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Crypto basics Academy

Category description – Bitcoin was invented by a pseudonymous individual or group named Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 and is the world’s first enduring cryptocurrency that succeeded where decades of digital cash experiments failed.
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Malcolm O'Mahony

What is Chainlink?

Reading Time: 6 minutes Chainlink is a decentralized oracle network that provides secure, reliable, and verifiable data to smart contracts on the blockchain. It bridges the gap between on-chain

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Malcolm O'Mahony

What is proof of stake?

Reading Time: 7 minutes world of cryptocurrency, there are different consensus mechanisms used to validate transactions and maintain the integrity of the network. One of the most popular mechanisms

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Malcolm O'Mahony

What is VeChain (VET)?

Reading Time: 7 minutes VeChain is a smart-contract blockchain platform that aims to improve business supply chain management through distributed ledger technology. It is well-known for its product that

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Malcolm O'Mahony

What is Aave?

Reading Time: 10 minutes DeFi has exploded in popularity in recent years as an alternative to traditional financial services. Decentralized exchanges like Aave allow users to lend, borrow, and

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Malcolm O'Mahony

What is Shiba?

Reading Time: 4 minutes Shiba Inu, also known as SHIB, is an Ethereum-based cryptocurrency created in 2020. It is one of many types of altcoins, which are essentially cryptocurrencies that

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Malcolm O'Mahony

What is a protocol?

Reading Time: 4 minutes A protocol is a set of rules that allow computers to share data. Protocols are important to the world of cryptocurrency, because they are a

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Malcolm O'Mahony

What is Tether (USDT)?

Reading Time: 8 minutes Tether (USDT) is a stablecoin that is pegged to the US dollar, providing stability and efficiency to users. Tether (USDT) has become an integral part

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Malcolm O'Mahony

What is cryptography?

Reading Time: 5 minutes Cryptography is the practice of making information unreadable to an unintended recipient. A cryptographic algorithm is used to transform a readable message called ”plaintext” into

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Malcolm O'Mahony

What is Bitcoin Cash?

Reading Time: 6 minutes Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is a cryptocurrency created as a hard fork of Bitcoin. The goal of BCH was to provide an alternative to Bitcoin that

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