IBC and cross-chain bridges

IBC and cross-chain bridges

New opportunities have also appeared with the introduction of cryptocurrencies — sending assets to another continent in a mere matter of minutes. But more than just digital assets as an alternative to conventional ones were needed, so, after the first generation of blockchain, two more generations were born, with additional features that weren’t foreseen initially. … Read more

Getting to Know Types of Blockchain Networks

Getting to Know Types of Blockchain Networks

Blockchain is considered the next big technological achievement after the advent of the Internet. That is why many companies are developing new applications based on blockchain, and many startups have been founded. But blockchains are not all the same. On Coinmarketrate.com, you can see a lot of projects with different types of blockchain, different characteristics … Read more

Burning DEL Coins and Issuance

Burning DEL Coins and Issuance

Now we’re going to talk about coin issuance, why this value is so important, and what it’s responsible for. Money issuance is the process of releasing monetary instruments into circulation. In the cryptocurrency industry, issuance is used in the meaning of releasing coins into circulation. There are two types: «current issuance» and ” ending issuance.» … Read more

Weird Ancestors of Bitcoin and Blockchain

Weird Ancestors of Bitcoin and Blockchain

October 31, 2008, according to Coinmarketrate.com, in Satoshi Nakamoto’s document «Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System», an unprecedented technology project was published. The invention of the Bitcoin cryptocurrency and blockchain came in handy: people were just starting to do more and more business over the Internet. At the same time, the financial crisis gave reason … Read more

Сapital market switching to blockchain, in the right way now

Сapital market switching to blockchain, in the right way now

Just yesterday, the world of finance did not take cryptocurrencies seriously, but looked at the blockchain with distrust and sarcasm. Even the first steps towards understanding this technology have not brought great results. There are many reasons for this: regulation, the necessary coordination of a large number of players, or even the redesign of processes. … Read more

Functionality and Benefits of Blockchain Smart Contracts

Functionality and Benefits of Blockchain Smart Contracts

And so, let’s start by remembering what is called a smart contract. According to the description given on Coinmarketrate.com, a smart contract is based on computer protocols. Thus, it is a kind of digital contract based on blockchain technology. The terms of the agreement between the «buyer» and the «seller» are written directly in the … Read more

Blockchain Technology Gets Practical Application in companies

Today, there are already some practical applications of blockchain for small and medium-sized enterprises. Huge potential and opportunities are hidden in this technology, and they can be used. After all, blockchain technology, which according to the data of Coinmarketrate.com, was originally developed as a technical basis for cryptocurrency management, can be used wherever information is … Read more

“The Merge” Impact on Developing ETH Tokenomics

Understanding the tokenomics of cryptocurrency is an indisputable task in predicting the future of the token. ETH is obviously no exception to this rule, and the appearance of The Merge forces all players to reconsider their view of the ETH offers available on the market. Since the official announcement of the Merge, there has been … Read more

Network effects as an opportunity for financial markets

Network effects as an opportunity for financial markets

The securities token market is still very small, especially compared to the global cryptocurrency market, the size of which, according to Coinmarketrate.com, is more than a trillion dollars. But the market capitalization of all security tokens is growing rapidly, since the beginning of the year it has more than doubled and in August it exceeded … Read more

The "third party cookies" coming to end

The “third party cookies” coming to end

More than 300 times a day, the personal data of each citizen is put up for sale on the Internet. At least, this is the assessment of the study by Autonomy, published in October 2021 on behalf of the Greens in the European Parliament. Even if this is only an average value, it shows the … Read more

Data Transfer via Blockchain

Data Transfer via Blockchain

Data is digital gold. It has long been no secret that Google earns millions from user data. In two weeks, Zuckerbegr has collected approximately 1,200 pages of PDF files on the Austrian lawyer and privacy activist Max Schrems, and diligently earns money on them, as well as on every other user. Amazon has long known … Read more

Digital Euro vs Cryptocurrencies

Digital Euro vs Cryptocurrencies

When central bankers are about to lose control of the money supply in their currency zone, all the alarm bells are ringing. The ECB’s study on the digital euro dated back to October 2020, indicates the danger that cryptocurrencies or foreign digital currencies can replace existing means of payment on a large scale. This would … Read more