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Understanding Bitcoin’s smallest unit, the Satoshi
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Last week, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) included the word ‘Satoshi. дальше »
2019-10-16 15:13
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3 pivotal Bitcoin figures thought to be Satoshi that you should know about
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. One of today’s greatest technology mysteries is not how Bitcoin works, but who created it. дальше »
2019-8-21 16:42
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Ugh, this is what Bitcoin’s hash rate means and why it matters
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and info to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Earlier this year, Bitcoin was setting records for 12-month price highs. дальше »
2019-8-5 17:00
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What’s a cryptocurrency exit scam and how do I spot one?
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and info to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Google ‘cryptocurrency’ and the likelihood is you’ll see ‘exit scam’ somewhere in the results. дальше »
2019-7-16 16:56
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Here’s why Satoshi Nakamoto set Bitcoin’s supply limit to 21 million
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and info to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. When Satoshi Nakamoto built Bitcoin, design choices were made that effectively limits the number of Bitcoins that will ever exist to (roughly) 21 million. дальше »
2019-7-8 15:42
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Bitcoin wallets aren’t addresses — a secret guide for embarrassed crypto noobs
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. If you own any cryptocurrency, the chances are you’ve had to use an address, or a wallet, or both. дальше »
2019-6-21 15:38
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All you need to know about Bitcoin network nodes
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. The Bitcoin network is often touted as one of the most revolutionary forms of decentralized technology the world has ever seen. дальше »
2019-3-1 15:55
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Ethereum is forking again – here’s what you need to know
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. The Ethereum community is today getting ready for two upgrades to its blockchain, following various security-related delays. дальше »
2019-2-28 18:15
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The differences between cryptocurrencies, virtual, and digital currencies
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Rife with complex terminology, the world of cryptocurrency can be daunting at the best of times, but things got even more confusing last week when JPMorgan announced the launch of its own coin, which many argued was a digital currency – possibly a stablecoin – but most definitely not a cryptocurrency. дальше »
2019-2-19 12:14
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You ought to understand Bitcoin’s Proof-of-Work after reading this
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Despite the word blockchain being fired around with Gatling gun-like fervor, not all blockchains are created equal. дальше »
2019-2-4 19:55
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Here’s what you need to know about security token offerings (STOs)
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. It might seem like the initial coin offering (ICO) boom is over, but there have been whispers of a new kid on the block. дальше »
2019-2-1 16:16
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People are obsessed with buying coffee with cryptocurrency – here’s why
We’ve all heard the trope cryptocurrencers use to push their utopian dream on us; having the ability to buy your morning coffee with Bitcoin or some other cryptocurrency. But I’ve been wondering where this incessant need to “caffeinate by cryptocurrency” came from? Is it really a good thing? I don’t even drink coffee, so what am I supposed to buy every morning with my cryptocurrency? Why is everyone so keen on buying coffee with cryptocurrency? Hard Fork asked some leading industry names to get the skinny latte on this obnoxious meme that won’t go away. дальше »
2019-1-31 19:00
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The Bitcoin Halvening is happening – here’s what you need to know
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Something major is happening to Bitcoin in 480 days – the Halvening. дальше »
2019-1-30 20:15
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Understanding blockchain is way easier if you think of it as an onion
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. In previous Hard Fork basics articles we’ve mentioned something called “blockchain layers. дальше »
2019-1-24 15:01
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Here’s an explainer about soft forks you’ll actually understand
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. If you’ve been following cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology in recent months, you will have come across a lot of debate about ‘forks’. дальше »
2019-1-23 12:59
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An introduction to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency mining pools
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. When Satoshi Nakamoto published the Bitcoin whitepaper, the concept of mining was pretty simple. дальше »
2019-1-16 14:02
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A super simple guide to using cryptocurrency anonymously
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Cryptocurrency and anonymity is becoming an ever more contentious issue. дальше »
2019-1-11 16:45
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There’s more to Bitcoin maximalism than meets the eye
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. If you’ve been in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency game for any longer than a month, you’ve probably come across someone who has described themselves as a “Bitcoin maximalist. дальше »
2019-1-8 16:30
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Three types of cryptocurrency tokens explained as quickly as possible
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Considering there are well over 2,000 cryptocurrencies on today’s market, the average blockchain investor faces being veritably overwhelmed by choice. дальше »
2018-11-19 19:32
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Scaling Bitcoin: A beginner’s guide to the Lightning Network
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. The Lightning Network is getting so big that its capacity has recently surpassed the $1. дальше »
2018-11-19 18:39
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Blockchain hard forks explained as quickly as possible
Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Cryptocurrency forks are as inevitable as death and taxes. дальше »
2018-11-16 18:31
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