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What is Cardano (ADA)?

Cardano records transactions and, later, programs on a chain secured by stake. ADA is the asset. Research-first rollout is a feature to some people and a frustration to others.EasyCryptoGuides · 24 Apr 2020 · 3 min read

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What is Ethereum (ETH)?

Ethereum runs programs (“smart contracts”) that anyone can call if they pay a fee. Ether is native. Most of what a wallet lists is not.EasyCryptoGuides · 24 Apr 2020 · 3 min read

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What is Quant (QNT)?

QNT is the token of Quant Network, the company behind Overledger. The supply was fixed at the 2018 sale, on the order of 14.6 million. Holding QNT does not pay the fee on Ethereum, Bitcoin, or any other ledger Overledger talks to.EasyCryptoGuides · 23 Apr 2020 · 2 min read

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Bitcoin block halving, explained without the countdown clock

The 2020 halving was 11 May. Another happened in 2024. Halvings are how Bitcoin’s issuance slows. They are not a strategy.EasyCryptoGuides · 23 Apr 2020 · 3 min read

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Blockchain.com

3.3The explorer is a public lookup tool. The wallet and exchange are company products. Use the name carefully, enable real two-factor authentication, and do not treat a web login as cold storage.EasyCryptoGuides · 23 Apr 2020

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What is Stellar (XLM)?

Stellar moves payments among accounts that trust issuers called anchors. XLM pays fees and funds the minimum balance. The supply was cut to about 50 billion in 2019. It is not mined.EasyCryptoGuides · 22 Apr 2020 · 5 min read

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What is WINk (WIN)?

WINk sold 49.95 billion WIN on Binance, and the sale results are dated 31 July 2019. The supply is 999 billion. It grew out of a game on TRON. The token is not TRX, and a bet is not a wallet.EasyCryptoGuides · 21 Apr 2020 · 1 min read

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What is Fetch.ai (FET)?

Fetch.ai sold FET on 25 February 2019. The supply figure is 1,152,997,575. In July 2024, AGIX and OCEAN converted into FET. The ticker on this page is still FET.EasyCryptoGuides · 21 Apr 2020 · 1 min read

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Ripple, XRP, and RippleNet — three names, two kinds of thing

XRP can move without Ripple’s permission. Ripple the company still holds a lot of XRP and sells software. Those facts can be true at the same time.EasyCryptoGuides · 21 Apr 2020 · 3 min read

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What is Hedera (HBAR)?

Hedera uses hashgraph, and a council of organisations runs the nodes. HBAR pays the fees. Fifty billion were created at the start. An account number like 0.0.1234 is not an Ethereum address.EasyCryptoGuides · 20 Apr 2020 · 3 min read

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What is Bitcoin Cash (BCH)?

Bitcoin Cash left Bitcoin on 1 August 2017 so blocks could be larger. Holders of keys at that moment had a claim on both. Later splits made BSV and, eventually, eCash. The tickers are not flavours.EasyCryptoGuides · 19 Apr 2020 · 4 min read

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What is Litecoin (LTC)?

Litecoin is a proof-of-work chain Charlie Lee launched from Bitcoin’s code. LTC is the asset. Holding bitcoin did not give you any, and an ordinary send is still a public ledger.EasyCryptoGuides · 18 Apr 2020 · 4 min read