Submarine Swaps Explained: Pay From Bitcoin Mainnet To Lightning and Back

By now you have probably heard of atomic swaps, a Lightning Network-related technology looking create interoperability between Bitcoin and every other altcoin on the market. Swaps technology is in itself focused on trustlessly exchanging, “swapping” various types of data, in our case cryptocurrency. дальше »

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Antminer Z9 Review – Equihash ASIC Miner

On May 3rd of 2018 Chinese cryptocurrency mining giant Bitmain announced that they are launching Antminer Z9 mini, their very own dedicated Equihash algorithm miner. The announcement tweet said the following: “Pleased to announce the Antminer Z9 mini, an ASIC miner to mine #Equihash-based cryptocurrencies. дальше »

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AirSwap (AST) DEX Review – Beginner’s Guide

AirSwap is a New York and Hong Kong-based decentralized cryptocurrency exchange designed from the ground-up with privacy and security in mind. This new token exchange project is built on Ethereum and aims to provide customers with global, peer-to-peer trading with no intermediaries and zero trading fees (!). дальше »

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Reddcoin (RDD) Price Prediction 2019 – Dreary Prospects for the Fading Project

ReddCoin is a “social currency” that gives holders the ability to reward creators of content on social media platforms like Twitter and Reddit with RDD coins. Volunteer developers are reportedly targeting other high-profile social media sites including Facebook. дальше »

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KIN Price Prediction 2019 – Can Kin Hit $0.10 in This Year?

Token sales have boomed in 2017 and ICOs are becoming an increasingly popular way of fundraising. However, Kik is the first established mainstream company to use this funding model instead of traditional venture capital. дальше »

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Making Your VR World a Reality – Virtual Reality Park Launches ICO

With a huge array of industry sectors embracing Virtual Reality (VR), the day to day applications for VR are becoming more and more widespread. According to Goldman Sachs the capitalisation of the VR industry by 2021 alone will be worth some $300bn – what is needed however is a global platform to deliver VR its […] The post Making Your VR World a Reality – Virtual Reality Park Launches ICO appeared first on CaptainAltcoin. дальше »

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Beware of the “Coinbase effect”: XRP is pumping now but nosedive is inevitable

Largest US crypto brand, Coinbase says XRP is coming to Coinbase Pro. The long-awaited listing will initially come to users in the US (excluding New York), the UK, Canada, Singapore, Australia and supported countries in the European Union. дальше »

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Elastos (ELA) Price Prediction 2019 – What is More Realistic: Going Below $2 or Above $10

Elastos aims to create a new kind of Internet, powered by blockchain technology. It’s a VM (virtual machine) that can be ran on any device increasing security, processing power, fixes holes in the internets general protocols, allows devices to run in C as opposed to java etc. дальше »

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ChainLink (LINK) Price Prediction 2019 – This Could be The Year of The Oracle

ChainLink platform acts as a decentralized Oracle network which allows anyone to become an Oracle, aka a provider of a data feed in exchange for LINK tokens. The ChainLink platform includes certification, validation and reputation services that enforce the integrity of the network’s Oracles. дальше »

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Ontology (ONT) Price Prediction 2019 – Time For ONT To Swoop Into Top 10 Coins

Ontology is a new high-performance, public blockchain-based project which combines a distributed identity system, distributed data exchange, distributed data collaboration, distributed procedure protocols, distributed communities, distributed attestation, and various industry-specific modules to create an infrastructure for a cross-chain, cross-system, cross-industry, cross-application, and cross-device peer-to-peer trust ecosystem. дальше »

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Complete Guide to Mimble Wimble and Grin

Privacy is an issue often talked about in the world of crypto. Most of the currently existing platforms utilize open, public ledgers which offer little in the way of protecting the amounts you send and who you send them to. дальше »

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Bitcoin Price

Live Bitcoin Price Today Bitcoin Buying & Trading Guides Bitcoin Price Chart BTC / USD Bitcoin Price Candlesticks Bitcoin Price Converter 24 Hour Bitcoin Value All About Bitcoin Latest Bitcoin News & Price Updates Bitcoin Price Prediction The post Bitcoin Price appeared first on CaptainAltcoin. дальше »

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Coinbase Pro (Formerly GDAX) Review – Beginner’s Guide

Trading Accounts Account type Minimum deposit Leverage Taker Fee Maker Fee Standard Undisclosed 1:3 Up to 0. 25% 0% GDAX, which stands for Global Digital Asset Exchange, is a trading platform launched by the Coinbase in May of 2016. дальше »

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Best Trading Exchanges – Where do People Trade Crypto These Days

An ability to freely and quickly exchange currencies is one of the most important signs of a healthy, functional economy. Ease of access to various types of currency, near-instant transfer of value and low transaction fees are a must for any experienced currency trader out there. дальше »

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Transferring ERC20 Tokens to a Ledger Nano S

Ledger Nano S is a Bitcoin, Ethereum and Altcoins hardware wallet, based on robust safety features for storing cryptographic assets and securing digital payments. It connects to any computer (USB) and embeds a secure OLED display to double-check and confirm each transaction with a single tap on its side buttons. дальше »

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Complete Review of IDEX: Top Ethereum-based Decentralized Exchange

The year of 2018 is seemingly set to be one dedicated to the emergence of decentralized exchange platforms. Ethereum’s EtherDelta started this new wave of exchanges that are able to provide their services in a way that isn’t tied down to a central identity. дальше »

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Hard Forks vs. Soft Forks: Understanding the Difference

The whole technology behind cryptocurrency can be hard to understand. Just when you think you’ve got them figured out, you hear the terms soft fork and hard fork. Forks are a common phenomenon in computing software and there’s been a lot of discussion of forks lately. дальше »

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MetaMask Guide: How To Use Most Popular Ethereum & ERC20 Tokens Wallet

Ethereum has grown massively since it first left the creative mind of the blockchain genius Vitalik Buterin. Once considered an overrated, complicated platform that will never see commercial adoption, it has since turned into an altcoin with the highest market cap in crypto, second only to the king coin itself. дальше »

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Best Bitcoin Mining Software – 2019 Edition

Cryptocurrency mining is slowly but surely becoming more and more commercial. Once reserved for neckbearded nerds with a passion for Linux, computer science and cryptography, the process is slowly becoming adopted beyond that exclusive world. дальше »

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Coinbase vs Binance Comparison: Is Binance going to render Coinbase obsolete?

If you are about to make your first venture into the world of cryptocurrency, chances are you were directed either towards Coinbase or Binance. While these two are currently the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges out there, they do have some very distinct differences between each other. дальше »

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What are Stablecoins: Types of Stablecoins

There are many reasons that prevent cryptocurrencies from widespread adoption and mainstream use as currency; something that was wanted when they were first introduced. Notorious instability, high fees and rampant scams are just few of them. дальше »

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Best Bitcoin Mining Pools 2019

Mining is a crucial part of any Proof-of-Work protocol and is integral in maintaining the decentralized, secure nature of a blockchain. Bitcoin employs a typical PoW algorithm which has miners maintaining and verifying the network, making sure that the network is secure, democratic, immutable, trustless, and in theory more scalable than the average centralized database. дальше »

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VeChain (VET) Price Prediction 2019 – First Major Blockchain Success Story?

VeChain is Asia-based project that is expanding its IoT and supply chain focused platform through the creation of the VeChain Thor network. VeChain Thor’s goal is to be an enterprise geared blockchain ecosystem focused on governance and ease of use. дальше »

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Zilliqa (ZIL) Price Prediction 2019 – We Should All Root For Zilliqa

A Singapore-based project called Zilliqa is strong contender for tackling the problem of scalability, and has quickly established itself as one of the hottest coins of 2018. Then they went under the radar, mostly due to their own fault and missed deadlines. дальше »

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Icon (ICX) Price Prediction 2019 – Just Respect The Roadmap

The vision of the ICON Project is to introduce the new era of decentralization by redefining the meaning of communities and creating a new world by connecting such communities or to put it in their words: „With ICON, we now enter into a world of true hyperconnectivity“. дальше »

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Verge (XVG) Price Prediction 2019 – Gravitating Towards Zero

Dogecoin Dark was created in September 2014 with the two-pronged goal of maximum anonymity and true decentralization. Almost two years after launching Dogecoin Dark, the team re-branded to Verge with the same privacy and decentralization goals. дальше »

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3 Young and Influential Blockchain Investors

The topic of cryptocurrency does not leave the minds of profit lovers from the moment the first millionaires appeared who made their fortune on bitcoins by mining, shopping or investment. And the more expensive this or that cryptocurrency became, the more people wondered how to make money on it, where to invest and how to […] The post 3 Young and Influential Blockchain Investors appeared first on CaptainAltcoin. дальше »

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Cardano (ADA) Price Prediction for 2019 – All Hopes Pinned on Shelley

Year in Review ADA entered the last year like the rest of the markets, floating in a giant bubble fueled by the biggest bull run seen to date in cryptocurrency. During this time, ADA reached an all time high of $1. дальше »

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Eos (EOS) Price Prediction 2019 – Time To Walk the Walk

Year in Review EOS is a blue chip crypto project that earned the spotlight even in the top shelf mainstream media after its massive ICO. EOS is most serious competitor for the reigning king of dapp platforms, Ethereum. дальше »

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Want A Career In Crypto Industry? Here Are 8 Helpful Tips

Blockchain is not only exciting but also highly lucrative. No wonder so many want to get a job in cryptocurrency. Do you want a career in Crypto Industry? Here are 8 helpful tips to help you get started. дальше »

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Stellar Lumens (XLM) Price Prediction 2019 – Does Stellar Have a Future?

Stellar Lumens is a cryptocurrency platform that focuses on remittance and cross-border payments. Stellar is aiming to be an open financial system that gives people of all income levels access to low-cost financial services. дальше »

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Tron (TRX) Price Prediction 2019 – As Hype Evaporates, Pressure Mounts Up

Year in Retrospect June saw the launch of the TRON mainnet, also known as TRON’s Independence Day. To re-cap, the launch of the TRON mainnet saw TRON move from the Ethereum blockchain, onto its own rival blockchain, bringing with it the launch of an independent TRX token. дальше »

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Prime XBT Review: Is The New Margin Trading Exchange Safe and Legit?

Margin (leverage) trading is an inevitable part of modern crypto landscape. While it is quite difficult to master, individuals will gladly put in work to become good margin traders, as most of them will be motivated by the very lucrative financial rewards that can be reaped as a result of a good margin trade. дальше »

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Protected: Prime XBT Review

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Litecoin (LTC) Price Forecast 2019 – LTC is Slowly Tapering Off

Litecoin was created back on 7th Oct 2011 by Charlie Lee, an ex-Google employee, who quit working in order to focus on Litecoin full time. Charlie is very active on Twitter. You can read his blog here. дальше »

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Do you know what Holochain (HOT), ChainLink (LINK) and Binance Coin (BNB) have in common?

A very unusual combination: three altcoins rarely mentioned in the same sentence. However, there is one thing that is a common denominator for these three coins and that is their resistance to this bear market. дальше »

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Electroneum Price Prediction 2019 – This Year Will Be Even Tougher for ETN

Electroneum (ETN), is a British cryptocurrency that was developed to be used in the mobile gaming and online gambling markets. The name of the company and the currency is derived from “the electron which all cryptocurrencies rely on. дальше »

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No, JP Morgan Coin will not kill Ripple’s XRP, it might actually make it even more relevant

And now J. P. Morgan has become the first US bank to offer its own cryptocurrency, CNBC reported. But this will not be another investment vehicle—at least for now. The cryptocurrency, dubbed “JPM Coin,” is planned to be a stablecoin, utility settlement coin intended for the bank’s wholesale payments business that moves $6 trillion around the world daily. дальше »

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OmiseGo (OMG) hinting at an imminent major update? Is it time for its resurrection?

One of the main reasons why most of the crypto community is having OMG on their radars is because of their work on researching and implementing Plasma. Plasma is a blockchain scaling solution thought up by Lightning Network co-creator Joseph Poon and co-founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin. дальше »

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What is up with VeChain (VET) transaction volume wild swings?

When developing your ecosystem, most important link in the chain are the actual builders ergo developers. VeChain Foundation knows that and that is why they set aside a fund for a new developer bounty for the VeChainThor blockchain. дальше »

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Icon (ICX) is rediscovering itself in 2019

Icon was one of the most hyped projects entering this year with huge expectations pinned to the “korean Ethereum”. The whole year was marked with strong bear grip of the crypto market, squeezing out the joy, motivation but also money out of both altcoin team projects and their supporters. дальше »

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Dogecoin (DOGE) Will Beat the Odds and Survive The Inevitable Pending Altcoin Slaughter

Crypto sceptics are quick to point out absurdness in crypto space. One of the first projects they take aim at when explaining how ludicrous crypto is, is Dogecoin. From their perspective, there is no clear blockchain use case for Dogecoin (DOGE). дальше »

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Why is DigiByte (DGB) expanding their use case: from a payment coin to an asset issuing platform?

DigiByte is known for their lack of business prowess – they have built a solid blockchain, safe and fast but non-existent marketing and lack of presence on bigger crypto exchanges led to the current situation: DGB is well out of the top cryptocurrencies and not talked about too much outside of their community. дальше »

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Coinvenue Review – AI Powered Platform for Crypto Traders

AI trading and machine learning have long been envisioned as the next step forward in evolution of finance.   Right now you can see the AI uprising happening all around you, from your smartphone, over your kitchen appliances, to every other aspect of your life. дальше »

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What is the actual goal of Western Union’s test of Ripple’s xRapid and XRP? Improve efficiency or consolidate dominance?

Western Union is testing Ripple’s technology to improve cross-border payments. That’s what Molly Shea, CEO of WU Asia Pacific, said in a podcast by analyseasia. Since the advent of Bitcoin, the market for international payments has been more competitive than ever before. дальше »

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Why can’t you mine XRP? Is Ripple’s model better than PoW cryptocurrencies?

Ripple and its “as-a-gift-received” cryptocurrency XRP have been beaten with many a stick in the past. Their cult-like following, their scummy marketing strategies, and their phantom partnerships/MoUs with the oh-so-hated-in-crypto banks/traditional finance have been covered far and wide. дальше »

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Tron (TRX) Founder Justin Sun Going Full 12-year Old Child Mode With Another Dig at Vitalik Buterin

Justin Sun appears to have some kind of Ethereum fetish as he keeps comparing his project to the brainchild of Vitalik Buterin. In spite of notorious Ethereum problems with transaction speed and scalability issues, it still dominates the dApp market. дальше »

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Sia Coin (SC) Is Still Alive And Has Some Great News To Report

Last week was officially announced the launch of the Goobox Alpha platform, an encrypted file storage and sharing service based on the decentralized cloud storage network, Sia. The announcement, posted on Sia’s blog, refers to the tool based on two fundamental features: its end-to-end encryption and zero knowledge, which alludes to the privacy of stored […] The post Sia Coin (SC) Is Still Alive And Has Some Great News To Report appeared first on CaptainAltcoin. дальше »

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Ripple and XRP vs. SWIFT: Head to head comparison. Who will come out on top?

With its products xRapid and the XRP token, Ripple wants nothing less than to conquer international payment traffic. CEO Brad Garlinghouse stressed in the past that it was only a matter of time before SWIFT was overtaken. дальше »

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Best cryptocurrency trading tools of 2019

It’s been a rather flat year for cryptocurrency enthusiasts. In the golden days of yore, there was so much volatility that making money trading cryptocurrency was easy. It was so easy in fact that many people were deluded into thinking that they were superb traders when in reality they were just very lucky. дальше »

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