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- Cryptocurrencies have become one of the hottest trends
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Bitcoin (BTC)
- Invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto (or not)
- Bitcoin is limited to 21 million coins
- Major commercial companies both offline & online accept Bitcoin currency. Including Overstock, Microsoft, Dell, Holiday Inn and more
- Very low fees or no fees with Bitcoin transactions
- Bitcoins are held within digital wallets. Lose the wallet. Lose the bitcoins
Etherium (ETH)
- Was founded in 2014 by Vitalik Buterin (real person)
- Name originated from the name of a race in World of Warcraft
- Second most popular after Bitcoin
- Increased by 5000% within 2017
- Not a Cryptocurrency – Provides an open source blockchain platform
- In addition to currency, developers can use the blockchain for other purposes
- Revert centralized services to decentralized services
- Banks have a close relationship with Ehtarium
Ripple (XRP)
- Run by OpenCoin, Ripple is a distributed open-source payments platform
- Ripple is basically a payment platform designed to connect different payment systems together using XRP as their currency
- Ripple takes a small fraction of XRP from each transaction
- There is no P2P mining, all mining is done by Ripple
- Although technically rivals, Bitcoin transactions can be conducted using the Ripple platform
Litecoin (LTC)
- Launched 2011 by Google creator Charles Lee
- Intended to be an improvement to Bitcoin
- Faster block generation rate based on a distinct mining algorithm
- Claim to offer 4 times faster confirmation time than Bitcoin and more secure
- Bitcoin is Gold. Litecoin is Silver. LTC will never surpass Bitcoin, but it will continue to grow alongside it
Monero (XMR)
- Launched April 2014
- Offers better anonymity by using stealth addresses and ‘ring signatures’
- Monero uses can select who has access to their transactions
- No transaction trail ,meaning vendors can’t deny transaction based on poor history
- Enjoys a steady adoption rate upon release
Zcash (ZEC)
- Launched in 2016 in an attempt to create greater privacy
- Zcash doesn’t reveal the participants or amounts involved in the transaction. Only the fact the transaction took place
- Disables transaction history, meaning vendors can’t refuse transactions
- No reason for coin blacklisting
- 10% of the Zcash mined will go to the Zcash shareholders
Dash
- Launched January 2014
- Began with the Bitcoin blockchain, but ventured out to create their own
- Considers themselves a digital currency with no physical form
- Created “PrivateSend” which mixes the transactions with other transcations making it harder to trace
- Masternode- users who have 1000 or more Dash which offers them higher mining rewards and faster transaction times
- 45% of the mining rewards go to miners, 45% to ‘masternodes’, 10 back into Dash