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The term "currency trading" can represent different things. In terms of Digital currency, trading involves the buying and selling of coins on an exchange. We can also trade these coins with other account holders such as our family and friends via the secure wallets provided by each Crypto currency. These articles, on the other hand will discuss currency trading as buying and selling currency using online exchange with the intention to profit and gain capital. These articles are provided for general information only and to help you gain a better perspective by sharing what we have learned. A digital coin exchange rate is the rate at which one coin can be exchanged for another. It is always quoted in pairs like the ADA/BTC. Similar to the currency we use everyday, the Euro and the US Dollar rates fluctuate based on economic factors like inflation, industrial production and geopolitical events. These factors will influence whether you buy or sell a currency pair. When trading with digital currency, Bitcoin and Ethereum are used to trade depending on the exchange used with many more to follow such as NEO, COSS to name a few.

The ADA/BTC (Ada / Bitcoin ) rate represents the current price of a single Ada coin and the Amount of Bitcoin required to purchase. Depending on the exchange used we either trade using Bitcoin or Ethereum which are purchased prior and deposited into the exchange of our choice. We have recommended a few reliable and secure exchanges on our website to get you started and will update you with more in the near future as we build Cryptonix A great website used by most of the community is www.coinmarketcap.com. They provide valuable information about the Crypto currency market, giving us statistics on over 1000+ Crypto currencies including details on their current price, circulation, market cap as well as other key information to help place yourself in a better position before investing. If you believe a particular coin will increase in value, a purchase can be made with either Bitcoin or Ethereum. Each exchange has a minimum buy amount ranging from £2-15. If the value for a coin rises, you can simply decide to sell your coins making a profit or keep them for long term. If not trading and deciding to invest for the long term, withdraw coins to a wallet for security and store keys etc safely. More explained on wallets in terms of storage in other topics. Please keep in mind that Digital currency trading involves a high risk, so please take your time and to learn markets, services etc

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What is currency / coin trading?

How trading works

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Finally, it cannot be stressed enough that trading in an exchange carries a high level of risk, and may not be suitable for everyone. Before deciding to trade you should carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite. Remember, you could sustain a loss of some or all of your initial investment, which means that you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. If you have any doubts, we recommend that you seek advice from an independent financial advisor. Starting with smaller amounts is wise which allows you to build experience and develop a better understanding, gaining a better perspective. With time you begin to develop an eye and will spot patterns more easily. With Digital Currency we have to remember most of the information we are researching to determine the investment is found online due to the lack of coverage from the main stream media and in return can be time consuming.

Lately, currencies have been on a roller coaster ride with record breaking highs and lows. The world of Digital Currencies is dominating news headlines; but what does it mean, and more importantly, what do you need to know before you get on board? First of all, it's important that you understand that trading the Crypto Exchange market involves a high degree of risk, similar to forex. Including the risk of losing money. Any investment whether it be forex or Digital should only involve capital you can afford to lose. You may have noticed that the value of coins goes up and down every day. What most people don't realize is that there are exchange markets where you can potentially profit from the movement of these currencies. Some people decide to buy and hold a coin for long term if the have a higher price in mind whilst others make a living from the small price swings which classes them as day or short term traders. One of the great things about trading currencies now is that you no longer have to be a big money manager to trade this market; traders and investors like you and i can trade safely.

Key points to know before you trade or buy

Important: Beware of the risks involved

What is a an Exchange?

Short term & Long term investments

Investing short term so you aim to profit within a few months to a year as the value rises. Potentially using the profits to invest back in with higher capital. Advantages of short terms will require more time to be committed watching markets etc and selling when prices are high followed by buying back again when prices lower Long term involves more initial research, instead were buying with the intention to hold for a few years before selling as we like to benefit from the maximum potential an investment has to offer. Bear in mind the time you spend researching will help you decide if an investment is for the long or short term. You are in control so it’s wise to sell when prices are high regardless of long or short term.

Investment portfolio preparation

Remember investing is not to be rushed allowing our emotions to dictate our actions. Keeping a clear mind is essential. An ounce of prevention is worth more then a pound of cure, so take your time writing out a plan for how much you can afford, how it will be divided etc. Spread your investment over different coins and over time to benefit from small price dips here and there

In currency trading, traders often use technical language that can be intimidating when you're just starting out. Market caps, Supply etc. As you familiarize yourself with the language, you'll find that your understanding as whole will improve. Bear in mind when analyzing graphs and trends we refer back to experience gained through forex trading. We can break it down into two basic steps for now To develop a strategy, investors use a variety of tools and techniques. Some perform technical Analysis by using Charts to study the market. This technique assumes that past market movements will help predict future activity. The effectiveness of Technical Analysis makes it a very popular trading technique. Or we can use Fundamental Analysis for a trading strategy, following the effects of economic, social and political events on prices. Reading specialized News can help keep you in touch with the community to find out how events might affect currency prices. Combining both techniques along with various others allows you to cover the market from most angles improving chances of a profit.

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There are risks involved with Crypto currency as the technology is still in its Early days. Keep in mind the Forex exchange for trading currencies and commodities we use every day has a market cap of over 2 Trillion dollars. With Bitcoins only at around 500 Billion their is still allot of room for growth. As mentioned different countries will adopt the technology for a variety of uses and at different rates due to the simple fact each country is experiencing different levels of growth. So as some countries set to temporarily ban Crypto Currency we can expect the price to be effected. However by putting in the time and effort to research opposed to taking some ones words for it and finding out for yourself we can be make more accurate decisions and at the same time be assured that such events are not for certain and only for short periods .

Every trader makes mistakes, so it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with a trading environment before you invest your money. To improve your trading skills, try trading with only small amount and rest assured as time progresses so will your knowledge.

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Justify your investment by carrying out research into the community via social media pages, forums and perhaps joining to share you own thoughts and ask a few of questions of your own after all it is your money invested into the project giving you the right to inquire. Analyze the market your investing in to see if their is room to grow, any similar products and how competitors are performing if any. Will your investment actually solve an issue in a realistic manner. Many projects are slightly too ambitious making your risks higher however rewards equally higher too. Some links below which you will find usefull and worth sharing: www.bitcointalk.org / www.reddit.com / www.youtube.com / www.coinmarketcap.com / www.steem.com

- Low market cap means projects have much more room to grow - Higher market caps are likely more popular so returns could be less however safer. - Investments which will solve real world problems are worth keeping an eye on - ICO - Initial coin offerings are when projects are still crowd funding. Another tip worth sharing is how dates such as Announcements, New year, End of tax years, Holidays and so on around the globe can influence prices as traders cash out to spend their earnings allowing a good opportunity for others to invest. For example the Chinese new year commonly known for dropping prices significantly as well as other key dates through out the year. Investing can be time consuming however rest assured as time goes the rewards will be greater and is really that simple. We receive how much we put in. Similar to anything else in life we invest our time or energy in, all of which needs practice and most of all patience.

When trying to understand the value of a coin we look at few things. Some listed: - Market cap -Total supply - Circulating supply Also the community, market etc mentioned in previous topics. The reason Bitcoins price is estimated to reach high numbers is due to its overall supply of 21 Million. No more can be made meaning as time goes eventually the supply will decrease as demand increases raising the value. The market cap is calculated based on the last price a coin was sold for multiplied by its supply and can be misleading and should not be used alone when investing. So if the total number of coins for example = 5 and were bought at $1 the market cap will be $5. If someone was to sell a coin for $2 the market cap becomes $10 now. So we must use different figures and data when trying to decide if an investment is right and if the time to buy is right buy determining if the price is accurate first before calculating if their is room to grow and so on. As well as social media etc if for example the investment your planning to get into seems high. Researching will allow you to see if the price is due to natural growth or attention otherwise known as ‘Hype’ which in this day and age can be fueled by a famous person mentioning a coins name increasing it’s awareness and over all price. However if a price is raised by hype we can expect it to settle down after. Still profitable however serious investors are after project development.

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SMA - Simple Moving Average

Important Dates and Key points

Understand current value of an investment

Moving averages are without a doubt the most popular trading tools and indicators What is a 'Simple Moving Average - SMA' and learned on Forex mainly. A simple moving average (SMA) is an arithmetic moving average calculated by adding the closing price of the security for a number of time periods and then dividing this total by the number of time periods. 9 or 10 period: Very popular and extremely fast moving. Often used as a directional filter (more later) 21 period: Medium-term and the most accurate moving average. Good when it comes to riding trends 50 period: Long-term moving average and best suited for identifying the longer term direction The above refers to number of days from the current day when looking at a chart for a particular coin to try to determine the movement. Bear in mind these tips have been acquired though trading with forex where trends are more predictable and can be followed easier.

As mentioned in previous topics, Crypto Currency is new and growing with many new projects and at the same time not enough main stream media coverage as marketing essentially is becoming ore competitive. Finding patterns will not be as easy. Predicting the price movement for now is a challenge even for the most experienced investors in Crypto Currency. It simply means it’s up to us to find the information were after our selves via the web, networking, events, socializing and applying it with our experience or knowledge to the market being invested in to decide how much and how long to invest for. Set stop losses, Buy Orders. Take a look at Discover page to learn more tips.

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We have online wallets and offline wallets allowing us to send, receive and monitor currency. Visit the wallets and tutorials page to purchase your wallet, setup and learn about storage. Get yours today. Each coin has it’s own secure wallet which can be found on their main website and is advised to use if buying for long term as this keeps you in full control. If trading it’s easier to store on the exchange and simply to transfer offline when not trading for safety reasons. A wallets is basically an I.D consisting of random numbers and letters. Each wallet has it’s own login page supplied by the providers main website unless a desktop version is available. The Wallet also provides the user with a Password otherwise known as a key which consists of numbers 1-9 and letters A-Z. The password or key is roughly 0-64 values long including both numbers and letters. Each one is unique and should be stored safely. The code should not be shared with anyone you don’t know or left stored on any devices connected to the Internet The wallet I.D allow us to deposit into the wallet and the password will be required each time we try to access the wallet. Remember to keep your wallet I.D and Key very safe. if you loose these we will loose access. A paper wallet is safe and used by millions. This is where we write down or print the key manually entering when need be. Advantages of storing your key on paper makes it almost impossible to be compromised During the course of 2018 we will see many new products available on the market allowing us to store multiple coins under one wallet for convenience increasing the overall usability of such currencies. We also have USB devices specifically created to store multiple coins as most wallets will only hold their own coins. The Nano Ledger is one of a few products allowing us to store more the one coin offline on USB safely. Please visit our page on wallets explaining more on storage and security.

Withdrawals and VAT?

Simply withdraw funds back to the wallet where funds where deposited from such as Coinbase. When you decide to withdraw funds and convert your currency to USD / GBP / EUR / JPY / CHF / RUB etc we are likely to owe VAT on the amount. Which will be either regular Vat or CGT (Corporate Gains Tax) Each Tax, Vat law varies with countries. In U.K trading maybe classed as speculative such as gambling, day trading or investing. All of which require different Vat levels. The HMRC in U.K assesses each individual case. Please look into regulations for your area. Visit HMRC page on Crypto currency here.

-Easy, straight forward. Most popular -Purchase using debit or credit card -No minimum requirements to buy -Coinbase is a broker and takes a fee -Fees charged when buying, selling and transferring -Has it’s own secure online wallet -used my millions of users around the world -Can buy up to 4 Digital currencies at the moment -Can be transferred to exchanges from here

-No fees, Directly buying from buyers. -Purchase using Credit / Debit card, Cash plus more -Minimum buy requirements depending on the seller -How Bitcoin was intended to be sold and purchased -More risk involved so research sellers -Buying from verified sellers with good feedback etc -Has it’s own secure online wallet -used my millions of users around the world -Can be transferred to exchanges from here

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Similar to trading any other commodity using forex exchanges brokers etc. crypto currency trading refers to the purchasing and selling of various currencies available. Many people are day traders and take advantage of the daily price swings essentially earning a living from day trading instead of investing for a long term gain. Their are many avenues to generating an income by simply trading. Create an account at one of the reliable and safe crypto currency brokers, listed on our website. We can also purchase goods using crypto currency. Big stores in the U.S like Target, Walmart, Nike accept this electronic money. Additionally, plenty of online stores take Bitcoins for their products and services as well as the businesses listed below and the number is only growing as this is typed. If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch via our facebook page

A good question asked, Is whether it’s legal to buy and make use of crypto currencies? When it comes to the legality every government has their own regulations to Bitcoin. Different countries deal with it differently. For instance, in the early months of 2017, Japan made Bitcoin a legal payment method and was the first country to legalize its use. Keep in mind countries are all at different stages of their economic and overall development which simply means whilst it may not suit a particular Nation now the future is still open as as once right infrastructure is in place such as in developing nations it will allow the technology to be used more easily This move can influence other nations. Additionally, Russian officials are taking measures to adopt Bitcoin as a legal payment method. Crypto currency is not regulated by a central bank, the price is based on its supply and demand, similar to the price of gold or any other currency

Bitcoin is the world's first truly decentralized digital currency It was implemented in early 2009 and has since become a wide spread crypto currency with an almost 500 billion dollar market cap and constantly growing.

Bitcoin is a digital or virtual currency which has many uses making it very attractive to both investors and users. From paying for goods as well as services. It works on a technology called Block chain. More about Block chain technology to be added soon. There are a wide range of crypto currencies in the market, such as Bitcoin Ethereum, Dash, Litecoin, etc. Bitcoin is a digital currency which can be used everyday and is available to use online. Block chain at the same time opens many doors for other services to incorporate block chain into their business. From decentralizing storage, improving user experience and much more

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Tron is very interesting and complex block chain based decentralized protocol which aims to construct a world wide free content entertainment center. This will give creators full control over their content. A decentralized version of the online media we use today. Tron has 3 tokens called Tronix(TRX) which can be traded with and is required to access their system to buy and sell content. Tron Power where holders of Tron commit to having theirs coins held in exchange for Tron Power. This also gives holders voting rights as well as other privileges towards the Tron ecosystem. The Tron 20 token is interesting since it allows content creators to issue their own tokens. This will solve high fees creators currently play for images, video etc content online, censorship and more. Released - September 2017 Trading Name - TRX Author - Justin Sun

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Cardano is a platform used for running the Ada Crytocurrency and smart contracts. Led by co founder of Bitshares, Ethereum and Ethereum classic. Run on a proof of stake algorithm which makes it very cost efficient compared to other block chain platforms. Ada Crypto currency operates on its own blockchain called Cardano settlement layer CSL. CSL is the accounting and transaction layer. A second layer called Cardano Computation Layer CCL will support smart contracts and decentralised apps. Offers fast transaction, speeds, reliablity and quantum resistance computing. More advanced then other coins however in the development stages yet. Released - September 2017 Trading Name - ADA Author - IOHK Input Outut Hong Kong - Block chain development firm

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Tether is issued on the Bitcoin block chain through the omni layer protocol. Tether has one dollar backed for every tether coin in a reserve. It is tied to the U.S Dollar and so remains at the same value as a Dollar. Used by many traders and investors to hold funds temporarily through market fluctuations keeping their value, investing back into the market at lower rates. Tether has had allot of attention for the wrong reason due to various claims. Similar coins to Tether are available. Released - July 2014 Trading Name - USDT Author - Brock Pierce - Santa Monica based startup company

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Iota is a platform which doesn't use miners or blocks. Based of a mathematical concept, DAG Directed Acylic Graph, called a Tangle. Due to growth of the internet of things (IOT) a micro payment system has been demanded by users. Bitcoin was set to take this place however must solve it’s issues with fees plus how miners and users are required in order to function. The tangle eliminates all of this. Tanlge has no transaction fees and the more it use used the faster it becomes making it great for scaling. User can store data on the Tangle as well as transfer value without fees. Quantum resistant and in it's early stage of development. As the Internet of things increase we can expect such projects to gain attention. Released - 2015 Trading Name - USDT Author - David Sontesbo, Dominik Schiener, Serguei Popov and Sergey Ivancheglo - Berlin based IOTA foundation

IOTA

Vechain is a comany using smart chips on a block chain platform focusing on supply management, fiancial services and smart contracts. First coin to partner with the Chinese government. It has partnered with companies in logistics, agriculture, luxury good, foods / drugs and more. Also working on creating their own block chain instead of using the Ethereum block chain. Vechain has a second token called VeThor Token otherwise known as the Thor token. Thor token is used to pay for applications and transactions on the block chain, used by companies etc. Their smart chip and block chain relationship allows complete tracking of goods. The smart chip records environment details, geographic position and much more. A company with many established partners already. Released - June 2015 Trading Name - VET Author - Vechain team led by Sunny Lu - Started in Singapore

VeChain

EOS is a block chain platform which for decentralized applications DAPPS. The idea for EOS is to basically provide best of best of both worlds. The security of Bitcoin and suport of Ethereum. Aims for a Decentralized operating system supporting industrial scale applications focusing on removing transaction fees and introduce millions of transactions per second. They will also offer many other services such as user authentication, cloud storage, and server hosting Released - July 2017 Trading Name - EOS Author - Developed by a private company - Block One

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Zcash is a crypto currency aimed at providing more privacy compared to other coins using the cryptography protocol. Payments on the block chain are publicly recorded however users have an optional privacy feature so users can conceal information on transactions such as senders address, amount etc. A selective disclosure option is available which can be used for auditing reasons. It has a fixed supply similar to Bitcoin of 21 million. Released - October 2016 Trading Name - ZEC Author - Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn

Zcash

Lisk is open source crypto currency on a decentralized platform. Allows developers especially with java script experience to build, share and manage applications on it’s network. It uses a side chain created for DAPPS developed and in return the network will not effect the main chain. It’s plan is to solve scalability issues some coins are experiencing. Lisk uses a DPoS (Delegated-Proof-of-Stake) algorithm first used in the development of the exchange platform Bitshares. Currently in development stage. Released - May 2016 Trading Name - LSK Author - Max Kordek & Oliver Beddows - Switzerland

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Icon is building one of the largest decentralized networks in the world where anyone can connect to any block chain. These block chains can interact with each other via smart contracts The plan is in the future where each community can connect to a block chain building a single ecosystem where users share services from financial, security, insurance, health care, educational, commerce and much more. They will essentially transact on a single network. An ambitious plan to unlock the full potential of block chain as well as providing real world use. Released - September 2017 Trading Name - ICX Author - Dayli Financial Group - Korean Fintech company from ICON Foundation - Switzerland

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QTUM aim to to create a public block chain with an open source code, using technology from Bitcoin and Ehtereum. It aims to provide the same use as Bitcoin however with also smart contracts and Decentralized applications DAPP. Think of Ethereum smart contracts on a block chain system similar to Bitcoin. Due to using similar technology however slightly more advanced it also benefit from an upgrades to Bitcoin and Ethereum such as the lightning network which will reduce fees, transactions per second increasing overall efficiency. QTUM is an opponent of Ethereum. Released - March 2017 Trading Name - QTUM Author - Patrick Dai - Singapore

QTUM

Bitcoin is the first decentralized digital crypto currency with it’s own payment system. Bitcoins are sent from user to user on the peer-to-peer network directly, without the need for 3rd party involvement. These transactions are verified by network nodes via cryptography and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain. Bitcoin was invented by an unknown person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto and was released as an open-source software Released - January 2009 Trading Name - BTC Author - Satoshi Nakamoto

Bitcoin

Ethereum is an open source decentralized platform which runs smart contract applications. The applications work exactly as programmed with no downtime, censorship, fraud or any 3rd party interference. Works on the proof of work POW algorithm. Similar coins are Waves, Neo, Cardano to list a few competitors. Fastest growing developer community. Alliances with companies like Microsoft and Intel to name a few. Released - July 2015 Trading Name - ETH Author - Vitalik Buterin - Development funded by online crowd sale

Ethereum

Ripple is a real time gross settlement system RTGS, currrency exchange and remittance network the runs on Ripple. Also called the Ripple Transaction Protocol RTXP or Ripple Protocol, XRP is being supplied to banks to assist with cross borders transactions. Near instant transaction times, settlement infrastructure used by banks, They have significant corporate backing and a large team. Used by UBS, UniCredit and Santander . Founders of ripple control more then 60% of XRP. Similar coins are Stellar Lumens. Released - 2012 Trading Name - XRP Authors - Arthur Britto, David Schwartz, Ryan Fugger

Ripple

Litecoin is a peer to peer internet currency that allows instant and almost zero fee transactions to anyone around the world. Currently has faster transaction times then Bitcoin and can handle more transactions. it also has more coins in circulation. It is open source and not manage by any authority. Litecoin is similar to Bitcoin. Increasing development, The founder of Coinbase left his role to join Litecoin. Released - October 2011 Trading Name - LTC Authors - Charlie Lee

Litecoin

NEM is the first Private and Public block chain combination and a popular Japanese block chain. Written in Jave. Unique Proof of importance algorithm POI. Allowing users to send payments and messages securely world wide. Built in Reputation system. Recognized by some banks in Japan. Scalable, number of transactions 3000+ and almost zero fees 0.01%. Similar coins are Stellar Lumens, Ripple and Dash. Released - March 2015 Trading Name - XEM Authors - Unknown, Started on Bitcoin talk forum by a member named Utopian Future.

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Dash in an open source Peer to Peer Internet crypto currency that offers instant transactions and private transactions as wells as fungible tokens. It is a fork of the Bitcoin software. Self funded and self governed structure. The name Dash is considered short for Digital cash. Low transaction fees and almost instant. Released - January 2014 Trading Name - DASH Authors - Evan Duffield

Dash

Ethereum Classic is the original ethereum block chain. Creation of smart contracts and custom tokens. It is however much cheaper. Provided untampered history since its an older. This was due to a hard fork after an incident of missing Ether tokens. To resolve the issue the tokens to be returned to the rightful owners and security issue had to be addressed. A fork was created, more updated called Ethereum. Renaming the previous version Ethereum Classic. This preserves the records etc and integrity. Released - July 2015 Trading Name - ETC Authors - Ethereum Community

Ethereum Classic

Stellar Lumens is a platform which connects bank payments systems with people. Instant payments as well as customizable payment infrastructure. An open source protocol supported by the non profit stellar foundation. In 2014 founder of Mt Gox and co founder of Ripple launched the network system Stellar. No mining available as majority of coins are held by developers. Released - July 2014 Trading Name - XLM Authors - Jed McCleb, Joyce Kim

Stellar Lumens

Neo is block chain platform an cryptocurrency designed to build a scalable network of decentralized applications. Based in China, KYC compliant with ties to many major exchanges. Allows the creation of smart contacts and custom tokens. Considered to the Chinas version of Ethereum. Similar to Ethereum. Can achieve up to 10000 transactions Released -Feb 2014 Trading Name - NEO Authors - Da Hongfei - through his development company Onchain

NEO

Monero is an open source currency which is focusing on privacy and, decentralization. It runs on Windows, MacOS, Android, Linus, iOS and FreeBSD. Based of the Proof of work POW algorithm. Monero is fungible, meaning it is interchangeable and can be substituted for another Monero. Different from other public ledger crypto currencies like Bitcoin where users can refuse to accept coins from other users due to their activity, Released - April 2014 Trading Name - XMR Author - Nicolas van Saberhagen

Monero

What Are Crypto Currencies

The Internet was missing a digital payments system which was cost effective and efficient in keeping up with the increasing development of digital content. An algorithm was created using cryptography to provide a way to govern digital assets. When we visit a website, digital certificates verify each site with encryptions which is similar to how crypto currencies work. Crypto currencies are digital assets which provide many benefits. They can be used for transferring and verifying of assets, securing financial transaction plus control the creation of additional units. Digital currencies using cryptography were created and tested since the 1980s and were centralized. Bitcoin was the first decentralized currency. The term Alt Coins can be used to describe the alternative crypto currencies. With Bitcoin all transactions are available to the public however owners cannot be identified since only the public keys otherwise known as your addresses are visible. We have alternative currencies in development which provide more anonymous transactions to take place such as Monero, Zcash and Dash to name a few.

Crypto currencies provide a decentralized control compared to the centralized infrastructure. Using a decentralized platform simply means there is no central control or authority as the operational and other requirements are distributed over all of its participants giving no single person, group etc control as well as increasing over all security since no central location is present. The data gathered whether it be from transactions, purchases are placed on a block chain which is a list of records called blocks linked using cryptography. Once on the block the data cannot be modified as more blocks are placed in front. A block chain provides security as well as accessibility without the need for a trusted 3rd party or server since it’s all carried out automatically. Each block typically contains a link to the previous block, Time stamp and transaction data. Miners play the role of validating transactions creating blocks, time stamping all of which are carried out automatically using mining equipment. Miners compete to solve equations and are rewarded with the currency mined as an incentive to keep mining and provide processing power for the network. Different mining equipment is available depending on the currency mined. Read our page on mining for more information Different algorithms have been developed. These define how a currency works and also provide different uses for the technology. Knowing these helps decide when investing Crypto currencies are stored on digital wallets. Each wallet has a unique private and public key. The public key is used to receive where the private key is used to access you wallet and should be kept secure. Visit our wallets page for more information.

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ICOs-Initial coin offerings is a way of funding for crypto currencies which is carried out via crowd funding with private funding now also becoming popular due to the demand. These are considered as early investors. Investors receive tokens in exchange. Some ICOs have minimum buy requirements and accept Bitcoin and Ethereum mostly. A popular way for companies to raise capital without going through regulatory frame work such as banks, governments. At the same time it makes ICOs very risky and many are considered to be Fraudulent. Generally investors who buy during an ICO stage receive a coin for much cheaper as a reward for being early investors and so when the coins become available on an exchange to be traded publicly early investors are likely to sell as soon as tokens are made public for immediate profits buying more once prices lower or not at all. Understanding the market is important.

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Types Of Networks Decentralized Distributed Centralized

A Decentralized Network is where trades, transactions occur directly between users (peer-to-peer) without the need for a 3rd party to manage. The network is run by many nodes (people) spread around where allowing anyone to join.Bitcoin is an example, a decentralised system meaning not one single entity has full control, no central point. Users are in control, transactions can occurs at any time or day. Transactions verified using the PoW Algorith to maintain integrity. Information is available publicly anywhere at anytime. more secure. Read more on the topic crypto above.

Similar to how we have been keeping records, accounts throughout history, from paper used today, Papyrus to clay tablets a ledger takes this to the next level. A Ledger is simply a record of accounts also know today as a database. Cryptocurrencies run on 3 main types of networks, centralised, decentralised and distributed ledgers.

worth mentioning how cryptocurrencies can experience a form of centralisation, especially during a projects early years of developement as less users are on a network allowing few to gain majority holdings followed by more control, however the understanding is with time as demand increases, number of users etc we see more adoption this will distribute stakes more evenely leaving less room for centralization as well as other concerns

Centralized systems are what we use today. A Network where the administrative duties are carried out by a 3rd party or central organisation. For example our medical, financial, academic information are all stored on centralised databases. Giving the organisation complete control. When we make a payment online a 3rd party such as a bank must verify transactions as well as manage data. Restricts who can make changes and access. Decentralised systems aim to elminate this through algorithms, reducing costs increasing security and more.

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Distributed systems are where transactions, contracts or information is stored in a decntralized way across different locations and people without requiring a central authority. Each Node, participant keeps a record and information is is stored on permenant database. Decentrlized and distributed ledgers are harder to hack or attack since all the copies have to be attacked silmutanously to work, Less central control, overall easier to access plus more. This system can help manage our legal documents, licenses and more effeciently.

Used by Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero, Litecoin, Zcash and many other crypto currencies. Proof of work is a function or protocol which requires computational work to provide proof of work in order to validate transactions and operations. Users provide proof or validation by calculating many hashing operations to receive with the requested services. The process only takes a few seconds. Please read our mining page for more information on how it all fits together. Created in 1993 by Cynthia Dwork and Moni Naor to prevent network attacks from Spam and DoS (Denial of Service) by requiring proof from the CPU. Developed further in 1997 by Adam Back so users are now required to solve Hashing equations for proof.

PoW - Proof Of Work

Used by NXT, Peercoin, Ethereum is on its way to becoming PoS. Proof of stake is where miners can validate blocks depending on how many coins they hold which simply means they receive more mining power. Proof of stake is more secure since with proof of work it’s possible for miner to gain 51% share of computational power and perform an attack on the system, with proof of stake someone would have to hold over 51% of total coins which is unlikely to happen. Coins have to be locked into a deposit to participate in the operational requirements. Proof of stake also is cheaper in running costs. Less electricity and Computer hardware. With PoW users have to use their CPU / GPU power to mine and solve hashing equations which consumes electricity and resources. With PoS miners validate blocks depending on amounts they own reducing running costs significantly. Created 2012, By Sunny King & Scott Nadal.

PoS - Proof Of Stake

Used and Developed by NEO coin. Delegated Byzantine fault tolerance - dBFT dBFT is proposed as an alternative to PoS and PoW. A block chain ecosystem is made of multiple users, node or applications. Since there is no central authority transactions need to be approved and verified accurately and timely. The dBFT algorithm has two types of operators or nodes in its block chain. Users who buy and trade are known as ordinary nodes and consensus nodes or bookkeepers who take part in block validation and voting similar to miners in Bitcoin. To become a consensus node you require a dedicated internet connection and certain amount of GAS, Neo’s utility token which powers the network. Bookkeeping nodes are selected through a delegated voting process. During each verification process one of the node operators is randomly selected to display its version of the block chain. If 2/3 of the remaining nodes agree transactions are approved.

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Different Types Of Crypto Currencies

These are tokens or coins which provide users with access to services and products. Since the total coins supply is limited the value is likely to appreciate over time if the project deliver as promised and succeeds. Some companies might give the impression they are utility coins however are really investments and so will be considered as securities.

Security tokens or coins describe any asset that can be traded. Coins backed by precious metal, real estate and so on. When money involved is for investment purposes it is classed a security.

Equity tokens are part of securities. What makes Equity different is the token represents ownership of company assets, debt or stock. Ethereum based smart contracts are a good example which allow start up to easily issue stocks or equity tokens via the smart contract

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How Crypto Currencies Function & Operate

Different types of rules and problem solving operations are used which make the currencies available unique from one another. Also known as algorithms, briefly explained below. They define how a currency or platform works. Algorithms are essentially automated and control networks with minimal human interaction. Each one has their advantages and disadvantages. Remember miners replace bank clerks and any 3rd party service where accustomed to and are essential to networks running smoothly. These algorithms decide how miners function, their role and the overall operation of a system.

What Is Cryptocurrency & Blockchain

Cryptocurrencies introduce a new and much needed level of security to our way of lives, an inevitable path. The technology will benefit many industries inlcuding the financial, logistic, academic, Information, Security plus much more. As you read through my site you will learn how this technology can and will be applied to current systems and infrastructure to make them more effecient, safe and able to keep up with the times. Cryptocurrencies are a digital cash designed to be quicker, cheaper and more reliable than our current standards. Instead of trusting a 3rd party / government to create your money, manage storage and transactions. With crypto users transact directly with each other as well as manage their own finances.Since a Middle man isn't required anymore transactions tend to be very affordable and quick.The term 'Ledger' is used which simply means a database. Learn more about Blockchain on the mining page Cryptocurrencies use the blockchain technology to store all sorts of information from transactions, balances etc Access to these databases are available to anyone from anywhere at anytime. We use public keys instead of personal details so anyone viewing the public ledger will not have acces to any personal details. Overall providing accessablity for auditing purposes and security at the same time, since all the information is recorded on a blockchain and cannot be altered in future. Transactions are secure, permenant and transparent. Creats a trustless system since the authentication is carried out autonomously over a network.

Blockchain is technology for creating permanent, secure digital recordings that don’t rely on any single person or group. Blockchains can record any information, though the first example was created to record bitcoin transactions. There are hundreds of blockchains created by many groups to records all sorts of information including art, medical records, computer information and much more. However we must not confuse a blockchain with a centralised database where all the records are stored and managed by one group. With blockchain the network requirements are distributed and so a single person or group has no majority control or access. A smart contract mixes blockchain technology with contracts to make a more efficient and affordable system of doing business. In a smart contract, two people doing business agree to a trade of good in exchange for money. if the requirements set by both parties of the contract are met it activates delivering what was agreed on. If the requirements are not met, the contract deactivates. Similar to when we visit a website a digital certificate beside the website domain verifies the website usually with a green sheild or tick, this is a form of cryptography, Encrypting information. This method in a way has been further developed and applied to currencies.

PoA - Proof Of Authority

Delivering comparatively fast transactions through a consensus mechanism which verifies transactions based on identity compared to mining used in PoW. A Simple algorithm to grasp, remember using PoW transactions are verified by miners which can be econmically demanding as well as vulnurable to attack if any miner gains a 51% majority. With PoA-based networks, transactions and blocks are validated by approved accounts, also known as validators.An automated process which doesn't require constant monitoring. It, however, does require a person to maintian their computer. With PoA, individuals earn the right to become validators, so there is an incentive to retain a position gained. By attaching a reputation to identity. This is considered more robust than PoS Proof Of Stake where transactions are verified depending on stakes or how many coins/tokens held.Meanwhile, PoW requires an enormous amount of computing power, which in itself lowers incentive. PoA however tends to lean towards being more centralised over time.

DAGs

DAGs are a form of consensus that doesn’t use the blockchain data structure and handles transactions. Theoretically infinite transactions per second, however DAGs have strengths and weaknesses just like any other consensus algorithm.

Tangle

Tangle is the DAG consensus algorithm used by Iota. Essentially a string of individual transactions that are linked to each other and stored through a decentralized network of node participants. Tangle does not usr miners, users of the network function as the miners themselves by carrying out small computational Proofs of Work (PoW) for each transaction. Scalability is a challenge many cryptocurrencies face and tangle aims to solve this. Transactions are faster and the number of individual transactions that the system can process simultaneously is unlimitedThe IOTA Tangle uses the Winternitz signature which is a hash-based cryptography. Tangle is designed to be scalable operating on the idea where more people who use IOTA and Tangle, the more transactions are referenced, confirmed. This also means that as more people use it, the confirmation rates and timings improve, Tangle does not use blocks, not requiring addresses etc to be kept in the right order. meanining all transactions can be stored on multiple devices, various locations, different orders and even seperated or mixed together..

SPECTRE: Serialization of Proof-of-work Events: Confirming Transactions via Recursive Elections, better known as SPECTRE, is a proposed Bitcoin scaling solution that utilizes a combination of PoW and DAGs to reach scalable consensus. In SPECTRE, the blocks are mined pointing to multiple parents, not just one, so the network could potentially handle multiple blocks per second. Mining a block pointing to some parent blocks supports those blocks validity.

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Hashgraph: Hashgraph is a gossip-protocol consensus developed by Leemon Baird. Nodes share their known transactions with other nodes at random so eventually all the transactions are gossiped around to all of the nodes. Hashgraph is really fast (250,000+ transactions per second) but isn’t resistant to Sybil attacks.

Block-lattice: Nano (formerly Raiblocks) runs with a twist on the blockchain called a Block-lattice. The Block-lattice is a structure where every user (address) gets their own chain that only they can write to, and everyone holds a copy of all of the chains. Block-lattice is very simple and open to unique attack vectors

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Algorithm An algorithm is a sequence of instruction put in place to perform a task or solve a problem Air Drop A process by where coins a distributed freely on a first come first serve basis, encouraging use and awareness Alt Coin An Alt coin is an alternative crypto currency also known as an alternative coin. With over 1000s to select from Bear Trap When investors try to profit from the price moving down Causing temporary quick price drops catching others out Breaking Breaking is the process by which you expose a system information which is hidden and secure by infiltrating Bot Bot is short for ‘Robot’ which is simply a computer program that automates the investing process of an asset for you Bull Trap When investors try to profit from the price moving up and Cause a temporary quick price jump catching others out Consensus When majority agree on a similar thing we reach a consensus. The general agreement or understanding Cold Storage Cold storage is simply digital data stored away from any connection to the Internet, computer or any network Cryptojacking Is when someones computer has been used without their permission to secretly mine cryptocurrency Cryptography Cryptography is the process of protecting information and making it unreadable thus protecting the data Centralized Centralized is when a system or organization is controlled by once person or a group of people, a company, Group Capital Capital in economics is when you have anything of value which strengthens your position towards making more wealth DApp DApp is a decentralized software applications running on a network of computers which are public Double Spending Double spending is a form of deceit where someone tries to spend the same token twice, Creating identical transactions DEX Is a decentralized exchange. This where users trade and exchange directly without any 3rd party involvement Digital Signature Is a certificate based of a digital I.D. Using cryptography to authenticate document contents and senders I.D Decentralized Decentralized is when a system or activities of an organization are controlled by distributing across away from central point Dip A dip is caused when a crypto currency, stock or asset drops in price Escrow When a 3rd party is involved in a transaction or trade and holds valuable whether money or goods to reduce any risks Exchange An algorithm is a sequence of instruction put in place to perform a task or solve a problem Encryption A secure and efficient process by where information is made unreadable and hidden ERC-20 ERC-20 is when a crypto has been built using the technology behind Ethereum as it’s foundation Equity Token Equity token is when an investor own a digital asset which gives them percentage of ownership into the company Fork A fork is similar to an update. A fork is when the blockchain splits into two path. A hard for when two seperate coins emerge Fiat Currency was introduced as an alternative to commodity & representative money. Government issued, backed by trust and promises .

OTC - Over The Counter OTC is When a trade takes place in person similar to an ATM or payment machine not on an exchange. Hash Rate Hash or Hash power is measure in h/s. It is the speed at which a computer is completing an operation Hyper Ledger Started by the linux foundation and is working towards expanding, advancing cross industry blockchain use. HODL HODL which is short for ‘HOLD’ which in this term mean Hold On For Dear Life. Investors who hold and never sell. KYC KYC also known as Know Your Customer is a customer authentication process required for financial organization Limit Order A limit order is when an order is placed to purchase or sell an asset when it reaches a particular price, normally for profit Leverage Leverage gives us more trading value using margins. Simply put it’s when we use borrowed money to purchase an asset. Margin Trading This is when we use money borrowed from the trading platform to add more value to our investment, leveraging from it. Masternode Someone who has a high stake in a cryptocurrency giving them privileges of holding a full copy of the blockchain. Acts like a server Market Capitalization Market cap is how much of a market an asset has. Used to calculate it’s value. Multiply total number of coins x recent price Peer To Peer When resources or files are shared between two computers directly on a network without a 3rd party server in between. Pump & Dump Is when an asset is illegally manipulated inflating the price in order to sell to others and dump. Road Map When an organization sets out it goals and targets in chronological order for everyone to view. It’s long term plans etc ROI Return on investment is when we calculate the percentage of return from an investment, comparing to the price payed Shorting When a 3rd party is involved in a transaction or trade and holds valuable whether money or goods to reduce any risks Soft Cap When raising money through an ICO soft caps are set to make sure a minimum amount is raised otherwise will not go ahead Utility Token Utility token is a digital investment, where an investor as special access to a product or service Token A digital way to represent value, services or a product. We have 3 types, security, equity, utility tokens. Volume The amount or quantity of an asset purchased between a period of time. We have buy and sell volumes. Wallet A digital wallet is simply a software connected to a blockchain allowing users to send, receive and store currency Whitepaper A document which explains a companies goals, targets etc used as marketing to convince investors of it’s business model Whitelist The opposite of blacklisting, users are given privileges, rewards A list of participants who maybe joined early or trust worthy. Zero Confirmation When a transaction has not been recorded on a blockchain and the, for example a seller delivering what was sold without payment Lightning Network Using Bitcoins technology lightning network aims to provide almost instant transaction time as well as low fees ICO - Initial Coin Offering An ICO is when a coin allows the public to invest offering only a limited amount of coin for a limited time. Open Source Open source is when a particular technology is made available for everyone to share, adjust and contribute. Hence the name

A smart contract uses block chain technology with contracts to improve the efficiency of doing business. Allows credible transactions to be carried out without the needing a 3rd party. Which will effect how many businesses operate from accountants solicitors, lawyers, merchants any one dealing with invoices, contracts etc You can use smart contracts for different situations ranging from financial derivatives to insurance premiums, credit enforcement, breach contracts, property law, legal processes, crowd funding, financial services, plus much more. Remember block chain is distributed amongst many individuals where as if it’s controlled or distributed over a small group usually and organization it’s regarded as a database. Read through the topics, simplified for you to figure out how it all works. Not much to it and simply a matter of familiarizing with. Ethereum is similar to blockchain however works differently. Ethereum a distributed blockchain network. Bitcoin Uses an element of blockchain to carry out peer to peer electronic currency transactions which can be tracked, recorded etc Ethereum on the other hands focusing on being an open source software platform based on blockchain. Ethereum a blockchain based decentralized platform where decentralized applications DApps can be built. Allowing developers to build anything they want which will change the way we see Apps in future. A smart contract simply works when to people wish to carry out a transaction. Specific requirements are set in place by the people interacting. It executes the task once specific conditions are met. The contracts cannot be altered once set, going onto a record which can be accessed from anywhere at any time. Perfect for security. For example, lets say Cryptonix offers a course online where payment is required in exchange, using smart contracts to carry out the process. Payment is made in cryptocurrency. The contract agreement is for me to deliver the course in order to receive payment. Payment is held in an escrow or virtual vault using the virtual smart contract till it confirms the course has been delivered after which the funds are released. Similar to how Paypal and other financial bodies hold funds temporarily to protect both parties however this is automated. A very straight forward process. Contracts can be customized completely for example a holding goods, funds till a set date even if requirements are met early. In the event of the contract not being fulfilled, maybe a missed date etc the transactions are automatically reversed, refunded etc The funds once funds are received. Ethereum is Currently Proof of work with plants to move over to proof of stake with the launch of Casper in future. Making it a hybrid of PoW and PoS. Benefiting from greater security and less energy consumption. Miners within the Ethereum network Earn Ether which is also used by application developers on the Ehtereum network whether for payments, fees etc Ether works the same way to compensate miners and create incentive similar to bitcoins however due to limitless amount of Dapps which be can be developed on it’s platfrom using Ether makes it promising in terms of investments. Visit my Cryptonix Facebook page for interesting news on Ethereum and how Jp Morgan has a coin called Quarum which is a fork of Ethereum similar to how Bitcoin Cash is a copy of Bitcoin. Remember the codes for these platforms are open source meaning anyone, you or i can simply duplicate to create our own similar blockchain.

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Many cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin experience an event call ‘ Halving’ Every few years. Since cryptocurrencies have a fixed supply and achieve this by halving the mining rewards at regular intervals. This is amount miners are payed each time a block is mined. This reduces the distribution of coins essentially affecting supply by reducing the amount of coins in circulation and increasing demand for the cryptocurrency overall as supply is shorter. Bitcoin halving is when the the block reward miner receive for mining a bitcoin is halved. Currently at 12.5 and will move to 6.5 soon. This miners earn less. The science behind it is simple..Bitcoin has a limited supply of 21 million which means that it is not possible to provide mining rewards for unlimited time. Every 210,000 blocks in the blockchain, at 10 minutes per block it equals to every 4 years. With regards to bitcoin, the mining reward is cut in half. This is coded into the distributed software known as a node which is used by all miners and so already built in and factored. Visit the mining page to learn how mining wors ind depth. bitcoin is similar to a commodity like gold where as time goes it becomes more difficult to mine, essentially halving extends bitcoins system since there is a limited supply similar to gold. Whilst increasing it's price as the volume reduce over time. Imagine if the block reward was at 50 Bitcoins similar to many years ago, bitcoin would run out sooner. This also goes hand in hand with mining technology taking into account rate it which tech develops since the equipment used now days also has to match the difficulty to an extent. Bitcoin Mon, 11 May 2020 18:38 621596 630000 Litecoin Sun, 02 Jul 2023 23:28 1805596 2500000 Bitcoin Cash Thu, 06 Aug 2020 03:08 609161 630000 Bitcoin SV Fri, 10 Apr 2020 02:38 626156 630000 Zcash Wed, 18 Nov 2020 12:03 759452 1046400 Bitcoin Gold Tue, 06 Jul 2021 10:18 561022 630000 Ravencoin Sat, 08 Jan 2022 20:32 1141766 2100000 Bitcoin Diamond Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:58 609246 630000 Bytom Fri, 01 Apr 2022 07:13 409218 840000 Monacoin Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:46 1385568 2102400 Verge Thu, 25 Jun 2020 23:41 3901714 4200000 Vertcoin Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:36 1275945 1680000 Blockstamp Sat, 15 Aug 2020 06:01 828477 1050000 Einsteinium Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:40 2803158 5256000

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Mining Cryptocurrencies Summarized

cryptocurrency mining is a process which involved various types of transactions which need to be verified before adding to a digital ledger. Every time a transaction is made a miner is responsible for the authenticity of the information before updating the blockchain. Which involves competing with other mines to solve a mathematical problems using cryptography, a form of encryption similar to how website are automatically verified in your search bar above with digital certificates, this process using cryptography as well. The first miner to solve the code receives the reward. Mining cryptocurrencies has grown allot in popularity over the passed years favoring those who adopted early as the mining difficulties were much easier with less competition, more volume of coins available and so on. When mining a certain coin becomes more competitive difficulty to mine increases to maintain flow which requires upgrading equipment and further investment or switching over to another profitable coin. In some cases we are better of buying the coins we are interested in directly through an exchange since it's cheaper compared to mining.. Bitcoins is not recommended as a good choice for beginning to who wish to start mining, especially if on a smaller scale, perhaps as hobbyist interested in learning how it works. The same equipment can be used to mine other profitable coins. The current up- front investment, maintenance costs doesn't make it profitable for anyone using consumer level hardware. Over time Bitcoin mining become more reserved for large scale operations . Mining accomplishes these three things in a nutshell Providing bookkeeping services to a coins network. Since mining is automated it's essentially 24/7 computer accounting and verifying transactions. As a miner you get paid a small reward for the accounting services by receiving fractions of a coin every few days which over time accumulate and due to price swings can prove to be profitable. Same time paying miners gives incentive to keep providing the support and keep the system operating Which is why if we see event whether natural, or political effecting mining it in turn has an effect on cryptocurrency prices. As a miner you will want to keep your costs low from electricity to hardware.

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Dynamics Of Being An Investor ‘ Investing In Yourself ‘

lets learn more about the dynamics of investing and what it roughly requires in order to be a successful investor. Each of us individuals are unique with different personal traits which effect our behavior when it comes to investing. Same time learning the dynamics is a very broad topic which i will try to simplify for you. Covered in more detail as you read through my web site. Money is great tool if used correctly. The ability for money to create more money which isn't rocket science and available for anyone with even the basic resources to access. Financial planning is important for everyone and a must since this goes way beyond savings. It is truly an investment in ourselves from our lifestyle to behavior The need for saving has increased over the years as more jobs are privatized some with less securities in place find themselves having to save for un for seen circumstances. With advancements in medicine and overall health our lifespan has also increased however the age for retirement remains the same coupled with hight cost of living means we have to save more in order to live a comfortable life after retirement. With inflation worth considering saving should be every individuals priority as the value decreases while demand increases. Hence why we as investors need to look and plan ahead. Saving money is no longer a good enough option, almost looses value. Forcing people to move from saving to investing. What does investment mean? it's and activity which is committing our resources to with the hopes over time benefits will be acquire through profits or gains of some sort. Commitment of funds and time as well. As investors similar to how we spread our investments we also don;t rely on one income in life. Investment has almost become necessary. An individuals investment behavior is influenced by many things. Everyone has their own risk taking ability, requirements, understanding of their strengths, areas to work on and so on. This is where personal investment comes into the equation. ‘ Knowledge is power ‘ VISIT THE DISCOVER PAGE TO FIND OUT MORE VALUABLE INFORMATION ON THE DYNAMICS OF INVESTING

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What Is Cryptocurrency

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Cryptocurrency or otherwise known as crypto currency is simply a digital currency, asset providing a medium of exchange using cryptography to ensure transactions are carried out securely, effeciently, additional units can created if required as well as verifying. Crypto currency is simply the cryptography of blockchain added to a currency. All cryptocurrency transactions are recorded on a blockchain. Bitcoin was the first blockchain created in 2008. Since bitcoins release, many other cryptocurrencies have been developed each with their own unique use of the blockchain. These coins are referred to as Alt Coins or Alternative Coins. A term used often. Cryptocurrency works on encryption so when a transaction takes place and data is encrypted 2 keys are produced which are linked together mathematically, one key is required for encrypting and the other to decrypt. When storing our cryptocurrency we have a public key which is available to use to send, receive etc and our private key which is the key used to decrypt and access the account. Cryptocurrencies are decentralized, Learn More about cryptocurrency, dfferent types under the Crypto topic above. Some cryptocurrencies are built using the same framework as previous currencies and called forks. When using another cryptocurrency built with open source simply copying the code to create their own similar currency allowing people to create their own easily.

Ehtereum is a decentralized currency as well as a decentralized open source, public platform meaning anyone can access and use it. Aimed at developers giving them a place to create decentralized applications. Operating using smart contracts. Ether is the cryptocurrency on the Ethereum platform given as a reward to miners for mining nodes. You Can control money and digital currencies, build application anywhere in the world Similar to how bitcoin is aiming to change the financial way of life with digital currencies and decentralizing currency Ethereum is working towards changing the internet which is centralized. When we access website, login using passwords the system verifies the information provided on databases which are help by companies at data centers, clouds etc which is why some people mention how unsafe their data is if any central organization is compromised. Ethereum Wishes to distribute all the computational requirements to all the users across the planet via it’s nodes. A key feature of Ethereum is using smart contract. In a nutshell this is when a transaction automatically executes after certain conditions have been met. Similar to an escrow and how 3rd party organization temporarily hold funds till they can verify both parties have completed what was agreed only this is automated. You can imagine for yourself, this will eventually change how invoices are managed, contracts etc changing many industries from accounting, law, insurance, finance, health plus much more

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Tax laws for cryptocurrency vary between between different countries, some have been much more open to accept blockchain whilst others followed suit. It’s worth looking into your TAX and VAT laws in your area also keeping in mind as the the market grows policies will be likely be added, refined. It’s straight forwards depending on income and type of investment they can either be classed as speculative, gambling or investing. Each have other own TAX requirements which likely falls under Capital Gains Tax otherwise known as CGT. Allot of how you get taxed depends on your overall incomes and investing behavior It also worth noting gold can be sued as an alternative when deciding to sell convert profits inot local currency. Instead of converting directly to your local currency paying tax we can buy gold using crypto through various avenues. Since gold is Tax free we don’t have to pay. Bear in mind selling the gold for crypto might not be as easy as converting crypto to gold. As mentioned the market is still growing and as it matures we can expect more avenues to open up for investors or traders to make purchases with crypto or even directly invest back into other investments. I’m sure things will improve Links to bitcoin & cryptocurrency tax laws in United Kingdom U.K, America, Switzerland, China, Brazil, Israel, Argentina, Australia Canada, France, Japan, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, European Union, Finland, Spain, Netherlands, Isle Of Man, Norway, Russia, Malaysia Hong Kong, India, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, South Africa, Kenya, Serbia, Singapore, Germany Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain + Many more.

TAX laws for cryptocurrency in U.K Implemented in 2013 Tax on crypto assets for individuals, businesses etc https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-on-cryptoassets Tax on crypto assets for individuals only https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-on-cryptoassets/cryptoassets-for- individuals Check if you need to pay tax in Great britain, U.K https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-you-need-to-pay-tax-when-you-sell- cryptoassets Tax laws for cryptocurrency in America https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/virtual-currencies Tax, Vat & Laws on crypto in: Switzerland, China, Brazil, Israel, Argentina, Australia Canada, France, Japan, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, European Union, Finland, Spain, Netherlands, Isle Of Man, Norway, Russia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, South Africa, Kenya, Serbia, Singapore, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain + Many more. https://www.loc.gov/law/help/cryptocurrency/world-survey.php

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Bitcoin cash is a peer to peer electronic cash similar to Bitcoin due to being a fork of Bitcoin. Find out what a fork is by reading through the topics above. Started out by the developers and miners of Bitcoin during the early days dout to concerns of bitcoins scalability. Bitcoin can only process few transactions per second comapred to current methods with can carry out 1000s. Bitcoins Lightning Technolgoy is suppsoed to address any concerns. Bitcoin cash has faster transaction times and less fees. Released - July 2017 Trading Name - BCH Authors - Roger Ver + Member of the older Bitcoin community

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Steem is a crypto currency built around social media and content. Steems objective is to offer hosting for content, social media platforms aswell as well as storing data. Steem is decentralized and use the Proof Of Stafe PoS protocol with fast transactions and zero fees, Steem tokens are distributed amongst content creators, we slso have the stable coin steem dollars SBD. So it has it’s own ecosystem of tokens for content creators and so on. Steem an infaltionary currency with an inflation rate that decreases over time. Steem blockchain is homt to many DApps, Decentralized apps. The first on called Steemit, a decentralized blogging platform. Released - March 2016 Trading Name - STEEM Authors - Ned Scott, Daniel Larimer,

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Hedera Hashgraph is a decentralized public network allowing users to transact, interact and essentially socialise in a secure way. A distributed ledger technology to make places like the internet safe, reliable and accessible. Using aBFT Algorithm described above without miner to validate and instead using directed acyclic graphs. Released - July 2017 Trading Name - HBAR Authors - Leemon Baird

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0x ( Zero x) is an Ethereum based token allowing developer to build their own decentralized exchanges. An ERC-20 token using smart contracts to power and create decentralized exchanges DEX. The founder refers to 0x as the ‘ Craigs list for cryptocurrency. 0x upon it’s release, enabled any app or website to accept crypto currency purchases by adding a few simply adding a few lines of code. Released - Dec 2018 Trading Name - ZRX Authors - Will Warren Co founder and CEO

Electroneum os a mobile and smart phone crypto currency aimed at phone users. it allows mining and a wallet all froma smart phone. Simply download the app and start mining today. it using your Device specifications paying rewards in electroneum. Aimed at users who don’t understand mining well giving anyone an opportunity to enter as well as those live ing pverty. Smart phone users here are responsible for operating the blockchain. One of the fastest growing crypt currencies since it’s so easy to use. try it for yourself. Electroneum uses the Proof of Responsibility PoR protocol making it super secure. Created in United Kingdom. Released - Sep 2017 Trading Name - ETN Authors - Richard Ells

Electroneum

Chainlink

Launched by a fintech company called smartcontract. Smarts contracts will change the way many industries work espcially ones working with any sort of legal agreement from Contracts, invoices, bank payments, documents just to name a few out of many. Working using the Ethereum platfrom, aiming to the mdidleperson or middleware for communications between blockchain. A distrinuted oracel network, a software that allows and looks after the connection between a client and an oracel database server. Chainlink has strong partnerships and a good one to look out for Released - June 2017 Trading Name - LINK Authors - Sergey Nazarov as CEO, and Steve Ellis as CTO

Digibyte

Digibyte is a decentralized blockcchain crypto currency. Which aims to be responsible for IOT ( Internet Of Things ), Cyber security and currency all at the same time. Based on the Bitcoin protocol however with it’s own touch making it different and unique from bitcoin. Digibyte processes quicker transactions and also uses multiple algorithms compared to other currencies which normally use one. This offer more routes for miens preventing centralization. Released - Jan 2014 Trading Name - DGB Authors - Jared Tate

Waves

Open Source blockchain platform for developing quality DApps. Working similar to crowd funding users can issue tokens for short periods of time. Waves opened the first decentralized exchange where users can trade with near instant time, zero fees etc Working on the Leased Proof of Stake LPoW, a modification of the Proof of Stake PoW protocol. Wave also has its own coin or token which can be traded. Waves coins is required to use their platform. Community token, miner token are other available. Released - Apr 2016 Trading Name - WAVES Authors - Alexander Ivanov

Basic Attention

Basic Attention Token is based on the Ethereum platform which powers a marketing software called Brave powered by blockchain. , essentially an Ad platfrom aimed at the global market. Founded by Brendan Eich who created Java script, co founded Mozilla & Firefox. A promising project which offers rewards providing incentives for using the platform. Brave is a web browser. This decentralizes Ad all the way to revenue giving users a share aswell. BAT token is a payment system for their platfrom. Released - May 2017 Trading Name - BAT Authors - Brendan Eich

Maker

Maker is a cryptocurrency a governence currency. A utility token which increases in value the more Dai is used. Dai is a stable coin tied to the U.S Dollar. An Ethereum based blockchain under the Maker project. Plans to create an exchange where margin trading can be done using the ERC-20 protocol. Ontop of this it will inlucde digital assets which are tied to real goods suchs as gold, currency. Maker is a very promising project, imagine a the Dai tied to $1 if their was any drop or money lost owed Maker token would step in. A very intersting project with ambitous goals. Released - May 2014 Trading Name - MKR Authors - Founder & CEO Rune Christensen

Aug 18, 2008 - Domain Bitcoin.org is registered Oct 31, 2008 - Satoshi Nakamoto releases paper ‘ Bitcoin: A peer-to-peer electronics payment system ‘

Feb 03, 2010 - 1st Public Transaction, 2 x Pizzas purchased from Papa John’s fr 10,000 BTC Aug 16, 2010 - The first Bitcoin Attack. Network was hacked, $184 Billion dollar transaction caught eyes.

Jan 15, 2012 - US drama ‘ The Good Wife ‘ Titles one of its episode “Bitcoin For Dummies” Jun 20, 2012 - Coinbase broker, Exchange is founded

Mar 19, 2014 - Japan crypto exchange Mt Gox goes bankrupt, offline forcing investors to loose money. Aug 04, 2014 - Microsoft allow Bitcoin transactions for their games platform Oct 31, 2008 - Coinye crypto ends up being sued by Kanye’s legal team

Sep 03, 2016 - Uber Argentina accepts bitcoin, Swiss National Railway, PC software website, Steem follow. Dec 18, 2016 - Major crypto currencies established, Bitcoin, Dash, Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple, Monero Dec 31, 2016 - Total number of crypto ATMs increase to 900 by end of the year

Jan 12, 2018 - 50 Cent uses Bitcoin he accepted for an album sale to get out of bankruptcy Jan 27, 2018 - Crypto Market value passes $824 Billion Apr 03, 2018 - Biggest market fall in Crypto, Market value goes down to $248 Billion Jun 21, 2018- Paris Hiltons dad sells mansion in exchange for crypto currency. Jun 01 2018 - Samsung announce they will be making mining chips. EU Government join to enforce crypto regulations. Key partnerships, Ripples 2018 app launches with Santander to help with international transfers of funds Sep 09, 2018 - Dogecoin reaches new highs, 100% gain.

Jan 01, 2020 - Crypto Potential is realised as over 60% of financial experts beleive it is here for good. Partners with Ethereum, Chainlink. Big developments

2021 - 2022 - Crypto in full swing

Sep 18, 2019 - Major Partnerships with organization and blockchain being implemented into already existing infrastructure. ‘

Mar 07, 2017 - Bitcoin more valuable than gold ounce Apr 20, 2017 - Japan law passes law accepting Bitcoin as legal payment. Norwegian bank Skandiabanken adds Bitcoin accounts for investments and payment system May 12 2017 - Over 1000 cryptocurrencies are listed on coin market cap Jun 01 2017 - Crypto Market value passes $100 Billion Nov 01 2017 - Crypto Market value passes $250 Billion Dec 16 2017 - Women hires hitman, paying with Bitcoin Dec 28, 2017 - Crypto Market value passes $500 Billion

Feb 23, 2015 - Ethereum & Other Cryptos launch Jul 02, 2015 - EU based Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp is hacked, but trading resumes shortly after Nov 22, 2015- Virgin Galactic accepts Bitcoin for space travel

Oct 29, 2013 - First public Bitcoin ATM goes live in waves coffee shop, Vancouver Canada. Nov 12, 2012 - A meme turned to crypto. Dogecoin is launched.‘

Feb 03, 2011 - Competition. Rival litecoin, Swiftcoin Namecoin are launched Apr 16 2011 - Bitcoin headlines in Time Magazine. Online cash bitcoin could challenge banks

Jan 12, 2009 - 1st BTC transaction. Nakamoto sends programmer, crypto pioneer Hal Finney 10 Bitcoin

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The term "currency trading" can represent different things. In terms of Digital currency, trading involves the buying and selling of coins on an exchange. We can also trade these coins with other account holders such as our family and friends via the secure wallets provided by each Crypto currency. These articles, on the other hand will discuss currency trading as buying and selling currency using online exchanges with the intention to profit and gain capital. These articles are provided for general information only and here to help you gain a better perspective by sharing what we have learned. A digital coin exchange rate is the rate at which one coin can be exchanged for another. It is always quoted in pairs like ADA/BTC. Similar to the currency we use everyday, the Euro and the US Dollar rates fluctuate based on economic factors like inflation, industrial production and geopolitical events. These factors will influence whether you buy or sell a currency pair. When trading with digital currency Bitcoin and Ethereum are used to trade depending on the exchange used with many more to follow such as NEO, COSS to name a few.

The ADA/BTC (Ada / Bitcoin ) rate represents the current price of a single Ada coin and the Amount of Bitcoin required to purchase. Depending on the exchange used we either trade using Bitcoin or Ethereum which are purchased prior and deposited into the exchange of our choice. We have recommended a few reliable and secure exchanges on our website to get you started and will update you with more in the near future. A great website and one of many used allot and worth sharing is www,coinmarketcap.com It provides valuable information about the crypto currency market, giving statistics on over 1000+ crypto currencies including details on their current price, circulation, market cap as well other key information to help place yourself in a better position before investing. If you believe a particular coin will increase in value we purchase the coins with either Bitcoin or Ethereum. Each exchange has a minimum buy amount ranging from £2-15. If the value for a coin rises, you can simply decide to sell your coins making a profit or keep them for long term. If not trading and deciding to invest for the long term, withdraw coins to a wallet for security and store keys etc safely. More explained on storage and wallets explained in another topic. Please keep in mind that Digital currency trading involves a high risk, so please take your time and to learn markets, trading prior.

Examples of crypto currency trading :

What is currency / coin trading?

How trading works

Key points to know before you trade or buy

Important: Beware of the risks involved

What is a an Exchange?

Short term & Long term investments

Investing short term so you aim to profit within a few months to a year as the value rises. Potentially using the profits to invest back in with higher capital. Advantages of short terms will require more time to be committed watching markets etc and selling when prices are high followed by buying back again when prices lower Long term involves more initial research, instead were buying with the intention to hold for a few years before selling as we like to benefit from the maximum potential an investment has to offer. Bear in mind the time spent researching will help you decide if an investment is for the long or short term. You are in control so it’s wise to sell when prices are high regardless of long or short term.

Investment portfolio preparation

Finally, it cannot be stressed enough that trading in an exchange carries a high level of risk, and may not be suitable for everyone. Before deciding to trade you should carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite. Remember, you could sustain a loss of some or all of your initial investment, which means that you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. If you have any doubts, we recommend that you seek advice from an independent financial advisor. Starting with smaller amounts is wise which allows you to build experience and develop a better understanding gaining a better perspective. With time you begin to develop an eye and will spot patterns more easily. With Digital Currency we have to remember most of the information we are researching to determine the investment is found online due to the lack of coverage from the main stream media and in return can be time consuming.

Lately, currencies have been on a roller coaster ride with record breaking highs and lows. The world of Digital Currencies is dominating news headlines; but what does it mean, and more importantly, what do you need to know before you get on board? First of all, it's important that you understand that trading the Crypto Exchange market involves a high degree of risk, similar to forex. Including the risk of losing money. Any investment whether it be forex or Digital should only involve capital you can afford to lose. You may have noticed that the value of coins goes up and down every day. What most people don't realize is that there are exchanges, markets where we can potentially profit from the movement of these currencies. Some people decide to buy and hold a coin for long term if the have a higher price in mind whilst others earn a living from the small price swings which classes them as day or short term traders. One of the great things about trading currencies now is that you no longer have to be a big money manager to trade this market; traders and investors like you and i can trade this market safely.

Bitcoin is a digital or virtual currency which has many uses making it very attractive to both investors and users. From paying for goods as well as services. It works on a technology called a Block chain. More about Block chain technology to be added soon. There are a wide range of crypto currencies in the market, such as Bitcoin Ethereum, Dash, Litecoin, etc. Bitcoin is a digital currency which can be used everyday and is available to use online. Block chain at the same time opens many doors for other services to incorporate block chain into their business. From decentralizing storage, improving user experience and much more

Similar to trading any other commodity using forex exchanges, brokers etc. Crypto currency trading refers to the purchasing and selling of various crypto currencies available. Many people are day traders and take advantage of the daily price swings essentially earning a living from day trading instead of investing for a long term gain. Their are many avenues to generating an income by simply trading. Create an account at one of the reliable and safe crypto currency brokers, listed on our website. We can also purchase goods using crypto currency. Big stores in the U.S, like Target, Walmart, Nike, accept this electronic money. Additionally, plenty of online stores take Bitcoins for their products and services as well as the businesses listed below. If you have any questions please feel free to get in touch.

A good question asked, Is whether it’s legal to buy and make use of crypto currencies? When it comes to the legality every government has their own regulations to Bitcoin. Different countries deal with it differently. For instance, in the early months of 2017, Japan made Bitcoin a legal payment method and was the first country to legalize its use Keep in mind countries are all at different stages of their economic and overall development which simply means whilst it may not suit a particular Nation now the future is still open as once right infrastructure is in place such as in developing countries it will allow the technology to be used more easily. This move can influence other nations. Additionally, Russian officials are taking measures to adopt Bitcoin as a legal payment method. Crypto currency is not regulated by a central bank, the price is based on its supply and demand, Similar to the price of gold or any other currency

What is Bitcoin ?

Is it Legal ?

How do we trade ?

In Currency Trading, traders often use technical language that can be intimidating when you're just starting out. Market caps, Supply etc. As you familiarize yourself with the language, you'll find that your understanding as whole will improve. Bear in mind when analyzing graphs and trends we refer back to experience gained through forex trading. We can break it down into two basic steps for now To develop a strategy, investors use a variety of tools and techniques. Some perform technical Analysis by using Charts to study the market. This technique assumes that past market movements will help predict future activity. The effectiveness of Technical Analysis makes it a very popular trading technique. Or we can use Fundamental Analysis for a trading strategy, following the effects of economic, social and political events on prices. Reading specialized News can help keep you in touch with the community to find out how events might affect currency prices. Combining both techniques along with various others allows you to cover the market from most angles improving chances of a profit.

Know the Language

Technical & Fundamental Analysis

Know the Risks

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Research your investment

Justify your investment by carrying out research into the community via social media pages, forums and perhaps joining to share you own thoughts and ask a few of questions of your own after all it is your money invested into the project giving you the right to inquire. Analyze the market you investing in to see if their is room to grow, any similar products and how competitors are performing if any. Will your investment actually solve an issue in a realistic manner. Many projects are slightly too ambitious making your risks higher however rewards equally higher too.

Some links below which you will find useful and worth sharing from experience www.bitcointalk.org / www.reddit.com / www.youtube.com www.coinmarketcap.com / www.steem.com

- Low market cap means they have much more room to grow - Higher market caps are likely more popular so returns could be less however safer. - Investments which will solve real world problems are worth keeping an eye on - ICO - Initial coin offerings are when projects are still crowd funding. Another tip worth sharing is dates such as Announcements New year, End of tax years, Holidays and so on around the globe can influence prices as traders cash out to spend their profits providing a good opportunity for others to invest. For example the Chinese new year commonly known for dropping prices significantly as well as other key dates through out the year. Investing can be time consuming however rest assured as time goes the rewards will be greater and is really that simple. We receive how much we put in. Similar to anything else in life we invest our time or energy in, all of which need practice and most of all patience.

When trying to understand the value of a coin we look at few things. Some listed: - Market cap -Total supply - Circulating supply The reason Bitcoins price is estimated to reach high numbers is due to its overall supply of 21 Million. No more can be made meaning as time goes eventually the supply will decrease as demand increases raising the value. The market cap is calculated based on the last price a coin was sold for multiplied by its supply and can be misleading and should not be used alone when investing. So if the total number of coins for example = 5 and were bought at $1 the cap will be $5. If someone was to sell a coin for $2 the market cap becomes $10 now. So we must use different figures and data when trying to decide if an investment is right and if the time to buy is right by determining if the price is accurate first before calculating if their is room to grow and so on. As well as social media etc if for example the investment your planning to get into seems high. Researching will allow you to see if the price is due to natural growth or attention otherwise known as ‘Hype’ which in this day and age can be fueled by a famous person mentioning a coins name increasing it’s awareness and over all price. However if a price is raised by Hype we can expect it to settle down after. Still profitable however serious investors will need to look for product development Place Stop losses, buy orders in order to maximise on a position or to prevent an further loss. Familiarize with the trading platform before proceeding. Watch my tutorial videos to learn more on how to trade and navigate around an exchange platform

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SMA - Simple Moving Average

Important Dates and Key points

Understand current value of an investment

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Storage and How to purchase

What is a digital wallet ?

We have online wallets and offline wallets allowing us to send, receive and monitor Visit the wallets and tutorials page to purchase your wallet, setup and learn about storage. Get yours today. Each coin has it’s own secure wallet which can be found on their main website and is advised to use if buying for long term as this keeps you in full control. If trading it’s easier to store on the exchange and simply to transfer offline when not trading for safety reasons. A wallets is basically an I.D consisting of random numbers and letters. Each wallet has it’s own login page supplied by providers main website unless a desktop version is available. The Wallet also provides the user with a Password otherwise known as a key which consists of numbers 1-9 and letters A-Z. The password or key is roughly 0-64 values long including both numbers and letters. Each one is unique and should be stored safely. The this code should not be shared with anyone you don’t know or left stored on any devices connected to the internet. The wallet I.D allow us to deposit into the wallet and the password will be required each time we try to access the wallet. Remember to keep your Wallet I.D and Key very Safe. if you loose these we will loose access. A paper wallet is safe and used by millions. This is where we write down or print the key manually entering when need be. Advantages of storing your key on paper makes it almost impossible to be compromised During the course of 2018 we will see many new products available on the market allowing us to store multiple coins under one wallet for convenience increasing the overall usability of such currencies. We also have USB devices specifically created to store multiple coins as most wallets will only hold their own coins. The Nano Ledger is one of a few products allowing us to store more the one coin offline on USB safely. Please visit the page on wallets for more information on storage and security. Rest assured it’s very straight forward

-Easy, straight forward and quick,Most popular -Purchase using debit or credit card -No minimum requirements to buy -Coinbase is a broker and takes a fee -Fees charged when buying, selling and transferring -Has it’s own secure online wallet -used my millions of users around the world, most popular -Can buy up to 4 Digital currencies at the moment -Can be transferred to exchanges from here COINBASE

-No fees, Directly buying from buyers. -Purchase using Credit / Debit card, Cash plus more -Minimum buy requirements depending on the seller -How Bitcoin was intended to be sold and purchased -More risk involved so research sellers -Buying from verified sellers with good feedback etc -Has it’s own secure online wallet -used my millions of users around the world -Can be transferred to exchanges from here

Simply withdraw funds back to the wallet where funds where deposited from such as Coinbase. When you decide to withdraw funds and convert your currency to USD / GBP /EUR / JPY / CHF / RUB etc we are likely required to pay VAT on the amount. Which will beeither regular Vat or CGT (Corporate Gains Tax) Each Tax, Vat law varies with countries. In U.K Trading maybe classed as speculative such as gambling, day trading or investing. All of which require different Vat levels. The HMRC in U.K assesses each individual case. Please look into regulations for your area to be safe. Take a look at the news page for more information on Tax or visit the Youtube Channel Visit HMRC page on Crypto currency here.

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Ethereum

Ripple

Ripple is a real time gross settlement system RTGS, currency exchange and remittance network the runs on Ripple. Also called the Ripple Transaction Protocol RTXP or Ripple Protocol, XRP is being supplied to banks to assist with cross borders transactions. Near instant transaction times, settlement infrastructure used by banks, They have significant corporate backing and a large team. Used by UBS, UniCredit and Santander . Founders of ripple control more then 60% of XRP. Similar coins are Stellar Lumens. Released - 2012 Trading Name - XRP Authors - Arthur Britto, David Schwartz, Ryan Fugger

Litecoin

NEM

NEM is the first Private and Public block chain combination and a popular Japanese block chain. Written in Java, Unique Proof of importance algorithm POI. Allowing users to send payments and messages securely world wide. Built in Reputation system. Recognized by some banks in Japan. Scalable, number of transactions 3000+ and almost zero fees 0.01%. Similar coins are Stellar Lumens, Ripple and Dash. Released - March 2015 Trading Name - XEM Authors - Unknown, Started on Bitcoin talk forum by a member named Utopian Future.

Dash

Ethereum Classic

Ethereum Classic is the original Ethereum block chain. Creation of smart contracts and custom tokens. It is however much cheaper. Provided untampered history since its an older. This was due to a hard fork after an incident of missing Ether tokens. To resolve the issue the tokens to be returned to the rightful owners and security issue had to be addressed. A fork was created, more updated called Ethereum. Renaming the previous version Ethereum Classic. This preserves the records etc and integrity. Released - July 2015 Trading Name - ETC Authors - Ethereum Community

Stellar Lumens

NEO

Monero

What Are Crypto Currencies

The Internet was missing a digital payments system which was cost effective and efficient in keeping up with the increasing development of digital content. An algorithm was created using cryptography to provide a way to govern digital assets. When we visit a website, digital certificates verify each site with encryptions which is similar to how crypto currencies work. Crypto currencies are digital assets which provide many benefits. They can be used for transferring and verifying of assets, securing financial transaction plus control the creation of additional units. Digital currencies using cryptography were created and tested since the 1980s and were centralized. Bitcoin was the first decentralized currency. The term Alt Coins can be used to describe the alternative crypto currencies. With bitcoin all transactions are available to the public however owners cannot be identified since only the public keys otherwise known as your addresses are visible. We have alternative currencies in development which provide more anonymous transactions to take place such as Monero, Zcash and Dash to name a few.

How Crypto Currencies Work

ICOs

Types Of Networks

Decentralized

Distributed

Centralized

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Used by NXT, Peercoin, Ethereum is on its way to becoming PoS. Proof of stake is where miners can validate blocks depending on how many coins they hold which simply means they receive more mining power. Proof of stake is more secure since with proof of work it’s possible for miner to gain 51% share of computational power and perform an attack on the system, with proof of stake someone would have to hold over 51% of total coins which is unlikely to happen. Coins have to be locked into a deposit to participate in the operational requirements. Proof of stake also is cheaper in running costs. Less electricity and Computer hardware. With PoW users have to use their CPU / GPU power to mine and solve hashing equations which consumes electricity and resources. With PoS miners validate blocks depending on the amount they own reducing running costs significantly. Created in 2012 by Sunny King and Scott Nadal.

PoW - Proof Of Work

PoS - Proof Of Stake

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Different Types Of Crypto Currencies

Security tokens or coins describe any asset that can be traded. Coins backed by precious metal, real estate and so on. When money involved is for investment purposes it is classed a security.

Utilities Tokens

Equity Tokens

Securities Tokens

What Is Cryptocurrency & Blockchain

PoA - Proof Of Authority

DAGs

Tangle

Hashgraph

Block-Lattice

Spectre

Hashgraph: Hashgraph is a gossip-protocol consensus developed by Leemon Baird. Nodes share their known transactions with other nodes at random so eventually all the transactions are gossipednaround to all of the nodes. Hashgraph is really fast (250,000+ transactions per second) but isn’t resistant to Sybil attacks.

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How To Buy Alt Coins & Other Cryptocurrency only available on exchanges. Keep in mind majority of the other cryptocurrencies can only purchased using Bitcoin & Ethereum

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How To Store, Keep Your Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency secure

Transfer your Bitcoin or Crypto from the Eexchange to an offline wallet

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Store your Key, Passphrase & any other information safely

Visit the tutorials page for guides on how to setup a wallet When transferring crypto between Brokers, Exchanges & Wallets. We use the send option and simply enter the receiving address for your selected currency which is located on every Broker, Exchange or Wallet Some exchanges only support a few out of the 1000’s of coins available in which case coins will need to be transfered to an offline or online wallet if holding for long term Each coin has it’s own free online wallet available for download from their main website. If deciding to hold long term it is advised to purchase an offline wallet for cold storage as anything online or connected to the internet is vulnerable and can be compromised in some way, offline eliminates every possibility. Visit The Wallets Page To Learn More About Cryptocurrency Storage Options. Select From The Most Reliable Wallets On The Market Today. Complete With Setup Guides Keep Your Coins Secure

Locate the receiving address for bitcoin on an exchange. Enter this address when sending Bitcoin from place of purchase or wallet. Follow the same steps when sending or receiving. Use copy and paste to avoid errors

Key Words - Dictionary

Algorithm An algorithm is a sequence of instruction put in place to perform a task or solve a problem Air Drop A process by where coins a distributed freely on a first come first serve basis, encouraging use and awareness Alt Coin An Alt coin is an alternative crypto currency also known as an alternative coin. With over 1000s to select from Bear Trap When investors try to profit from the price moving down Causing temporary quick price drops catching others out Breaking Breaking is the process by which you expose a system information which is hidden and secure by infiltrating Bot Bot is short for ‘Robot’ simply a computer program that automates the investing process of an asset for you Bull Trap When investors try to profit from the price moving up and Cause a temporary quick price jump catching others out Consensus When majority agree on a similar thing we reach a consensus. The general agreement or understanding Cold Storage Cold storage is simply digital data stored away from any connection to the internet, computer or any network Cryptojacking Is when someones computer has been used without their permission to secretly mine cryptocurrency Cryptography Cryptography is the process of protecting information and making it unreadable thus protecting the data Centralized Centralized is when a system or organization is controlled by once person or a group of people, a company, Group Capital Capital in economics is when you have anything of value which strengthens positions towards making more wealth DApp DApp is a decentralized software applications running on a network of computers which are public Double Spending Double spending, a form of deceit where someone tries to spend the same token twice, Creating identical transactions DEX Is a decentralized exchange. This where users trade and exchange directly without any 3rd party involvement Digital Signature Is a certificate based of a digital I.D. Using cryptography to authenticate document contents and senders I.D Decentralized Decentralized, when a system or activities of organizations are controlled by distributing across away from central point Dip A dip is caused when a crypto currency, stock or asset drops in price Escrow When a 3rd party is involved in a transaction or trade and holds valuable whether money or goods to reduce any risk Exchange An algorithm is a sequence of instruction put in place to perform a task or solve a problem Encryption A secure and efficient process by where information is made unreadable and hidden ERC-20 ERC-20 is when a crypto has been built using the technology behind Ethereum as it’s foundation Equity Token Equity token is when an investor own a digital asset which gives them percentage of ownership into the company Fork Similar to an update. A fork is when a blockchain splits into two paths. A hard for when two separate coins emerge Fiat Currency Introduced as an alternative to commodity & representative money. Government issued, backed by trust and promises .

OTC - Over The Counter OTC is When a trade takes place in person similar to an ATM or payment machine not on an exchange. Hash Rate Hash or Hash power is measure in h/s. It is the speed at which a computer is completing an operation Hyper Ledger Started by the linux foundation and is working towards expanding, advancing cross industry blockchain use. HODL HODL which is short for ‘HOLD’ which in this term mean Hold On For Dear Life. Investors who hold and never sell. KYC KYC also known as Know Your Customer is a customer authentication process required for financial organization Limit Order A limit order is when an order is placed to purchase or sell an asset when it reaches a particular price, likely for profit Leverage Leverage gives us more trading value using margins. Simply when we use borrowed money to purchase an asset Margin Trading This is when money borrowed from a trading platform is used to add more value to investments to leveraging from Masternode When you have a high stake in a cryptocurrency giving privileges of holding a full copy of a blockchain. like a server Market Capitalization Market cap is how much of a market an asset has. Used to calculate value. Multiply total number of coins x recent price Peer To Peer When resources or files are shared between two computers directly on a network without a 3rd party server in between. Pump & Dump Is when an asset is illegally manipulated inflating the price in order to sell to others and dump. Road Map When organizations sets out goals. targets in chronological order for everyone to view. It’s long term plans etc ROI Return on investment, when we calculate the percentage of return from an investment, comparing to the price payed Shorting When a 3rd party is involved in a transaction, trade to hold valuables whether money or goods to reduce any risks Soft Cap When raising money through an ICO soft caps set to make sure a minimum amount is raised otherwise it’s stopped Utility Token Utility token is a digital investment, where an investor has special access to a product or service invested in Token A digital way to represent value, services or a product. We have 3 types, security, equity, utility tokens. Volume The amount or quantity of an asset purchased between a period of time. We have buy and sell volumes. Wallet A digital wallet, simply a software connected to a blockchain allowing users to send, receive and store currency Whitepaper A document explaining a companies goals, targets etc used as marketing to convince investors of it’s business model Whitelist Opposite of blacklisting, users are given privileges, rewards A list of participants who maybe joined early or trust worthy. Zero Confirmation When a transaction has not been recorded on a blockchain, for e.g, a seller delivering what was sold without payment Lightning Network Using Bitcoins technology lightning network aims to provide almost instant transaction time as well as low fees ICO - Initial Coin Offering An ICO is when a coin allows the public to invest offering only a limited amount of coin for a limited time. Open Source Open source, when a particular technology is available for everyone to share, adjust and contribute. Hence the name

What Is Ethereum, How Will It Help?

How Does Ethereum Work

Smart contract uses block chain technology with contracts to improve the effeciency of doing business. Allows credible transactions to be carried out with the neding a 3rd party. Which will effect how many businesses operate from accountants solicisters, lawyers, merchants any one dealing with invoices, contracts etc You can use smart contracts for different situations ranging from financial derivatives to insurance premiums, credit enforcement, breach contracts, property law, llegal processes, crowdfunding, financial services, plus much more. Remember blockchain is distributed amongst many individuals where as if it’s controlled or distributed over a small group usually and organisation it’s regarded as a database. Read through the topics, simplified for you to figure out how it all works. Not much to it and simply a matter of familiarizing with. Ethereum is similar to blockchain however works differently. Ethereum a distributed blockchain network. Bitcoin Uses an element of blockchain to carry out peer to peer electronic currency transactions which can be tracked, recorded etc Ethereum on the other hands focusing on being an open source software platform based on blockchain. Ethereum a blockchain based decentralized platform where decentralized applications DApps can be built. Allowing developers to build anything they want which will change the way we see Apps in future. A smart contract simply works when to people wish to carry out a transaction. Specific requirements are set in place by the people interacting. It executes the task once specific conditions are met. The contracts cannot be altered once set, going onto a record which can be accessed from anywhere at any time. Perfect for security. For example, lets say Cryptonix offers a course online where payment is required in exchange, using smart contracts to carry out the process. Payment is made in cryptocurrency. The contract agreement is for me to deliver the course in order to receive payment. Payment is held in an escrow or virtual vault using the virtual smart contract till it confirms the course has been delivered after which the funds are released. Similar to how Paypal and other financial bodies hold funds temporarily to protect both parties however this is automated. A very straight forward process. Contracts can be customized completely for example a holding goods, funds till a set date even if requirements are met early. In the event of the contract not being fulfilled, maybe a missed date etc the transactions are automatically reversed, refunded etc The funds once funds are received. Ethereum is Currently Proof of work with plants to move over to proof of stake with the launch of Casper in future. Making it a hybrid of PoW and PoS. Benefiting from greater security and less energy consumption. Miners within the Ethereum network Earn Ether which is also used by application developers on the Ethereum network whether for payments, fees etc Ether works the same way to compensate miners and create incentive similar to bitcoins however due to limitless amount of DApps which be can be developed on it’s platform using Ether makes it promising in terms of investments. Visit my Cryptonix Facebook page for interesting news on Ethereum and how JP Morgan has a coin called Quarum which is a fork of Ethereum similar to how Bitcoin Cash is a copy of Bitcoin. Remember the codes for these platforms are open source meaning anyone, you or i can simply duplicate to create our own similar blockchain.

Current Block

Halving Block

Halving Dates

Cryptocurrency

Many cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin experience an event call ‘ Halving’ Every few years. Since cryptocurrencies have a fixed supply and achieve this by halving the mining rewards at regular intervals. This is amount miners are payed each time a block is mined. This reduces the distribution of coins essentially affecting supply by reducing the amount of coins in circulation and increasing demand for the cryptocurrency overall as supply is shorter. Bitcoin halving is when the the block reward miner receive for mining a bitcoin is halved. Currently at 12.5 and will move to 6.5 soon. This miners earn less. The science behind it is simple..Bitcoin has a limited supply of 21 million which means that it is not possible to provide mining rewards forr unlimted time. Every 210,000 blocks in the blockchain, at 10 mins per block it equals to every 4 years. With regards to bitcoin, the mining reward is cut in half. This is coded into the distributed software known as a node which is used by all miners and so already built in and factored. Visit the mining page to learn how mining wors ind depth. bitcoin is similar to a commodity like gold where as time goes it becomes more difficult to mine, essentially halving extends bitcoins system since there is a limited supply similar to gold. Whilst increasing it's price as the volume reduce over time. Imagine if the block reward was at 50 Bitcoins similar to many years ago, bitcoin would run out sooner. This also goes hand in hand with mining technology taking into account rate it which tech develops since the equipment used now days also has to match the difficulty to an extent.

Bitcoin Mon, 11 May 2020 18:38 621596 630000 Litecoin Sun, 02 Jul 2023 23:28 1805596 2500000 Bitcoin Cash Thu, 06 Aug 2020 03:08 609161 630000 Bitcoin SV Fri, 10 Apr 2020 02:38 626156 630000 Zcash Wed, 18 Nov 2020 12:03 759452 1046400 Bitcoin Gold Tue, 06 Jul 2021 10:18 561022 630000 Ravencoin Sat, 08 Jan 2022 20:32 1141766 2100000 Bitcoin Diamond Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:58 609246 630000 Bytom Fri, 01 Apr 2022 07:13 409218 840000 Monacoin Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:46 1385568 2102400 Verge Thu, 25 Jun 2020 23:41 3901714 4200000 Vertcoin Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:36 1275945 1680000 Blockstamp Sat, 15 Aug 2020 06:01 828477 1050000 Einsteinium Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:40 2803158 5256000

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Mining Cryptocurrencies Summarized

cryptocurrency mining is a process which involved various types of transactions which need to be verified before adding to digital ledgers. Every time a transaction is made a miner is responsible for the authenticity of the information before updating the blockchain. Which involves competing with other mines to solve a mathematical problems using cryptography, a form of encryption similar to how website are automatically verified in your search bar above with digital certificates, this process using cryptography as well. The first miner to solve the code receives the reward. Mining cryptocurrencies has grown allot in popularity over the passed years favoring those who adopted early as the mining difficulties were much easier with less competition, more volume of coins available and so on. When mining a certain coin becomes more competitive difficulty to mine increases to maintain flow which requires upgrading equipment and further investment or switching over to another profitable coin. In some cases we are better of buying the coins we are interested in directly through an exchange since it's cheaper compared to mining.. Bitcoins is not recommended as a good choice for beginning to who wish to start mining, especially if on a smaller scale, perhaps as hobbyist interested in learning how it works. The same equipment can be used to mine other profitable coins. The current up- front investment, maintenance costs doesn't make it profitable for anyone using consumer level hardware. Over time Bitcoin mining become more reserved for large scale operations . Mining accomplishes these three things in a nutshell Providing bookkeeping services to a coins network. Since mining is automated it's essentially 24/7 computer accounting and verifying transactions. As a miner you get paid a small reward for the accounting services by receiving fractions of a coin every few days which over time accumulate and due to price swings can prove to be profitable. Same time paying miners gives incentive to keep providing the support and keep the system operating. Which is why if we see event whether natural, or political effecting mining it in turn has an effect on cryptocurrency prices. As a miner you will want to keep your costs low from electricity to hardware.

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Dynamics Of Being An Investor ‘ Investing In Yourself ‘

Lets learn more about the dynamics involved in investing and what it roughly requires in order to be a successful investor. Each of us individuals are unique with different personal traits which effect our behavior when it comes to investing. Same time learning the dynamics is a very broad topic which i will try to simplify for you. Covered in more detail as you read through my web site. Money is great tool if used correctly. The ability for money to create more money which isn't rocket science and available for anyone with even the basic resources to access. Financial planning is important for everyone and a must since this goes way beyond savings. It is truly an investment in ourselves from our lifestyle to behavior. The need for saving has increased over the years as more jobs are privatized some with less securities in place find themselves having to save for un for seen circumstances. With advancements in medicine and overall health our lifespan has also increased however the age for retirement remains the same coupled with hight cost of living means we have to save more in order to live a comfortable life after retirement. With inflation worth considering saving should be every individuals priority as the value decreases while demand increases. Hence why we as investors need to look and plan ahead. Saving money is no longer a good enough option, almost looses value. Forcing people to move from saving to investing. What does investment mean? it's and activity which committing our resources to with the hopes over time benefits will be acquired through profits or gains of some sort. Commitment of funds and time as well. As investors similar to how we spread our investments we also don;t rely on one income in life. Investment has almost become necessary. An individuals investment behavior is influenced by many things. Everyone has their own risk taking ability, requirements, understanding of their strengths, areas to work on and so on. This is where personal investment comes into the equation.

‘ Knowledge is power ‘ The Best Investment is in yourself Discover More On The Dynamics Of Investing. Vist The Dynamics Page To Find Out More Useful Information

What Is Blockchain & It’s Benefits

What Is Cryptocurrency

What Is Ethereum

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Blockchain is a ledger, a growing list of records that are linked together using a form of encryption called cryptography. The information called blocks are linked on a database the chain. Blocks store various information from date, time, dollar amount, who is participating. Each block stores a information also known as a hash which is a unique code similar to an i.d allowing to recognize a block. Open Ledger - The transactions are publicly accessible by all users Distributed Ledger - Each user has a copy of the ledger Advantages: Accurate, Cost reduction, Secure, private, transparent. Does not require 3rd party intervention, audit able as well as scalable. More in detail under topics above, Information & Crypto. Disadvantages: Cost of mining can be significant as well as demanding on environment, transactions per second needs improvement, used for illicit trade an can also be hacked if conditions are right. Cryptocurrency or otherwise known as crypto currency is simply a digital currency, asset providing a medium of exchange using cryptography to ensure transactions are carried out securely, efficiently, additional units can created if required as well as verifying. Crypto currency is simply the cryptogrpahy of blockchain added to a currency. All cryptocurrency transactions are recorded on a blockchain. Bitcoin was the first blockchain created in 2008. Since bitcoins release, many other cryptocurrencies have been developed each with their own unique use of the blockchain. These coins are referred to as Alt Coins or Alternative Coins. A term used often. Cryptocurrency works on encryption so when a transaction takes place and data is encrypted 2 keys are produced which are linked together mathematically, one key is required for encrypting and the other to decrypt. When storing our cryptocurrency we have a public key which is available to use to send, receive etc and our private key which is the key used to decrypt and access the account. Cryptocurrencies are decentralized, Learn More about cryptocurrency, different types under the Crypto topic above. Some cryptocurrencies are built using the same framework as previous currencies and called forks. When using another cryptocurrency built with open source simply copying the code to create their own similar currency allowing people to create their own easily. Ethereum is a decentralized currency as well as a decentralized open source, public platform meaning anyone can access and use it. Aimed at developers giving them a place to create decentralized applications. Operating using smart contracts. Ether is the cryptocurrency on the Ethereum platform given as a reward to miners for mining nodes. You Can control money and digital currencies, build application anywhere in the world Similar to how bitcoin is aiming to change the financial way of lfie with digital currencies and decentralizing currency Ethereum is working towards changing the internet which is centralized. When we access website, login using passwords the system verifies the information provided on databases which are help by companies at data centers, clouds etc which is why some people mention how unsafe their data is if any central organization is compromised. Ethereum Wishes to distribute all the computational requirements to all the users across the planet via it’s nodes. A key feature of Ethereum is using smart contract. In a nutshell this is when a transaction automatically executes after certain conditions have been met. Similar to an escrow and how 3rd party organization temporarily hold funds till they can verify both parties have completed what was agreed only this is automated. You can imagine for yourself, this will eventually change how invoices are managed, contracts etc changing many industries from accounting, law, insurance, finance, health plus much more

Videos Explaining Tax Laws In U.K & Germany

Tax laws for cryptocurrency vary between between different countries, some have been much more open to accept blockchain whilst others followed suit. It’s worth looking into your TAX and VAT laws in your area also keeping in mind as the the market grows policies will be likely be added, refined. It’s straight forwards depending on income and type of investment they can either be classed as speculative, gambling or investing. Each have other own TAX requirements which likely falls under Capital Gains Tax otherwise known as CGT. Allot of how you get taxed depends on your overall incomes and investing behavior. It also worth noting gold can be sued as an alternative when deciding to sell convert profits inot local currency. Instead of converting directly to your local currency paying tax we can buy gold using crypto through various avenues. Since gold is Tax free we don’t have to pay. Bear in mind selling the gold for crypto might not be as easy as converting crypto to gold. As mentioned the market is still growing and as it matures we can expect more avenues to open up for investors or traders to make purchases with crypto or even directly invest back into other investments. I’m sure things will improve Links to bitcoin & cryptocurrency tax laws in United Kingdom U.K, America, Switzerland, China, Brazil, Israel, Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, Japan, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, European Union, Finland, Spain, Netherlands, Isle Of Man, Norway, Russia, Malaysia Hong Kong, India, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, South Africa, Kenya, Serbia, Singapore, Germany Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain + Many more.

TAX laws for cryptocurrency in U.K Implemented in 2013 Tax on crypto assets for individuals, businesses etc https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-on- cryptoassets Tax on crypto assets for individuals only https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tax-on- cryptoassets/cryptoassets-for- individuals Check if you need to pay tax in Great britain, U.K https://www.gov.uk/guidance/check-if-you-need-to- pay-tax-when-you-sell- cryptoassets Tax laws for cryptocurrency in America https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self- employed/virtual-currencies Tax, Vat & Laws on crypto in: Switzerland, China, Brazil, Israel, Argentina, Australia Canada, France, Japan, Italy, Ireland, Sweden, European Union, Finland, Spain, Netherlands, Isle Of Man, Norway, Russia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, India, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, South Africa, Kenya, Serbia, Singapore, Germany, Belgium, Czech Republic, Spain + Many more. https://www.loc.gov/law/help/cryptocurrency/world- survey.php

Aug 18, 2008 - Domain Bitcoin.org is registered Oct 31, 2008 - Satoshi Nakamoto releases paper ‘ Bitcoin: A peer-to-peer electronics payment system ‘

Feb 03, 2010 - 1st Public Transaction, 2 x Pizzas purchased from Papa John’s fr 10,000 BTC Aug 16, 2010 - The first Bitcoin Attack. Network was hacked, $184 Billion dollar transaction caught eyes.

Jan 15, 2012 - US drama ‘ The Good Wife ‘ Titles one of its episode “Bitcoin For Dummies” Jun 20, 2012 - Coinbase broker, Exchange is founded

Mar 19, 2014 - Japan crypto exchange Mt Gox goes bankrupt, offline forcing investors to loose money. Aug 04, 2014 - Microsoft allow Bitcoin transactions for their games platform Oct 31, 2014 - Coinye crypto ends up being sued by Kanye’s legal team

Jan 01, 2020 - Crypto Potential is realized as over 60% of financial experts believe it is here for good. Partners with Ethereum, Chainlink. Big developments

2021 -2022 Crypto currency in full swing ‘

Sep 18, 2019 - Major Partnerships with organization and blockchain being implemented into already existing infrastructure. ‘

Oct 29, 2013 - First public Bitcoin ATM goes live in waves coffee shop, Vancouver Canada. Nov 12, 2013 - A meme turned to crypto. Dogecoin is launched.‘

Feb 03, 2011 - Competition. Rival litecoin, Swiftcoin Namecoin are launched Apr 16 2011 - Bitcoin headlines in Time Magazine. Online cash bitcoin could challenge banks

Jan 12, 2009 - 1st BTC transaction. Nakamoto sends programmer, crypto pioneer Hal Finney 10 Bitcoin

Bitcoin Cash

Steem

Hashgraph

Electroneum

Chainlink

Digibyte

Waves

Basic Attention

Basic Attention Token is based on the Ethereum platform which powers a marketing software called Brave powered by blockchain, essentially an Ad platfrom aimed at the global market. Founded by Brendan Eich who created Java script, co founded Mozilla & Firefox. A promising project which offers rewards providing incentives for using the platform. Brave is a web browser. This decentralizes Ad all the way to revenue giving users a share aswell. BAT token is a payment system for their platfrom. Released - May 2017 Trading Name - BAT Authors - Brendan Eich

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