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Published inAug 2018
Reading LevelIntermediate
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ISBN-139781788995788
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Brenn Hill
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Brenn Hill is a senior software engineer who has worked with such clients as NASCAR, PGA Tour, Time Warner Cable, and many others. He has experience leading international teams on cannot fail engineering projects. He strives to work with business to ensure that tech projects achieve good ROI and solve key business problems. He has a master's degree in Information Science from UNC-CH and currently travels the world as a digital nomad.
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Samanyu Chopra
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Samanyu Chopra

Samanyu Chopra is a developer, entrepreneur, and Blockchain supporter with wide experience of conceptualizing, developing, and producing computer and mobile software's. He has been programming since the age of 11. He is proficient in programming languages such as JavaScript, Scala, C#, C++, Swift, and so on. He has a wide range of experience in developing for computers and mobiles. He has been a supporter of Bitcoin and blockchain since its early days and has been part of wide-ranging decentralized projects since a long time. You can write a tweet to him at @samdonly1.
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Paul Valencourt
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Paul Valencourt

Paul Valencourt is CFO of BlockSimple Solutions. He currently helps people launch STOs and invest in cryptocurrency mining.
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Introducing Altcoins

There are more than 1,600 cryptocurrencies in circulation; each one of them provides an improvement or a modification over Bitcoins. There are various online exchanges where cryptocurrencies can be exchanged amongst one another or for fiat currencies (such as USD, EUR, GBP, and so on) too, similar to a currency exchange or a stock-exchange portal. Here is a list of some popular Altcoins:

  • Litecoins
  • Ethereum
  • Zcash
  • Dash
  • Ripple
  • Monero
  • EOS
  • IOTA
  • TRON
  • Tether
  • Ethereum Classic
  • Bitcoin Cash
  • Stellar
  • NEO
  • NEM
  • Cardano

There are two broad categories of Altcoin on the basis of their blockchain, since the blockchain defines features, security, and other aspects of the coin.

It is certain that having so many cryptocurrencies in the market, along with currency exchanges, means that, now, a lot of key financial and market metrics are required to differentiate among the coins...

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Brenn Hill

Brenn Hill is a senior software engineer who has worked with such clients as NASCAR, PGA Tour, Time Warner Cable, and many others. He has experience leading international teams on cannot fail engineering projects. He strives to work with business to ensure that tech projects achieve good ROI and solve key business problems. He has a master's degree in Information Science from UNC-CH and currently travels the world as a digital nomad.
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Samanyu Chopra

Samanyu Chopra is a developer, entrepreneur, and Blockchain supporter with wide experience of conceptualizing, developing, and producing computer and mobile software's. He has been programming since the age of 11. He is proficient in programming languages such as JavaScript, Scala, C#, C++, Swift, and so on. He has a wide range of experience in developing for computers and mobiles. He has been a supporter of Bitcoin and blockchain since its early days and has been part of wide-ranging decentralized projects since a long time. You can write a tweet to him at @samdonly1.
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Paul Valencourt

Paul Valencourt is CFO of BlockSimple Solutions. He currently helps people launch STOs and invest in cryptocurrency mining.
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