In February 2015, Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja developed the Lightening network (LN); they designed this network to address the bitcoin scalability problem, which is hampering the mainstream adoption of…
A fiat currency is used as a medium of exchange because it is backed by a government that issues it. There are over 180 different fiat currencies in circulation worldwide.…
Altcoins are alternative cryptocurrencies to Bitcoin, and they got into the cryptocurrency space after the successful launch of Bitcoin. The term “alt” means alternative; they are called alternative cryptocurrencies because…
The bitcoin price reached a peak of nearly $20,000 in December 2017. During that bitcoin bull run, most of the altcoins were in sync with bitcoin — the cryptocurrency market…