Category: Ethereum guides

Other cryptocurrencies can reach higher speeds, but have other cons. The time and effort spent on the mining of one coin can also affect its popularity among investors. While we’re talking about two whales of the cryptocurrency market (Bitcoin and Et…

Transparency and resistance to manipulations are key to building confidence and trust among the participants. While Bitcoin paved the way for cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology, Ethereum was the one that first showed everyone the true pot…

Understanding Ethereum 4 Min Read What Is Gas Gas is essential to the Ethereum network, quite literally the fuel that allows it to operate. Gas refers to the unit that measures the amount of computational effort required to execute specific operation…

Ethereum, introduced by Vitalik Buterin has drawn a lot of attention from the crypto enthusiasts, for securing the second position with the largest market capitalization. Ethereum, as a platform, enables dozens of cryptocurrencies to exist, without h…

The new Ethereum was a hard fork from the original software intended to protect against further malware attacks. As of September 2019, Ethereum was the second-largest virtual currency on the market, behind only Bitcoin. It is much faster to acquire e…

The transactions are also priced differently on the two networks. In Ethereum, transactions are called ‘Gas,’ which essentially powers every operation on the network. This means that to make any changes to the Blockchain the user is required to spend…

Izabella Kaminska, the editor of FT Alphaville, pointed out in 2017 that criminals were using Ethereum to run Ponzi schemes and other forms of investment fraud. The article was based on a paper from the University of Cagliari, which placed the number…

These days, smart contracts are mainly associated with cryptocurrencies. Moreover, it is fair to say that one could not exist without the other, and vice versa, as decentralized cryptocurrency protocols are essentially smart contracts with decentrali…

A relatively new altcoin, Vertcoin uses a Lyra2RE proof-of-work algorithm to validate transactions. Designed to be ASIC resistant, it uses a Vertcoin team issued one-click miner. It is compatible with graphical user interface (GUI) miner that simplif…