It was a fairly average week for the crypto market with Bitcoin (BTC) slightly up by 1.26%, but some coins BCD, ONG, ETC, CTSI, QTUM, FIRO, DOGE, GVT, RLC, EOS did perform better than Bitcoin.
Let’s take a closer look at this weeks top crypto performers.
Bitcoin Diamond (BCD) is a fork of Bitcoin that occurs at the predetermined height of block 495,866 and therewith a new chain will be generated as the BCD. Bitcoin Diamond miners will begin creating blocks with a new proof-of-work algorithm, and will consecutively develop and enhance the protection for account transfer and privacy based on original features of BTC. Read more
Since the Ontology MainNet went live on June 30th, 2018, MainNet ONT has started to release ONG periodically.
Ontology uses a dual token (ONT and ONG) model. ONT is the coin and can be used for staking in consensus, whereas ONG is the utility token used for on-chain services.
Ontology is a new high-performance public blockchain project & a distributed trust collaboration platform. Read more
Ethereum Classic is a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third party interference.
Ethereum Classic is a continuation of the original Ethereum blockchain – the classic version preserving untampered history; free from external interference and subjective tampering of transactions. Read more
Cartesi is a layer-2 infrastructure, which aims to enable complex and intensive computations to run in a Linux environment, outside the blockchain, without compromising decentralization.
Developers can work in a familiar environment with no artificial limitations and with access to their favorite tools.
dApps can store data temporarily on the Cartesi Side Chain, which is governed by a Proof-of-Stake consensus algorithm, without having to constantly communicate with the layer-1 blockchain. Read more
Qtum is a decentralized and open-source smart contracts platform and value transfer protocol. Qtum uses proof-of-stake consensus, meaning node operators are rewarded for validating transactions. It is a DGP governed blockchain where community participants can vote to change certain network parameters. Qtum is built on a bitcoin core fork, but the foundation has created its own hybrid blockchain with the help of several key tools. Read more
Zcoin (XZC) is a cryptocurrency focused on privacy and decentralization. It is the first coin to implement the Zerocoin protocol that enables financial privacy through the power of zero knowledge proofs with a focus on making privacy easy to use. It is also set to be the first to release MTP an ASIC resistant, anti-botnet proof of work algorithm that remains lightweight to verify to ensure fair distribution of coins and decentralized security. Read more
Dogecoin is a cryptocurrency based on the popular “Doge” Internet meme and features a Shiba Inu on its logo. Dogecoin is a Litecoin fork. Introduced as a “joke currency” on 6 December 2013, Dogecoin quickly developed its own online community and reached a capitalization of US$60 million in January 2014. Compared with other cryptocurrencies, Dogecoin had a fast initial coin production schedule: 100 billion coins were in circulation by mid-2015, with an additional 5. Read more
Genesis Vision is the platform for the private trust management market, built on Blockchain technology and Smart Contracts. We combine exchanges, brokers, traders and investors into a decentralized, open and honest network, making the financial market even more global.
iExec is an open-source, decentralized cloud computing platform, running on Ethereum blockchain. iExec allows decentralized applications (dApps) an on-demand access to computing resources and technologies on iExec cloud. iExec has built a blockchain network where dApps can take advantage of cost effective and high-performance resources such as servers, databases, SaaS applications, web hosting and computer farms. Read more
What Is EOS?
EOS has always been one of the most hype over ICO and now a smart contract platform. When it was announced by founder Dan Larimer in New York City in May 2017, a giant jumbotron advertisement could be seen glowing over Times Square. In the first 5 days of their ICO token sale, EOS raised an unprecedented $185 million in ETH — all without having any kind of product or service yet. Read more
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