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5 Cities That Let You Buy Real Estate with Bitcoin
Bitcoin is a type of cryptocurrency and it’s also a worldwide payment system. While it’s the first decentralized digital currency, it’s the most popular cryptocurrency up to date. You can use Bitcoins to regulate the generation of unites of currency as well as verify the transfer funds and operating solo of a central bank. Since it's already a global phenomenon, you can actually buy real estate with Bitcoins.
By Greg Bond8 years ago in The Chain
What to Look for in ICO Terms and Conditions
So, you wanna invest in cryptocurrency, eh? You think you know which Initial Coin Offerings to watch and buy, right? Not so fast...
By Riley Raul Reese8 years ago in The Chain
How To Use Smart Contracts for Revenue Sharing. Top Story - March 2018.
Blockchain technology has become one of the most important inventions that has taken the net by storm. This form of a decentralized transaction ledger led to the creation of cryptocurrency—as well as blockchain uses for non-financial problems too.
By Iggy Paulsen8 years ago in The Chain
Cryptocurrency Millionaire?
With the recent cryptocurrency boom still prevalent, many of us have wondered what it would have taken to become a millionaire. Sure, for some of us, this number was actually reachable. We just never thought BTC would have taken off like it did. For others, we didn’t know what cryptocurrency was until it was too late. Regardless, the secret is now out. Is there still a chance to make millions on cryptocurrency? Anything is possible with the right tools, mindset, and strategy. Here are the top five cryptos and what you would have needed to buy in order to become a millionaire.
By Etienne S.8 years ago in The Chain
San Francisco Company Makes Blockchain for Finance, Supply Chain and Cryptocurrencies More Secure, Stable with New Blockchain Solution
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA—As virtual currencies continue gaining in popularity, project managers and CTOs at banks, supply chain companies, as well as cryptocurrency users are quickly learning the benefits of Proof of Stake being more accessible, ecological and practical for real life blockchain proofs of concepts. To help industries adopt blockchain with higher ease, Applicature recently launched the Proof of Stake Consensus Protocol on Ethereum, a leading distributed public blockchain network.
By Nikki Gaskins Campbell8 years ago in The Chain
Pedophiles Break the Bank!
At the start of development, cryptocurrency has been highly misunderstood. In the beginning, many believed it to be a decentralized bank with untraceable transactions.
By JARGUS8 years ago in The Chain
Are Blockchain Forks Safe?
Ever since Ethereum Classic and Bitcoin Cash became buzzwords, people have started to ask about blockchain forks. A fork is a lot like a stock split in many ways—most obviously, that it allows two very similar currencies to evolve side by side.
By Cato Conroy8 years ago in The Chain
What's the Difference Between Ethereum and Ethereum Classic?
Discovering the difference between Ethereum and Ethereum Classic will better allow investors to choose the correct platform for their preferences and needs.
By Kelsey Lange8 years ago in The Chain
How To Buy Your First Cryptocurrency Coins
Cryptocurrency is a digital asset that’s designed to work like a medium of exchange that uses cryptography in order to secure its transactions, control the creation of additional units, and even verify the transfer assets. Digital currencies, alternative currencies, and virtual currencies are just types of cryptocurrencies. They’re also used as decentralized control while opposed to centralized electron money and central banking systems. And it all works through Blockchain, which is a public transaction database that functions just like a distributed ledger.
By Greg Bond8 years ago in The Chain
Top Women in Cryptocurrency You Should Know About. Top Story - February 2018.
Most people who are influencers in the cryptocurrency world are men—or so it seems, anyway. With the struggle to keep women in STEM, it's to be expected that seeing female thought leaders in the cryptocurrency industry will be somewhat uncommon.
By Rowan Marley8 years ago in The Chain
How To Know When to HODL or Sell
If you invest in the stock market, then you probably already know that there are plenty of parallels between the cryptocurrency boom and standard stock trading. With cryptocurrency investing, you can buy currencies, hold on to them, or sell them—just like stocks.
By Riley Raul Reese8 years ago in The Chain
Industries That Are Nailing Blockchain Already. Top Story - February 2018.
From the retail industry to healthcare, each of these industries are catching on to the incredible advancements that blockchain has to offer to our industries as a digital ledger, or record keeper, for transactions. From improving transparency to reducing costs, blockchain will open opportunities to some of the most powerful industries in the world.
By April Demarco8 years ago in The Chain