Category: Crypto Alphabet
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Types of crypto trading
adminCoins Crypto trading does not have to be as difficult as outsiders perceive it to be neither does it have to … -
How to stay safe from cryptojacking?
adminCoins A new security threat, namely cryptojacking, is born following the explosion of cryptocurrency, Cryptojacking is defined as the unauthorized use … -
Five crypto scams you should be aware of
adminCoins One of the downsides for new investors entering the cryptocurrency market is the increase in the number of scams, frauds, … -
What is a private key?
adminCoins A private key is a sophisticated form of cryptography that allows a user to access his or her cryptocurrency. A … -
What is the difference between Whitepaper and Yellowpaper?
adminCoins Associated with digital currencies and initial coin offerings (ICOs), the “whitepaper” has been around for nearly a century. Now, almost … -
How to keep emotions in check when buying and trading cryptocurrencies?
adminCoins Buying or trading cryptocurrencies can be lots of fun and a potentially rewarding investment, but in order to mitigate risk, … -
What is Decentralized Autonomous Initial Coin Offering (DAICO)?
adminCoins First introduced by Vitalik Buterin, Co-Founder of Ethereum, in January 2018, the concept of a DAICO (Decentralized Autonomous Initial Coin Offering) … -
What is Proof of Elapsed Time (PoET)?
adminCoins PoET, short for “Proof of Elapsed Time” is a Nakamoto-style consensus algorithm. It is designed to be a production-grade protocol … -
What is a decentralized exchange (DEX)?
adminCoins A DEX is a decentralized exchange, and is essentially a new type of pair matching that allows people to place … -
What is Bitcoin (BTC) dominance?
adminCoins Bitcoin (BTC) dominance is the percentage of cryptocurrency’s total market capitalization accounted for by Bitcoin. According to CoinMarketCap, BTC dominance … -
What are sidechains?
adminCoins First, there two concepts that you should understand here: main chain and sidechain (can also be referred to as childchains.). … -
Premine and instamine. What are they?
adminCoins A premine is the process of mining coins by developers or other select individuals prior to the official launch of … -
What is Proof-of-Authority (PoA)?
adminCoins Consensus is the backbone of peer-to-peer digital transactions. Ever since Satoshi Nakamoto created the concept of Bitcoin, he (she? they?) … -
What is the difference between market, limit, and stop orders?
adminCoins If you’ve ever logged onto a cryptocurrency exchange and seen the variety of different orders you can make, you’ve probably … -
Mnemonic phrase and mnemonic passphrase. What are they?
adminCoins According to Wikipedia, a mnemonic device, or memory device, is any learning technique that aids information retention or retrieval (remembering) … -
What is the difference between a database and blockchain?
adminCoins Did you know that a blockchain and database are two different things? Many consider blockchain similar to a database but … -
What is coin burn?
adminCoins Coin burn in cryptocurrencies means sending some of the coins of native cryptocurrency or some other currency to a public … -
Zero confirmation transaction. What is it?
adminCoins Doing business is not easy. Usually two sides, both with an interest in getting as much as possible while losing … -
The economic incentives within cryptocurrency systems
adminCoins Cryptoeconomics refers to the use of cryptography in order to create economic systems. Following the creation of a large number … -
What is a token swap?
adminCoins A token swap, also referred to as token migration, is the transferal of a cryptographic token from one blockchain onto …