economy, and whether it’s something that can generate profit for individuals.
Check out this guide to explore the phenomenon of yield farming or crypto lending that brings unlimited excitement to “hodlers” in the world of decentralized finance (DeFi).
Here’s the complete guide describing key working opportunities that presents the crypto world both for freelance people and formed teams.
Ever heard of the acronym WBTC? It stands for Wrapped Bitcoin. This is an ERC20 token that denotes Bitcoin (BTC), the top cryptocurrency by market cap. But how did it all begin and what does this token entail? Read on to find out.
Let’s look at how traders with clean capital pick the right cryptocurrency exchange. Read on and you’ll be a pro at finding places that fit safety demands.
Find the key tips and tricks about importing, exporting, storing, and managing private keys in various cryptocurrency wallets.
Here’s everything you should know about Ethereum 2.0 long-awaited series of upgrades to the Ethereum blockchain that are aimed to boost its adoption.
Here, we are going to look at one such dynamic that has attained immense value and potential with the onset of blockchain – asset tokenization.
Alternative investments offer small and institutional investors an opportunity to diversify their portfolio. Check everything you should know about top investment opportunities in this complete guide.
How to predict the Bitcoin price movement like a 80 lvl guru? You don’t have to buy an expensive course. In this piece, we will dig deep into the major causes of Bitcoin price rise and fall.
In this guide, our primary focus will be on the newly launched cloud infrastructure of Binance, dubbed Binance Cloud.
As Bitcoin continues to dominate the crypto market, experts are already wondering about the next big thing in store for the digital gold. No need to look too far into the future – Bitcoin halving, the next big thing for the cryptocurrency, is only a few months away.
Despite the crypto community is focused on Bitcoin’s halving and potential price increase lets not forget about the Staking year.
Despite blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) have been one of the most common buzzwords thrown about in events and seed-raises to bolster investments, not so many know the difference between these two techs.
Monero is one of the rare privacy coins with extensive data obfuscation and closed blockchain working on the CryptoNote anonymity protocol. Find everything you need to know about XMR in this guide.
Telegram’s TON network is a PoS-based system with a new “Byzantine Proof” staking algorithm. It was developed by Nikolai and Pavel Durov, the brothers behind Telegram and (formerly) VK.com.
The topic of alternative investments is quite broad and covers a lot of asset types but for the sake of simplicity, this guide will narrow it down and provide you with the key basics you should know.
The topic of cryptocurrency taxes is still a cause of confusion, especially to those just entering the crypto space. This guide will introduce you to crypto taxation and show you how to file your returns the right way.
In this guide, you’ll find out what cryptocurrency derivatives are, why the ever-growing number of investors choose to turn to this financial product and what potential it holds for the crypto space.
In this guide, you’ll learn all ins and outs of arbitrage trading, see how it’s implemented in the crypto industry and find out if this trading technique is worth the effort at all.
In this guide, we are going to explore the ins and outs of Bitcoin ETFs in tandem with the reasons why they are a viable choice for investment.
In this guide, you can find all the information about marging trading, which is yet another strategy proposed to help crypto traders get the best out of the crypto economy.
While scalability remains one of the main issues of blockchain, sharding is viewed as one of the most promising methods to address it. This guide will help you to learn more about it.
Hedera Hashgraph is claimed to go beyond the majority of traditional blockchains. If you want to learn what Hedera Hashgraph can offer you, this guide is for you.
Though the Lightning network is still under development it is already expected to bring great changes. The guide will tell you what the network represents itself and what this tech can offer to the crypto world.
Telegram Open Network is expected to become a major game-changer for social messaging. But what do we know about it right now? This guide is for those who want to find it out.
Tether is probably the most well-known stablecoin today. Nevertheless, its reputation still remains to be rather controversial. We have prepared this guide to tell you more about USDT, its past and present.
There are a lot of talks that today the traditional centralized finance system can’t satisfy all the currently existing demands. But are there any other options? In this guide, we will tell you about DeFi, its decentralized counterpart.
Cryptocurrency ETFs are actively discussed within crypto community nowadays. But what do they represent themselves and what benefits do they offer? Check out this guide to find it out.
Stellar is a prominent name in the blockchain world. But what can this network offer to a wide audience? What are the features that make Stellar stand out from the crowd? You can find the answers to these questions in our Stellar (XLM) guide.
If you want to learn more about EOS, its peculiarities as well as the advantages that this network can offer, our comprehensive guide will help you.
Check out our complete guide where you will find out all the ins and outs of Binance Coin phenomenon, learn how to get, store and trade BNB.
BitTorrent is a popular way to download large files at no cost. The whole plethora of BitTorrent sites is available today. This guide by a popular file distributor Thomas Glare will analyze some of the protocols and sites, and how they perform.
Please check out our comprehensive guide on cryptocurrencies, written specifically for beginner crypto traders and other crypto enthusiasts to better understand what cryptocurrencies are really about.
While many crypto enthusiasts still confused by what Bitcoin Core and Bitcoin Cash is, how they differ and who stands behind this two coins, we decided to draw this comprehensive Bitcoin Cash guide, which will help you to finally get all the facts straight.
Seeing increasing public attention Ethereum gets, you may start asking yourself what’s so special about it and why it attracts organizations and individual investors alike. Check out our guide to learn the key information one should know about Ethereum.
Using the example of tokens, coins and shares, with this piece, we’ll show you how the concept of crypto blurs the borders between different types of assets.
As you can hear about smart contracts practically everywhere today, this guide will help you to better understand their nature and their role in transforming many processes.
While some traders don’t have any specific expectations, others strongly believe that the launch of physically-settled Bitcoin futures will mark a huge milestone for the industry. But what exactly will Bakkt offer?
While there is a variety of alternatives available on the market when it comes to Ethereum trading, we decided to assist you with a choice composing this step-by-step guide on how to trade ETH.
There might come a time when you collected enough Ethereum that you want to turn back into fiat currency or purchase another crypto token instead. This step-by-step guide will lead you through the whole process of selling ETH.
Despite buying of Ethereum should not be difficult even for novices, it’s worthy to advance your knowledge on this issue to keep your funds safe. This step-by-step guide will help you with doing so.
The cryptocurrency market is unforgiving for mistakes and thus, the key principle of operating in the industry is actually making an educated choice. In this guide, we’d like to provide a detailed explanation of how to choose the right Bitcoin wallet.
Check out all the intricacies of operating, managing and investing in stablecoins in our comprehensive guide brought in partnership with CryptForensic Investigators.
Check out some mandatory steps that are to be adhered to if you want to buy, sell or keep track of your Bitcoins.
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Once you understand the advantages offered by Initial Exchange Offering, you need to know how to launch IEO and the key to the successful IEO.
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Check out our complete guide on everything related to Facebook’s Libra Coin, its native blockchain, Calibra wallet, Libra Reserve, and more.
Being a brainchild of Binance DEX, Initial Dex Offering is an extremely new approach to fundraising. As it seems that nobody is sure what the concept of IDO means exactly, it’s worth checking out what we know about it today.
As Initial Exchange Offerings (IEO) started to gain traction sometimes causing some confusion within crypto space, we decided to create this comprehensive guide and take a look at the key features of this crowdfunding strategy.
We’ve worked hard to prepare this astonishing Tron guide, where you can educate yourself on all the ins and outs of the project, its basics and the potential it holds.
Here’s a cool guide by Chief R&D Officer at 482.solutions Alexander Ivanov about both: classic and most popular ERC token standards.
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In this complete guide, Vladimir Malakchi, CMO of 482.solutions, figures out which consensus algorithms are presented in the industry, considers their features, and also touches on their shortcomings dispelling several myths.
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We’ve reviewed tons of data to set the record straight on Security Token Offerings (STOs) and finally clear up what’s new about Security tokens and STOs, how they’re different from ICOs and what potential is hidden behind this industry’s disrupter.
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While our previous guide ‘What is Ripple (XRP)?’ provided deep insights into the currency’s nature, explained the difference between Ripple and XRP, and clarified how the whole system works, this guide will give you clear instructions on how to buy this promising asset.
We’ve reviewed tons of data to prepare the best Ripple guide, so that you can touch the fascinating world of innovations and technological progress, driven by Ripple all over the world.
Bitcoin mining is the process of adding transaction records to Bitcoin’s public ledger of past transactions.
While many crypto enthusiasts are exchanging a portion of their holdings for XMR, newcomers remain confused when it comes to choosing the right wallet. Check out major alternatives available for this crypto and main factors to consider when choosing a wallet.
The blockchain technology can simply be explained as a decentralized open ledger system of adding, verifying and then recording transactions between peers in a transparent, efficient and irreversible manner.
As Bitcoin is becoming truly mainstream, it is quite useful to understand, where and how one can purchase this magic token. Please see the detailed analysis of possible ways for doing this below.
Let’s delve into the notion Initial Coin Offering that is becoming popular with blockchain-based startups.
Crypto 2.0 or cryptography 2.0 – also known as bitcoin 2.0, is decentralized system of blockchain or distributed ledger technology to things other than digital currency.
Satoshi Nakamoto is a creator of Bitcoin protocol and the software Bitcoin-Qt. However, it is not clear whether he is a person or group of persons.
The Interledger protocol (ITL) is a protocol for payments across payment systems. The protocol was introduced by Ripple in October 2015.
A group of the major fintech industry players are working on a new version of the blockchain technology as part of the Open Ledger Project.
For those users who want to get acquainted with the cryptocurrency world, creating a custom Bitcoin address may be a problem. The reason is easy to understand. Bitcoin addresses are cryptic and random.
In this guide you will learn how to start creating new virtual money through bitcoin mining pools.
SHA-2 (Secure Hash Algorithm) – is a set of cryptographic algorithms – single-aimed hash functions including SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384 and SHA-512.
Thinking of spending your bitcoins? This guide will help you to choose among different online and offline stores which accept BTC.
We know how Bitcoins are generated and how a bitcoin transaction works, but how are bitcoins stored? We store cash in a physical wallet, and bitcoin works in a similar way, except it’s normally digital.
Litecoin mining pool is a group of Litecoin miners that combine their resources so that they can find blocks faster.
In this guide you will know “what is dogecoin”, “What’s with the Dog on the Coin?”, “How to use dogecoins” and other related information.
Litecoin is a fork of Bitcoin created as its better and faster alternative by Charles Lee in 2011.
Scrypt is an adaptive cryptographic function of key generation based on the password. It was invented by Colin Percival for the online service for protected storage of back up copies of Unix like operating systems in 2008.
The main goal of this guide is to be the most convenient resource for new users to understand the principals of buying Bitcoins.
There are many positive influences of Bitcoin – a smart currency which dispenses with the need for banks, disposes of charge card expenses, lessens the entire requirement for attorneys, etc. Here are the basics of Bitcoin. Have a look!