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What is Zcash (ZEC)?

Zcash lets you send in the open or in a shielded pool. The cap is 21 million ZEC. Since the 2024 halving the subsidy is 1.5625 ZEC, and a slice of that is kept for grants and a fund, not paid to the miner.EasyCryptoGuides · 27 Apr 2020 · 3 min read

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What is Chainlink (LINK)?

LINK is the asset of the Chainlink network. Blockchains cannot see a market price on their own. Chainlink’s operators fetch it and sign it. LINK pays them. A wrong feed is still possible.EasyCryptoGuides · 26 Apr 2020 · 4 min read

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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 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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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