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Crypto BasicsWhat is Nexo (NEXO)?
Nexo sold 525 million NEXO at 10 cents and kept the rest of a 1 billion supply. The lending desk opened at the end of April 2018. A dividend is a company payment. A balance inside Nexo is not the token in your wallet.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
Crypto BasicsWhat is Nano (NANO)?
The project was RaiBlocks until 31 January 2018. The whole supply, on the order of 133 million, was already distributed. There is no fee and no further mint. A representative is a vote, not a company that holds the coins.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
Crypto BasicsWhat is OriginTrail (TRAC)?
OriginTrail’s sale hit its cap on 17 January 2018. The supply is 500 million. A bug minted a few thousand extra under the ticker TRACE, and those could not move. The token this page means is the replacement, TRAC.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
Crypto BasicsWhat is Telcoin (TEL)?
Telcoin’s sale opened on 11 December 2017 and the team said it closed on 31 December, at 25 million dollars. The paper set the supply at 100 billion. A phone company is not the token.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readCrypto BasicsWhat is Basic Attention Token (BAT)?
Brave sold 1 billion BAT on 31 May 2017 for 156,250 ETH. The cap is 1.5 billion. The rest was kept for a user pool and for development. BAT is the browser’s token. It is not a share of Brave.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
Crypto BasicsWhat is Aragon (ANT)?
Aragon sold ANT in May 2017 for 275,000 ETH. In November 2023 the association offered ETH for ANT and said it would dissolve. That window closed on 2 November 2024. The project said the token no longer has a role.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readCrypto BasicsWhat is Gnosis (GNO)?
Gnosis sold GNO on 24 April 2017. The supply is fixed at 10 million. About 4 percent was sold. Gnosis Chain is a different network, and its fee is xDAI. GNO on Ethereum is not that fee.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
Crypto BasicsWhat is IOTA?
IOTA mainnet opened on 11 July 2016. The chain created 2,779,530,283,277,761 base units, and markets quote a million of those as one IOTA. There is no fee and no further mint. A foundation node confirmed transactions for years.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min readCrypto BasicsWhat is Theta (THETA)?
Theta’s own chain opened on 15 March 2019. Holders of the Ethereum token were swapped one for one, and received five TFUEL per THETA. TFUEL is the fee. New TFUEL is minted. THETA is not.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
Crypto BasicsWhat is Synthetix (SNX)?
Havven became Synthetix on 30 November 2018. HAV became SNX on the same contract. Locking it minted a synthetic and a share of a debt pool. In 2026 the project retired that staking system. ETH pays the fee.EasyCryptoGuides · · 1 min read
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