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How to explain blockchain to your curious uncle

Explaining blockchain related topics can hard. It’s the whole dissemination of complex technology into easily digested bite-sized bits. It takes a bit out of you. On the plus side, when most of your older relatives (like say, an uncle) take you aside during the intermission of a hockey game to ask you to explain blockchain… Read More »How to explain blockchain to your curious uncle

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How to explain blockchain to your curious uncle

Explaining blockchain related topics can hard. It’s the whole dissemination of complex technology into easily digested bite-sized bits. It takes a bit out of you. On the plus side, when most of your older relatives (like say, an uncle) take you aside during the intermission of a hockey game to ask you to explain blockchain… Read More »How to explain blockchain to your curious uncle

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The cryptocurrency guide for the perplexed: Fantom (FTM)

Cryptocurrencies generally have one or more of core three problems. They either don’t scale—meaning transactions take too long to clear—aren’t secure or aren’t decentralized. Security is likely going to be a much larger concern in the future as demand for transactions on blockchains grow, and decentralization has always been a concern. Fantom was built as… Read More »The cryptocurrency guide for the perplexed: Fantom (FTM)

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The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Chainlink (LINK)

Settle in, folks, because we’re talking about Chainlink (LINK) today and it’s going to take a lot of unpacking. First, Chainlink is a decentralized blockchain oracle network built on the Ethereum blockchain. The network is used to transfer data from off-chain sources to on-chain smart contracts, and its creators say it can be used to… Read More »The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Chainlink (LINK)

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The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

Bitcoin Cash is one of Bitcoin’s Bastards—coins that are hard forks or off-shoots of Bitcoin. It was created in 2017 and hasn’t really done much since, except spawn the slightly less useless Bitcoin SV. The principle difference between Bitcoin Cash and its predecessor is that BCH allows larger blocks in its blockchain, which in theory… Read More »The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

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The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Cosmos (ATOM)

I first heard about Cosmos shortly after its launch. It was another Initial Coin Offering (ICO) making grandiose claims about being the future of blockchain.  Typically it’s easy to cut through the hype if you know anything about consensus mechanisms and the prevailing issues surround blockchain technology. Scaling leads the pack here.  Most blockchains you’ll… Read More »The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Cosmos (ATOM)

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The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Cosmos (ATOM)

I first heard about Cosmos shortly after its launch. It was another Initial Coin Offering (ICO) making grandiose claims about being the future of blockchain.  Typically it’s easy to cut through the hype if you know anything about consensus mechanisms and the prevailing issues surround blockchain technology. Scaling leads the pack here.  Most blockchains you’ll… Read More »The Cryptocurrency Guide for the Perplexed: Cosmos (ATOM)

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