#Altcoin Explorer News

Altcoin Explorer: ICON, the Network of Blockchain Networks

May 7, 2020 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Altcoin Explorer

Since the idea of blockchain emerged as a result of the increasing popularity of cryptocurrency projects, several industry players have tried to deploy the technology in different use cases. The decade that has followed has seen blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) being applied to multiple sectors of the global...

Altcoin Explorer: Ontology, the Enterprise-Grade Blockchain to Protect Data and System

April 21, 2020 by Edoardo Vecchio at Altcoin Explorer

Ontology is a new generation public blockchain project and a collaborative platform based on distributed trust. Built by the parent company of NEO, OnChain, Ontology focuses on solving issues related to identity security and data integrity. Ontology was built to allow companies of any size and sector to be able...

Altcoin Explorer: Meet IOSToken, the Scalable and Secure Blockchain App Platform

April 7, 2020 by alexk at Altcoin Explorer

The Internet of Services (IOST) launched its project during one of the most difficult times for the market, the beginning of the 2018 crypto winter. Despite this, IOST was able to fulfill its promises by gaining traction on the market and creating a product that delivers up to 100,000 TPS...

Altcoin Explorer: BitTorrent Token (BTT)

March 31, 2020 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoin Explorer, Altcoins

BitTorrent, the first Binance Launchpad IEO, was issued to power the BitTorrent Speed network with a variety of use cases for the token listed in the whitepaper and subsequent analyses. But as pointed out by eminent crypto VC, Barry Dilbert, most utility tokens act as friction tokens that slow down efficiency...

Pundi X Payment Platform Adds Support for Decentralized Stablecoin DAI

Altcoin Explorer: Maker, the Central Bank for the Decentralized Finance Ecosystem

March 24, 2020 by alexk at Altcoin Explorer

MakerDAO is a peer-to-contract platform enabling over-collateralized loans by locking ether in a smart contract and minting Dai, a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. MKR is the governance token of the MakerDAO organization enabling its holders to vote on the project’s future. What is Maker? Maker is one of...

Altcoin Explorer: Dash, the Digital Payments Cryptocurrency, Part 2

March 17, 2020 by Edoardo Vecchio at Altcoin Explorer

In the first part, we reviewed the history of Dash and analyzed its governance model. In this article, we will see some use cases of Dash, what the future of this cryptocurrency holds for us as well as some of its weaknesses. The Venezuelan Case Although it is still included...

Altcoin Explorer: Dash, the Digital Payments Cryptocurrency

March 10, 2020 by Edoardo Vecchio at Altcoin Explorer

Dash is a fork of Bitcoin born in 2014 that aims to improve its scalability and privacy. Dash is the abbreviation for Digital Cash, in fact, the goal of the project is precisely to become the most widely used form of digital payment in the world. Putting Privacy First Back...

Altcoin Explorer: Tether, The World’s First ‘Successful’ Stablecoin

March 3, 2020 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoin Explorer

Over the course of 2010 to 2016, Bitcoin blossomed from being a cypherpunk thought experiment to an unprecedented economic phenomenon. Despite being one of the most economic experiments in nearly a century, it is plagued by volatility due to its nascency as a market. Many stablecoins, pegged to the dollar,...

Altcoin Explorer: Golem, the Decentralized Supercomputer – Part 2

February 25, 2020 by Edoardo Vecchio at Altcoin Explorer

In part 1, we analyzed the operation of the Golem Network through the Application Registry and the Transaction Framework together with the use of the GNT token. In this second piece, we examine the progress achieved by the project and try to understand the opportunities and difficulties it might encounter...

Altcoin Explorer: Golem, the Decentralized Supercomputer – Part 1

February 19, 2020 by Edoardo Vecchio at Altcoin Explorer

Golem, a project born in late 2016, aims to combine the computing powers of several computers into a single network. It envisages the creation of a global supercomputer in which everyone can contribute by providing space and computing power in return for a reward in GNT tokens. The Global Supercomputer...

Altcoin Explorer: Kyber Network, the On-Chain Liquidity Protocol Leading the DeFi Sector

February 12, 2020 by Edoardo Vecchio at Altcoin Explorer

Kyber Network is an on-chain liquidity protocol that powers decentralized applications, from exchanges and funds to lending protocols and payments wallets. In recent months Kyber has experienced tremendous growth due to the development of decentralized finance and has managed to establish itself as one of the reference protocols for this...

IOTA (MIOTA) Launches Experimental Crypto Wallet Dubbed 'Spark'

Altcoin Explorer: Using Social Incentives for a Sustainable Ecosystem on IOTA – Part 2

November 15, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoin Explorer

In part 1, we through the network design and criticisms of IOTA owing to their in-house cryptographic implementations. Most of the positives of the network shine through in the tokenomic framework and an overview of the protocol, November 15, 2019. Tokenomics and Business Development IOTA is a fully issued cryptocurrency...

Altcoin Explorer: Building for the Future with IOTA – Part 1

November 11, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Altcoin Explorer

When it comes to crypto, constant debates about fees, hash power, and finding the right mix of efficiency and decentralization are inescapable. In this context, IOTA is a revelation as it eliminates the concepts of network hash power and transaction fees. A targetted goal of creating a mutually beneficial value...

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