Anyone who has tried to compare and contrast different crypto assets has likely taken a look at the market cap metric, which was originally made popular by websites like CoinMarketCap.com. While this is often viewed as the key data point to consider when ranking the top crypto assets on the […]
The bitcoin price has been on a wild ride ever since the first coins were made available for trade. Although the price has seen its fair share of ups and downs over the years, the long-term trend has been upward — at least up to this point. But what has […]
Anyone who has heard of bitcoin and other altcoins has probably also heard that decentralization is what makes these crypto assets valuable. With no one in control, these systems are able to operate in a permissionless manner. What does decentralization really mean in the context of bitcoin? What do investors […]
While bitcoin and altcoins have gained a lot of traction over the past year or so, this new technology may still not be ready for the limelight due to the usability issues around properly securing private keys. Private keys are what signify who has control over specific coins on a […]
One of the key buzzwords that is often talked about in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space is “smart contracts”. These digitized contracts are the main talking point of the Ethereum network, and the basic idea is to allow for complex types of transactions that only execute if specific conditions are […]
One of the biggest topics of conversation at the Consensus 2018 conference in New York this week was the concept of stablecoins. Although this particular type of crypto asset has been around for some time, there are a variety of new stablecoin projects expected to hit the market soon. A stablecoin is a crypto asset […]
While it’s true that libertarians were one of the first groups of people to become interested in bitcoin due to the crypto asset’s usefulness as a form of free-market money, there are also plenty of liberty-minded individuals who still prefer physical gold over its digital cousin. Most of the arguments […]
One of the more interesting trends in the altcoin market for almost a year now has been the desire to create offshoots of bitcoin by attempting hard-forking changes to the cryptocurrency’s protocol rules. In the aftermath of the relative success of Bitcoin Cash (Bitcash), we now also have other projects […]
One of the things that has gotten a bit lost in the hysteria around the bitcoin price over the past year or so is why this new technology was created in the first place. Every new altcoin and initial coin offering (ICO) touts features that are supposed to bring investors […]
A few years ago, the mantra recited by major organizations when asked about bitcoin was: “I like blockchain, not bitcoin.” Now, it appears we may be moving in the opposite direction with the bitcoin price up tenfold from the beginning of 2017 and more people understanding the value of open, […]
