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2. Cryptocurrency - Wikipedia

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   A cryptocurrency, crypto-currency, or crypto[a] is a digital currency designed to work as a medium of exchange through a computer network that is not reliant on any central authority, such as a government or bank, to uphold or maintain it. [2] It has, from a financial point of view, grown to be its own asset class.

3. Legality of cryptocurrency by country or territory - Wikipedia

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   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. [2] While some states have explicitly allowed its use and trade, others have banned or restricted it.

4. List of cryptocurrencies - Wikipedia

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   A bitcoin -based currency featuring instant transactions, decentralized governance and budgeting, and private transactions. China based cryptocurrency, formerly ANT Shares and ANT Coins. The names were changed in 2017 to NEO and GAS. The underlying software is derived from that of another cryptocurrency, ZetaCoin.

5. Bitcoin - Wikipedia

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   Bitcoin wallets were the first cryptocurrency wallets, enabling users to store the information necessary to transact bitcoins. [85][8]: ch. 1, glossary The first wallet program, simply named Bitcoin, and sometimes referred to as the Satoshi client, was released in 2009 by Nakamoto as open-source software. [7]

6. Polkadot (blockchain platform) - Wikipedia

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   Polkadot (blockchain platform) Polkadot is a blockchain platform. The native cryptocurrency for the Polkadot blockchain is the DOT. [1] It is designed to allow blockchains to exchange messages and perform transactions with each other without a trusted third-party. This allows for cross-chain transfers of data or assets, between different ...

7. Binance - Wikipedia

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   Binance Holdings Ltd., branded Binance, is a global [9] company that operates the largest cryptocurrency exchange in terms of daily trading volume of cryptocurrencies. Binance was founded in 2017 by Changpeng Zhao, a developer who had previously created high-frequency trading software. Binance was initially based in China, then moved to Japan ...

8. Ripple (payment protocol) - Wikipedia

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   Ripple is a real-time gross settlement system, currency exchange and remittance network that is open to financial institutions worldwide and was created by Ripple Labs Inc., a US-based technology company. Released in 2012, Ripple is built upon a distributed open source protocol, and supports tokens representing fiat currency, cryptocurrency ...

9. Ethereum - Wikipedia

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   Ethereum. Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (abbreviation: ETH[a]) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among cryptocurrencies, ether is second only to bitcoin in market capitalization. [2][3] It is open-source software.