Masternodes are an upgrade to standard nodes as they provide additional features and security to the blockchain. They are based on the Proof of Stake mechanism and require a high initial investment. Dash was the first cryptocurrency to implement masternodes.
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Bitcoin is the biggest and the most popular cryptocurrency. It has been the leading name in the world of cryptocurrencies since 2009 – not just by the virtue of it being the first cryptocurrency, but also because it has an active community that supports it not just in the markets, but also when it comes to improving and developing the technology that powers it.
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A rise has been observed in cryptocurrency scams which can be attributed to a significant increase in number of fake ICOs and digital currency exchnages being hacked.
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A smart contract cannot directly interact with the outside world. A blockchain oracle is used to collect and relay data to the smart contract. The decentralized application analyzes this data and then performs a pre programmed task.
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The guide will help investors build a complete cryptocurrency portfolio from scratch and help them how to analyze digital tokens before investing.
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The Ethereum network will undergo some changes in the coming months. It is expected that several more hard forks of the code will be released. Constantinople is the next big update, and its code is already being tested by the developers.
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Blockchain developers are creating tools for letting users complete cryptocurrency transactions even from an offline wallet. Such a move could help in taking cryptocurrencies mainstream.
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Blockchain is a chain of blocks where each block holds a list of transactions. Miners verify these transactions and a single confirmation is considered insecure or reversible whereas any transaction with more than six confirmations are irreversible.
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Orphan blocks are valid blocks which are not accepted into the main chain and are thus discarded. All transactions of an orphan block are sent back to the list of unconfirmed transactions. Miners receive rewards for uncle blocks but not for orphan blocks.
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Litecoin was touted as the silver to Bitcoin’s gold but has the development of Bitcoin Lightning Network put the future of Litecoin in jeopardy?
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Several Bitcoin HYIPs have launched over the past few months and the guide explains how investors should analyse such Bitcoin HYIPs to avoid losing their digital currency holdings.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies have drawn plenty of interest from newer investors. These new investors are beginning to trade and invest in digital currencies.
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VeChain blockchain which has been rebranded to VeChainThor blockchain is an enterprise blockchain that aims to create a trustless and distributed ecosystem.
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The BitLicense regulation is a controversial regulation imposed by NYSDFS on cryptocurrency businesses operating in New York.
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There are many ways to buy bitcoin, but perhaps one of the most convenient is with Coinbase. Today we bring you a guide with images included for you to do it step by step.
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The Tulip Mania occurred in the 1630s in Netherlands when prices of tulips increased beyond rationale and then collapsed.
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NEM is a cryptocurrency built on the blockchain technology. It uses a new consensus algorithm called as Proof of Importance where nodes are allocated an importance score. The higher the importance score the more the probability of the node to harvest the next block.
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BNB is the native currency of the Binance platform. It is ERC 20 standard and can be used to pay trading fees on the Binance exchange.
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The DAO attack resulted in a hard fork of Ethereum. The blockchain was split in two seperate chains. The older chain kept processing newer transactions and came to be known as Ethereum Classic while the newer chain became Ethereum.
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Litecoin was an early hard fork of bitcoin. It was launched by former Google engineer Charlie Lee in 2011. Litecoin was never meant to be BTC’s competitor.
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