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  2. List of cryptocurrencies - Wikipedia

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    The first and most widely used decentralized ledger currency, [8] with the highest market capitalization as of 2018. [9] 2011 Litecoin: LTC, Ł Charlie Lee: Scrypt: C++ [10] PoW: One of the first cryptocurrencies to use scrypt as a hashing algorithm. 2011 Namecoin: NMC Vincent Durham [11] [12] SHA-256d: C++ [13] PoW: Also acts as an alternative ...

  3. Cryptocurrency bubble - Wikipedia

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    By 19 May, Bitcoin had dropped in value by 30% to $31,000, Ethereum by 40%, and Dogecoin by 45%. Nearly all cryptocurrencies were down by double-digit percentages. [40] Major cryptocurrency exchange Binance went down amid a market-wide price crash and traders are now seeking justice for their losses. [41]

  4. Tether (cryptocurrency) - Wikipedia

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    Tether (often referred to by its currency codes, USD₮ and USDT, among others) is a cryptocurrency stablecoin launched by Tether Limited Inc. in 2014. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As of August 1, 2024, Tether reported having $118.4 billion in reserves, including $5.3 billion in excess reserves.

  5. Ethereum - Wikipedia

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    Ether (ETH) is the cryptocurrency generated in accordance with the Ethereum protocol as a reward to validators in a proof-of-stake system for adding blocks to the blockchain. Ether is represented in the state as an unsigned integer associated with each account, this being the account's ETH balance denominated in wei (10 18 wei = 1 ether). At ...

  6. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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    The current value, not the long-term value, of the cryptocurrency supports the reward scheme to incentivize miners to engage in costly mining activities. [93] In 2018, bitcoin's design caused a 1.4% welfare loss compared to an efficient cash system, while a cash system with 2% money growth has a minor 0.003% welfare cost.

  7. Legality of cryptocurrency by country or territory - Wikipedia

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    The legal status of cryptocurrencies varies substantially from one jurisdiction to another, and is still undefined or changing in many of them. [1] Whereas, in the majority of countries the usage of cryptocurrency isn't in itself illegal, its status and usability as a means of payment (or a commodity) varies, with differing regulatory implications.

  8. Ethereum Classic - Wikipedia

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    Ethereum Classic is a blockchain-based distributed computing platform that offers smart contract (scripting) functionality. [1] It is open source and supports a modified version of Nakamoto consensus via transaction-based state transitions executed on a public Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).

  9. Uniswap - Wikipedia

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    Uniswap was created on November 2, 2018 [3] by Hayden Adams, [4] a former mechanical engineer at Siemens. [1] Adams is the founder and CEO of Uniswap Labs, the company responsible for the development of the Uniswap Protocol, a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on the Ethereum blockchain. [5]