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Crypto Basics

Shiba Inu (SHIB) is a token, not a second Ethereum

The old page described SHIB as if it were a smart-contract platform. It is an ERC-20 token. Later ecosystem pieces (including Shibarium) are extra, not the original fact.EasyCryptoGuides · 12 Dec 2021 · 1 min read

Ethereum

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 · 1 min read

Crypto Basics

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 · 1 min read

Crypto Basics

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 · 1 min read

Review

Coinbase

★★★★☆ Score 3.6 of 5. 3.6A reasonable on-ramp if you enable app-based two-factor authentication, read the freeze/withdrawal rules, and do not leave more on the platform than you would leave with any other private company. It is not a wallet you control.EasyCryptoGuides · 18 Apr 2020

Crypto Basics

Cryptocurrency terminology you will actually meet

Wallet, seed phrase, gas, token, stablecoin, market cap. Plain meanings, plus the traps each word usually hides.EasyCryptoGuides · 11 Feb 2020 · 2 min read

Security

What 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 · 6 Mar 2019 · 1 min read

Wallets

What 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 · 13 Feb 2019 · 1 min read