Curiosities of the Criptomundo

This post will be to pose certain curiosities that you may not know, starting with the appearance of this world.

Many people have the idea that cryptocurrencies exist since 2017, because it was the year when the outbreak of interest occurred, but they really exist long before, most of the big ones today even exist before 2015; the example that we will use is the firstborn, Bitcoin, who has existed since January 2009.

Some analysts raise the idea that the concept of virtual currency, referring to cryptocurrencies, in fact, exist before, around the 80s and 90s, with the implementation of bonds and digital assets, this opinion is not accepted by the general public , preferring the theory that the concept arises thanks to the current ones.

Returning to Bitcoin, analysts from various platforms, such as CoinDesk or Coinbase, consider that this marked the so-called "First Era", because who was the one who opened the doors to others, exploding in popularity. The "Second Era", brought by the company Ethereum, to develop the methodology of intelligent contracts. Currently it is observing who will star in the "Third Era", because there are several candidates, such as Ripple, IOTA and NEO, depending on their success in the market.

Due to the boom of the market, it was allowed to develop a variety of projects by users around the world, you will be surprised how many virtual currencies exist today.

According to data from CoinMarketCap, there are currently 1500 different virtual currencies registered, highlighting that they are known by the platform, there may be many more.

One of these even arises from a joke on the Internet, gaining strength in the market with the face of a special dog, being DogeCoin. In addition, it has allowed the creation of hundreds of projects to improve the quality of life of people, which we have exposed you in several of our posts.

But cryptocurrencies have not only marked in their own market, they also impacted the world in support of BlockChain technology, causing the next technological revolution, coming to unite their predecessors, such as artificial technology.

Such has been the impact that companies, which are characterized by being closed and not making investments with risks, have decided to rely on virtual currencies and Blockchain, betting that they will be the future of transactions, or at least the pioneers. Among the companies of this type is IBM, Amazon and Google.