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What is Chainlink?
The Chainlink network was launched in June 2017 by the for-profit company SmartContract. Chainlink is decentralized oracle network of nodes that provides data and information from off-blockchain sources to on-blockchain smart contracts via “oracles”. LINK tokens are the digital a...
What is Bitcoin Cash?
Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency created in August 2017, as a result from a Bitcoin fork. Bitcoin Cash increased the size of blocks, allowing more transactions to be processed and improving scalability. What is the difference between Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash? The differ...
What is Dogecoin?
Dogecoin (DOGE) is an open-source cryptocurrency. Created as a joke of a meme with the image of a Shiba Inu dog on its logo, Dogecoin was launched for the first time in December 2013.It is rapidly gaining popularity due to its remarkable features. Dogecoin uses a scrypt algorithm...
What is Litecoin?
Litecoin is the third largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin and Ripple. It was originally conceived by Charlie Lee in 2011.LTC was founded to prioritize transaction speed, and that has already proven as an advantage as it has grown in popularity. In other words, one main differenc...
What is Ethereum?
Ethereum was first proposed in 2014 by developer Vitalik Buterin. It is a blockchain-based, decentralized software platform used for its cryptocurrency (ether) like Bitcoin. But while Bitcoin is used primarily as a store of value, the idea behind Ethereum is to decentralize other...
What is Bitcoin?
Bitcoin, launched in 2009, was the first of a new kind of asset called cryptocurrency - it is a type of money that is completely virtual. What does that mean? It is a decentralized form of digital cash that eliminates the need for traditional intermediaries like banks and governm...