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The layman's guide to cryptocurrency

Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer virtual currency that is currently not regulated by most monetary governing bodies. From late 2016 to November of 2017, investors saw their Bitcoin value multiple 10 times. The exchange of bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies is made safe by unbreakable cryptography and algorithms which are continually updated every time a transaction takes place. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and other cryptocurrencies have seen incredible returns in short periods of time, prompting never

Life after Bitcoin: the future of digital currencies

Everyone has heard of Bitcoin, even if they don’t fully understand it. However, there are also many alternative digital currencies that some may not have heard of, such as Litecoin, Altcoin and Ripple, for example. According to Wikipedia, there are 19 active cryptocurrencies, and most of these were released in the last couple of years. Coinmarketcap.com lists 100 cryptocurrencies. Many experts believe that these numbers will continue to climb. With so many cryptocurrencies on the market, which