Tag: Crypto
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Is LINK Blockchain Agnostic?
Interoperability and dependence on the Ethereum blockchain is a concern that crops up now and then in chainlink circles. Even commenters with technical backgrounds have trouble grappling with the idea that a token could be independent from the blockchain it’s built on. At a high level, if you think a team expressly focused and specialized…
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The Most Valuable Crypto Ranking Sites
Numerous Cryptocurrency ranking sites have sprung up after the 2017 run up in BTC price. Though Coinmarketcap.com still reigns supreme, some contenders have fared better than others. Below is a ranking of the most valuable crypto ranking domains according to worthofweb.com. Coinmarketcap.com Value: $682 Million Coinmarketcap pulls in $3,293,940 / month in ad revenue. The…
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Most and Least Liquid Crypto According to Coinmarketbook.cc
Coinmarketbook.cc is a crypto ranking site that uses a liquidity measure instead of market cap. As astute investors and traders will note, financial ratios should have a numerator and a denominator to evaluate. Just like P/E and P/B ratios, coinmarketbook tracks a ratio of their own—buy support/market cap. This effectively compares the liquidity of each…
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Cleaning Up Crypto: An Interview With Denis Gorbachev
I had the pleasure of chatting with Denis Gorbachev, co-founder of coinmarketbook.cc, an effort to bring honest and accurate market data to crypto enthusiasts. His site ranks alt-coins based on “buy support” rather than the easily manipulated “market cap” measure, and also features in-house indicators. The site rivals the popular coinmarketcap.com, which has come under…
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Filtering Out Wash-Traded Crypto
Critics of the Coinmarketcap.com(CMC) system have long decried the market manipulation used to game the rankings. In an effort to filter out this problem, Coinmarketbook.cc(CMB)has been created in an effort to measure real buying support for various cryptocurrencies. Rather than using “market cap” based on misleading circulation numbers and a latest fill-price often arrived at…
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Ethereum EIP 858 vote
Check the Ethereum network lately and you can find a vote titled “What should be done regarding proof-of-work issuance until Casper is ready”. Link The votes deal with whether or not the difficulty bomb should be delayed again, and whether there should be a static reduction in block reward. The hodlrs clearly showed up, as…