It is extremely important that you know how to safely and securely store your crypto-assets before investing in this fascinating space. Creating a wallet is the first step towards this. A wallet is a software that enables you to send, receive, control and secure your...
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How to configure your crypto wallet
Crypto assets allow you to have total control of your numerical assets without having recourse to a trusted intermediary, firm or bank. This given power comes alongside a certain responsibility, that is, you are entirely responsible for securing your assets. This may...
What determines the price of Bitcoin?
If a Bitcoin were a manufactured product owned by a company, it would be possible for its creator to set the price, either directly by arbitrarily determining it or indirectly by limiting or increasing the quantity available on the market. As Bitcoin is by...
What is Proof-of-Stake?
Proof-of-Stake is a method to achieve a distributed consensus. It makes it possible to secure a blockchain by providing the right economic incentives to push for honest transaction validation. It is an alternative to the Proof-of-Work used on Bitcoin. What are the...
What is decentralized Finance (DeFi) ?
''Decentralized finance is the concept of decentralization through cryptocurrencies, applied to the mechanisms of finance'' Offering financial products or financing solutions today requires applying for authorisation as a credit institution from the ACPR and the...
What is the Lightning Network?
ou’ve probably heard of Lightning Network, a technology capable of increasing Bitcoin network’s capacity. In this article, we will seek to understand the fundamentals of the system and its interest. Why Lighting Network? What is Lightning Network? Where are we today?...
What is Tezos (XTZ)?
In the Blockchain world, Tezos is a project that, for better or worse, got a hell lot of attention. Tezos is the product of many years of crypto-economic and philosophical reflections led by its masterminds Arthur and Kathleen Breitman, and who laid them out in their...
What is EOS?
EOS is a blockchain project led by developer Daniel Larimer, unveiled and financed in 2017 and then put online in 2018 after an ICO of all records that lasted a year and raised up to 4 billion dollars through an ingenious but questionable mechanism. More than a year...
What is Dash (DASH)?
DASH is a cryptocurrency created in January 2014 by Evan Duffield, successively named Xcoin, then Darkcoin. Initially based on a copy of Bitcoin, Dash allows confidential and almost instantaneous transactions, and is supported by a masternode governance system. What...
What is Augur (REP)?
The Augur marketplace offers its users the opportunity to open prediction markets based on real and dated events (ie: a result of a football match or an election), on which it is possible to bet on one of the issues via the exchange of shares in ether. The 9th of...