Not exact matches
«Icon's listing in local exchanges is significant itself as the coin is South Korea's first
platform coin,»
built on code that can be used for
other applications, said Park Nok - sun, a
cryptocurrency analyst at NH Investment and Securities.
We're
building the Signals
Platform upon
other successful blockchain services which create new possibilities for
cryptocurrency trading.
Since there are more and more blockchains being released in the
cryptocurrency space, generation 3
platforms are
built so that all these blockchains can talk to each
other and become a bigger ecosystem.
The DAO is a project
built on ethereum that, prior to its collapse, had raised more than $ 150m worth of the
cryptocurrency ether in a bid to create a smart contract - based funding vehicle for
other initiatives using the ethereum
platform.
While bitcoin is content with remaining a standard
cryptocurrency, giving users very little functionality beyond sending cryptocoins securely to each
other, Qtum is
building a
platform capable of running decentralized applications and smart contracts.
NEO
cryptocurrency is widely considered as «Chinese Ethereum» because it, like Ethereum, is aiming to
build a
platform on which
other DApps or Decentralized Applications could be
built by letting users execute smart contract code on their Blockchain.
NEO
cryptocurrency is widely considered as «Chinse Ethereum» because it, like Ethereum, is aiming to
build a
platform on which
other DApps or Decentralized Applications could be
built by letting users execute smart contract code on their Blockchain.
However, online retailers like Overstock.com and Newegg.com have demonstrated that Bitcoin can be used as a viable payment system, while OpenBazaar has even
built a decentralized e-commerce
platform that accepts only Bitcoin and
other cryptocurrencies as payment.
A public
cryptocurrency Build decentralized applications and rock solid smart contracts Fully compatible with existing Ethereum wallets, smart contracts and
other tools Fast transactions and contract execution Next generation decentralized app
platform goes beyond Ethereum smart contracts — coming Q4 2018
The main difference between coins and tokens is the fact that coins are standalone
cryptocurrencies that do not require another
platform to run, whereas tokens are actually
built on
other platforms and they exist on that
platform.
Despite an incredible amount of volatility, the
cryptocurrency industry as a whole is as strong as any (possibly stronger), and the idea that the work of millions of people
building apps, frameworks, exchanges,
platforms and
other applications could simply be «shut down» by a regulatory ruling or an «electrical grid failure» is, at best, extremely ill - informed.
Many
platforms, including those
building marketplaces on the blockchain, are doing great to extending the application of
cryptocurrencies to
other use cases
other than just assets for financial speculation and ICOs.