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Which Technology is used in Cryptocurrency?

Technology is used in Cryptocurrency

By TechnogibranPublished 2 years ago 3 min read
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The term cryptocurrency can be translated as 'digital money. It refers to something that can be obtained through a process of exchanging a unit of digital currency that only exists within that system - such as one-dollar bills, credit cards, and government securities used in the United States, but not in most of Europe and most countries worldwide. "In an act of purchasing with something (or a portion thereof) of an existing value in order to do something new or different, or that results from the exchange of two or more things (as in coinage), the purchaser becomes the owner of a commodity."

The word 'cryptocurrency' does not simply refer to any kind of digital currency. Rather it describes something called a 'virtual currency.' In other words, it's a way of making real currency into virtual currency. This type of virtual currency is usually stored for online payments, such as those made using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. As well as being exchanged on peer-to-peer networks, it's also possible for someone else to use the medium as a medium of exchange for goods and services. For instance, if people want to buy property or trade goods such as cars they sell their items to others via an Internet auction house such as Carvana.

What are some examples of 'cryptocurrencies'?

The list below includes many different types of cryptocurrencies, each one with its own unique feature, functions, and benefits. Some of these coins are still available to purchase, so you could be in trouble before the price goes so high, but we're at least aware of what the product actually is. You also might get this information from official websites

Bitcoin

Bitcoin is considered by experts to be the earliest form of cryptocurrency. It was created by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2014 when he wanted to create a new internet technology that would avoid transaction fees.

In November 2018 the price of bitcoin hit an all-time high of $6,500, taking up over half the world's total market cap.

The first-ever sale took place in August 2016, when a person donated 10,000 bitcoins to the Australian charity CoinDesk. Today there are no fewer than 3,000 million bitcoins in circulation, and about 21 million have been sold on the open market. Since then, millions of dollars worth of Bitcoin have been put onto the blockchain for safekeeping and can be moved around among computers using the public key infrastructure. The amount of Bitcoins that exist is estimated to cover more than half of all the currencies in existence.

Coinbase Inc, the company behind Bitcoin has also become extremely popular due to its fast and easy access, low fees, liquidity and speed of transactions, ease of trading, and ability to store a variety of assets including stocks, forex, commodities, etc.

The main advantages of Bitcoin are that it allows people to send payments between parties without needing to trust banks, it is highly secure, it allows anonymous payments, and it can work with virtually every electronic device in the world's smartphones and tablets.

Ethereum

Ethereum was developed in 2017 by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin through his research at Imperial College London. It is an open-source network and its code is based on open-source technologies of the early 2000s called LISP. A simplified version of Ethereum would look like this:

Ethereum:

Ethereum's most common use is to create decentralized applications (dApps). These apps allow developers to build decentralized apps on top of Ethereum's core blockchain. They allow users to interact in a trustless manner, allowing them to connect, monetize, and even transact on their terms directly with other users while retaining full privacy. Developers make money by selling tokens to users to raise funds in a form of compensation. There has been little transparency regarding who owns the token; however, according to reports, the founders of Ether are said to control around 70% of the available ETH supply.

The primary function of the ERC20 standard is to ensure the security of distributed software called smart contracts. These contracts are a legal mechanism that assures the correct rights and obligations of parties involved in agreements once entered into by the parties involved in the negotiation. Cick here to Read More...

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