Ethereum
What is Ethereum Staking And How Do You Stake Your ETH?

What is Ethereum Staking And How Do You Stake Your ETH?

February 13, 2020 Ethereum 2

Ethereum is switching to Proof of Stake some time this or next year (with all the delays, hard to set a date). The Casper protocol has been formalized, the specification is complete, and now the implementation phase can begin. Depending on how long ...

How to Buy Ethereum in 2020 | Buy ETH With Credit Card, Cash or Wire

How to Buy Ethereum in 2020 | Buy ETH With Credit Card, Cash or Wire

January 31, 2020 Ethereum

Ethereum (Ether) was invented by Vitalik Buterin in 2013 and it quickly surpassed the market cap of all other cryptocurrencies - except for Bitcoin. The price of 1 ETH was less than $10 at the start of 2017.  Since this time, ...

How To Send Ethereum From A Ledger Nano S

How To Send Ethereum From A Ledger Nano S

March 13, 2019 Ethereum

Ledger Nano S is a Bitcoin, Ethereum and Altcoin hardware wallet which has been around for quite some time now. Robust safety features for storing and securing cryptographic assets make it an excellent choice for a holder and a trader alike. It can ...

What is Ethereum Beacon Chain?

What is Ethereum Beacon Chain?

March 12, 2019 Ethereum 1

After the peaks and highs brought by the ICO craze/Bitcoin mooning during 2017, Ethereum has been going through a transitional year in 2018. While the faltering market has surely been one reason for Ethereum’s stagnation, the technological aspect ...

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

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

February 24, 2019 Ethereum

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 ...

Ethereum Tokens: the 5 most used ERC standards

Ethereum Tokens: the 5 most used ERC standards

October 10, 2018 Ethereum

The Ethereum blockchain, launched in 2014, is widely known for its smart contracts, contracts that are self-executing according to defined parameters. In order to make these smart contracts work as well as possible and to allow them to communicate ...

Zk-SNARKs explained – introduction to privacy protocol

Zk-SNARKs explained – introduction to privacy protocol

September 6, 2018 Blockchain

Blockchain world currently struggles with a privacy issue. While there is a lot of hubbub about cryptocurrencies bringing “unrivaled safety” when it comes to protecting your personal transaction data, this isn’t exactly true. Blockchain is, by its ...

What are ERC-20 Tokens and What Do They Mean for Ethereum?

What are ERC-20 Tokens and What Do They Mean for Ethereum?

February 13, 2018 Ethereum

Launched in 2014 by a band of coders and an upstart teenager, Ethereum wants to create an ecosystem where everything works together seamlessly as part of its vision for a 'world computer' – and that includes the tokens required to power it. ...

The difference between Ethereum Classic (ETC) and Ethereum (ETH)

The difference between Ethereum Classic (ETC) and Ethereum (ETH)

January 12, 2018 Ethereum

In the recent time there have been so many new investors into the cryptocurrency world. It shows that the fear of missing out is on. But any beginner, after entering the digital currency market, will ask a question: What is the difference between ...

What Is the Difference between Ethereum and Ether?

What Is the Difference between Ethereum and Ether?

January 11, 2018 Ethereum

Ethereum and Ether are terms that are often used in the same context. However, they are two completely different things and there are actually a number of differences that are imperative to be aware of. In this post, I'll try to help individuals ...

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