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Crypto BasicsWhat is Decred (DCR)?
Decred opened on 8 February 2016. Miners still find blocks. Ticket holders vote on them and on rule changes. The miner’s share of the reward has been voted down twice. There was no public sale.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
Crypto BasicsWhat is Maker (MKR)?
Maker started as a system for minting a dollar token against ether, published in December 2017. MKR votes, and it can be burned or minted. It is not Dai. Since September 2024 it can be converted to SKY.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
Crypto BasicsWhat is Fantom (FTM)?
Fantom Opera opened in December 2019. Chain id 250. Sonic, a separate chain, opened on 18 December 2024. FTM can be upgraded to S one for one. Opera still runs. FTM left there is not S.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
RegulationThe SEC’s Telegram case is about a token sale, not a chat app
About 2.9 billion Grams sold to 171 buyers, including more than a billion to US purchasers, the complaint says — unregistered, with delivery tied to a late-October chain launch. An ICO can be a securities case.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
CompaniesBakkt’s bitcoin futures are an exchange product, not a new bitcoin
Daily and monthly contracts, cleared at ICE Clear US, delivering bitcoin held at Bakkt Trust. CME’s 2017 cash-settled futures are a different wrapper. Institutional plumbing is still a company.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
RegulationFacebook’s Libra taught regulators to write faster
A social network with billions of users proposed a payment token governed in Geneva, backed by bank deposits and short-term government paper. That is a company product aimed at scale. It is not bitcoin.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
SecurityBinance’s 7,000 BTC theft is why SAFU existed
Phishing and malware against users, then one withdrawal that passed existing checks. Roughly $41 million at the day’s print. Bitcoin confirmed a signature. It did not fail.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readRegulationNew York’s Tether order is about a balance sheet, not a peg algorithm
About $850 million stuck at Crypto Capital, then a line of credit on Tether’s cash, the filing says. A dollar token is a company IOU plus whatever sits behind it.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
SecurityWhat is cold storage?
Cold storage means the signing keys stay offline. It is a practice, not a product name, and it does not forgive a bad backup.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
WalletsWhat is a Bitcoin wallet?
The 2019 page compared a wallet to email. That metaphor teaches the wrong lesson. Here is the version we still stand behind.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min read
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