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Bitcoin Atom -- the most IMPORTANT Bitcoin fork yet!

It seems like all the news about Bitcoin lately has been about how high the fees are, how slow the transactions are, and how congested the mempools are. This is...

Crypto Coin of the Day: Ark $ARK

Ark is an interoperable blockchain solution allowing blockchains to communicate and transact with each-other, making it highly flexible. It also has one of the ...

Crypto Coin of the Day: Dent $DENT

Dent is disrupting the telecommunications industry by creating an open marketplace to buy and sell unused mobile data globally. Current Price: $0.09 Rank: 44 ht...

Crypto Coin of the Day: Decentraland $MANA

Decentraland is a virtual reality platform built on a blockchain where you can buy and sell virtual land, products and services. It is a city where participants...

Google Home's Hidden Easter Egg for Crypto-lovers

Google is no stranger to hiding easter eggs in its products and services, but the latest will get all you crypto-lovers grinning ear-to-ear. Ask Google Assistan...

Crypto Coin of the Day: Kin ($KIN)

Kin is the official cryptocurrency created by Kik Messenger, designed for use in everyday digital services. It is a general purpose cryptocurrency that serves a...

Crypto Coin of the Day: TRON (TRX)

TRON allows users to freely publish, store, own and monetize their data and digital assets. Using blockchain and distributed storage technology, it aims to cons...

Crypto Coin of the Day: Verge $XVG

Verge uses multiple anonymity-centric networks such as Tor and I2P to create a secure and anonymous currency. Current Price: $0.14 Rank: 23 Watch the video to l...

What is a cryptocurrency exchange? Things to consider when choosing an exchange

IN PLAIN ENGLISH: An exchange is a central meeting place (a website or trading platform) where people looking to buy crypto can easily find sellers, and sellers...

Why do cryptocurrencies have any value?

IN PLAIN ENGLISH: The only reason any currency, paper or digital, has any value is because people agree that it does. How much value it has simply comes down to...

What is a cryptocurrency wallet? Explained in plain English

IN PLAIN ENGLISH: Cryptocurrency wallets, much like the wallets you carry in your pocket or purse, are where you store your currency and send or receive it. The...

What is a Smart Contract? Explained in plain English

IN PLAIN ENGLISH: Smart contracts enable services, products or information to be bought and sold in a fair, honest and automated way without the need for a trus...

Distribution of reputation levels 2017-12-27 / Verteilung der Reputationslevel 27.12.2017

Currently there are more than 530000 steemit accounts, but over 80 percent still has the starting reputation level 25. I've visualized the distribution of the r...

Crypto Coin of the Day: Reddcoin

Crypto Coin of the Day: Reddcoin (RDD) "Reddcoin is the social currency that enriches people’s social lives and makes digital currency easy for the general publ...

What is an ICO? Explained in plain English

IN PLAIN ENGLISH: An ICO (Initial Coin Offering) is often referred to as a crowdsale. Rather than go through the difficult process of trying to raise funding th...

Crypto Coin of the Day: RaiBlocks

Crypto Coin of the Day: RaiBlocks (XRB) "RaiBlocks is a trustless, low-latency cryptocurrency that utilizes a novel block-lattice architecture, where each accou...

What is the Lightning Network? Explained in plain English

IN PLAIN ENGLISH: Lightning Network allows two parties to conduct multiple transactions between themselves without having to record every transaction immediatel...

What is mining?

IN PLAIN ENGLISH: In order to make the whole cryptocurrency marketplace work, a large number of computers with a lot of computing power is needed to host the bl...

What is a fork? Hard fork vs soft fork?

IN PLAIN ENGLISH: A fork occurs when a change needs to be made to the rules that decide whether or not a transaction is valid on the blockchain. Because a block...

An introduction to plaincrypto

Hey all! I am excited to join this awesome community of people on steemit and begin engaging with like-minded people. I have been involved in the cryptocurrency...