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What is Monero (XMR)?

Monero is private unless you go out of your way. Ring signatures, stealth addresses, and hidden amounts are the design. The subsidy settled at 0.6 XMR a block in 2022 and does not go to zero.EasyCryptoGuides · 25 Apr 2020 · 3 min read

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What is Mimblewimble Coin (MWC)?

Mimblewimble Coin mainnet opened on 11 November 2019. Genesis created 10 million MWC, and the project’s table caps the supply at 20 million. It is a fork of Grin. It is not Beam, and it is not Monero.EasyCryptoGuides · 24 Apr 2020 · 1 min read

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What is Beldex (BDX)?

Beldex is its own chain. Payments are private by default. Trading opened in June 2019. The project describes a supply on the order of 9.9 billion. A messenger app is not the coin.EasyCryptoGuides · 24 Apr 2020 · 1 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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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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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

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What is Dogecoin (DOGE)?

Dogecoin is its own chain, started as a joke and still mined with Scrypt. Since 2015 each block mints 10,000 DOGE, and there is no halving. An address that starts with D is not a Litecoin address.EasyCryptoGuides · 17 Apr 2020 · 2 min read

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What is TRON (TRX)?

TRON is a delegated-proof-of-stake ledger. TRX is the native coin. Most of the dollars people send on it are USDT, a token the chain does not issue. A T address is not an Ethereum address.EasyCryptoGuides · 16 Apr 2020 · 3 min read

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