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Blockchain’s moon race is on as the ecosystem grapples with developing scalability solutions to meet demand without sacrificing security or decentralization – the classic blockchain trilemma. The rapid growth in decentralized finance, NFTs, and gaming has seen adoption congest the Ethereum network, in particular, leading to bottlenecks and high transaction fees given its capacity for processing only a few transactions per second, rendering many dApps usable at times....

Polkadot has quickly become one of the most popular and, by far, among the biggest cryptocurrency blockchains throughout the entire industry. It appears that the hype surrounding Polkadot is only growing stronger, so we’ve taken the liberty to compile a comprehensive walk-through, guiding those who are less aware of the project and what it is all about. Photo by Alina Grubnyak on UnsplashWhat is Polkadot In Simple Words? Polkadot is Ethereum Co-founder Gavin Wood’s bet...

Polkadot has now clocked up a year of live mainnet operations, but this summer will mark one of the most significant milestones on its roadmap to date. The Polkadot parachain slot auctions will mark the first time that projects will be able to connect to Polkadot’s central Relay chain, completing its journey to a live mainnet hosting chains that support decentralized applications. Before that happens, Polkadot will set a precedent for what’s to come as its experimental...

The cryptocurrency community has been particularly creative when it comes to finding new ways to bootstrap projects and raise funds. In late 2017 and 2018, we saw the appearance of initial coin offerings (ICOs), where teams would raise money by selling a part of their total token supply to the public. This created an absolute euphoria as these freshly minted coins would multiply in value once they were listed on an exchange and open for trading. Quick Navigation: ICOs were...

The Ethereum Network recently saw the official launch of the Beacon Chain, which is a stepping stone to the long-awaited Ethereum 2.0 upgrade, aiming to improve network speed, efficiency, and scalability. It’s a move by the Ethereum foundation to abandon the Proof of Work (PoW) consensus algorithm for the energy-efficient Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm. On top of that, we have to change terminology from having miners to having validators.Ethereum 2.0 hopes to improve transaction...

Yield farming is a popular topic in the DeFi space for some time now. We know you may have many questions regarding yield farming – What is it? Why is it generating so much buzz?Let’s start with a simple statistic. In 2020, the DeFi space is so far growing at a rate of 150% in terms of total value locked (TVL) in dollars. In comparison, the crypto market capitalization has so far grown at a rate of only 37%.Many experts give credit to yield farming for the astounding growth of the DeFi space...

The cryptocurrency field is going through different phases every year, and that’s only logical. As the industry progresses, more people get involved in it, bringing new solutions and technology to the table.In 2020, it’s safe to say that the hottest crypto trend is Decentralized Finance (DeFi). In a matter of months, this became the most widely discussed topic within the cryptocurrency community and rightfully so.Quick NavigationNew DeFi projects are appearing daily, and it does bring a...

Crypto.com is an exchange that opened up for beta testers back in November 2019. The platform bolsters the vision of the company’s CEO, Kris Marszalek, who intends to create a full-service experience to the millions of users who are already using it.Along with the benefits that come with its relatively simple online trading interface, API, and low-cost Crypto.com application, the exchange undoubtedly strengthened the company’s standing within the cryptocurrency field.In any case, the exchange...

You may have heard of Uniswap has been a frequently debated topic among the DeFi space. Originally, Hayden Adams created the Uniswap protocol as he was inspired by Vitalik Buterin’s post about the market maker equation X * Y = K.Hayden took a practical approach to the equation and created Uniswap, a protocol for automated liquidity provisioning.This guide will help you understand the following concepts:What is Uniswap?How does automated liquidity provisioning work using X * Y = K...

‘Buy the dip’ is a popular strategy among traders and investors and especially within the cryptocurrency field, especially for Bitcoin trading.As Bitcoin approaches what seems like a begging of another bull-run, and based on the past real bull-run of 2017, buying dips might be a very wise and profitable strategy for trading the current market conditions.What Is Buy The Dip In Bitcoin?The financial markets, especially the cryptocurrency ones, tend to fluctuate in price actions. Even if there’s...