New: token-investigationAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917zzansteemhive-183959hive-166405photographyhive-180932hive-185836uncommonlabhive-183397hive-150122hive-101145hive-144064hive-188619bitcoinkrsuccesshive-193637hive-145157lifehive-181136hive-184714hive-109690hive-103599TrendingNewHotLikersheymattsokol (68)in token-investigation • 7 years agoIs DASH Going to Become The World's Most Popular Cryptocurrency? [Token Investigation Pt 45/50]A lot of blockchains claim to be the “Improved Bitcoin,” but DASH might be the best one of them all. source DASH offers all of the usual “blockchain-as-mainstream-currency” features:…heymattsokol (68)in token-investigation • 7 years agoIs Top 10 Token “NEM” the Real Ethereum Killer? — [Token Investigation pt. 44/50]NEM, short for “New Economy Movement,” is a blockchain smart contract platform with one of the best websites in the entire game. Seriously, check it out . I’ve never had a better experience…heymattsokol (68)in token-investigation • 7 years agoThe Surprising Truth About How People Spend Monero [Token Investigation 43/50]Is It All Going Towards Sex & Drugs? 🤔 Monero is the most popular privacy-focused cryptocurrency in the world. As of the time of this writing (Jan 11th, 2018), it is one of only 14…heymattsokol (68)in token-investigation • 7 years agoInvestigating MUSICOIN: This Blockchain Protocol is Trying to Fix Digital Music Monetization. Can They Do It?Musicoin is a music distribution protocol that claims to offer great streaming royalty rates and a ethical approach to music sales. Music is perhaps the most frequently “revolutionized”…heymattsokol (68)in token-investigation • 7 years agoIOTA Is One of the World’s Most Disruptive Cryptocurrencies - Don't Sleep on It! [Token Investigation pt. 42/50]IOTA is a Directed Acrylic Graph (DAG) based cryptocurrency that enables fast, high frequency, no fee transactions. This is designed to facilitate new and improved implementations of Internet of…heymattsokol (68)in token-investigation • 7 years agoBitconnect: Ponzi Scam or Great Investment Opportunity? [Token Investigations pt 41/50]Bitconnect is a company that claims to offer stable investment returns of about 1% per day by matching bitcoin lenders with borrowers. It faces several credible allegations of being a ponzi…heymattsokol (68)in token-investigation • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 40/50: Ethereum ClassicEthereum Classic is the less popular of the two major Ethereum blockchain branches. Following the theft of about $50 million in ETH in 2016, the Ethereum Foundation led a hard fork to return…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 39/50: OmiseGOOmiseGO is an attempt to create a standard payment processing solution for the world, in the form of a decentralized exchange powered by blockchain technology. source: Payment processing is a…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 38/50: QTUMQtum is a Value Transfer Protocol (VTP) blockchain that aims to combine the best features of Bitcoin and Ethereum. source: qtum.org This is the third blockchain in a row that is competing to…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 37/50: LiskLisk is a blockchain that enables people to build decentralized apps and customized tokens, a lot like Ethereum does. source: lisk.io Blockchain applications can do anything that a normal…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 36/50: CardanoCardano is an increasingly popular blockchain project which uses a rigorous scientific process to develop a scalable, secure cryptocurrency. source: This top 50 list is in order based on a…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 35/50: ZCashZCash is an anonymous cryptocurrency that uses zero knowledge proofs to verify transactions while keeping the sender, recipient, and total value secret. Anonymous cryptocurrency is one of the…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 34/50: TetherTether is a cryptocurrency token that is strictly pegged to $1 USD, with each token being backed by a dollar of fiat currency held in reserve. source: tether.io . The Tether token has been…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 33/50: WAVESWaves is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange platform with a full-featured wallet app attached. weird logo, lol The idea is simple enough: Waves is a platform where any business can issue…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 32/50: StratisStratis is a blockchain-as-a-service platform that aims to help companies to more easily build/use private blockchain-based applications. source: stratisplatform.com Today most blockchain…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 31/50: HShare/HCashHShare is trying to become a sidechain service that allows value to be transferred between any two other blockchains… although the details seem confusing. What is HCash? If you look on the…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 30/50: Stellar LumensStellar is a non-profit organization attempting to connect all people, poor or rich, within a single easily accessible financial network. The ‘lumens’ token powers this network. source:…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 29/50: ArkArk is a fast, secure blockchain that claims to use “SmartBridge” technology to connect itself with other major blockchains. It is positioned as the “Google of Blockchains,” (in theory) allowing…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 28/50: BytecoinBytecoin is a blockchain built on CryptoNote such that all transactions are completely private. Transactions in this system are immutable and decentralized but not transparent. It is undeniable…heymattsokol (68)in cryptocurrency • 7 years agoInvestigating the Top 50 Cryptocurrencies, Part 27/50: SteemSteem is a blockchain-based social media platform with a diverse set of front-ends and one of the largest communities in blockchain. I knew that I would eventually get to write the post about…