As an Algorand ambassador, I will treat you with news, explanatory articles and everything related to this Pure Proof-of-stake blockchain platform for smart contracts founded by Silvio Micali. Algorand is here to solve the famous Blockchain trilemma - decentralization, scalability and security.
17 Dec 2020 4 minute read 0 comments shadowofsatoshi
When you invest in altcoins, you should measure their success not just in USD value, but as well in BTC value. Why do so? There is a simple answer to that. If your cherry-picked altcoins don’t outperform bitcoin, you could easily stay HODLing bitcoin...
7 Dec 2020 4 minute read 0 comments shadowofsatoshi
There are hype waves of several trends in crypto. There was a hype about DEXes (decentralized exchanges), followed by DeFi hype. During the summertime, we had a Yield farming hype bubble, which already burst. But there is another hype wave coming. Th...
12 Nov 2020 4 minute read 14 comments shadowofsatoshi
Cryptocurrencies have still a long journey to their mass adoption. DeFi usage is already quite big in the crypto sphere, but in comparison with traditional finances, it still has big potential and room to grow. One of the main problems of today's cry...
14 Oct 2020 4 minute read 3 comments shadowofsatoshi
The strength of a project lies in its team In the recent Tweet from Daren (@Bmorecmome), I found a related comment from Coin Trades (@coin_trades) stating, that The strength of a project lies in its team. 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 And I absolutely agree wi...
7 Oct 2020 3 minute read 2 comments shadowofsatoshi
Bitcoin is written in C++ but has no smart contracts, Ethereum smart contracts are written in Solidity while Cardano and its SC in Plutus. Algorand went a bit different way of using the programming language TEAL. But what does that mean? Let’s start...
22 Sep 2020 3 minute read 0 comments shadowofsatoshi
Polkadot was developed from 2016 by the co-founder of Ethereum Gavin Wood. But the real hype took place this August by releasing its final version. At this moment, there are still no functional parachains, so we need to wait for further development a...
28 Aug 2020 4 minute read 0 comments shadowofsatoshi
Algorand recently announced a new set of features for smart contracts, which will without a doubt open the door for Algorand to the DeFi applications in the very close future. The core of those features is core Layer1 smart contracts, which are state...
21 Aug 2020 3 minute read 4 comments shadowofsatoshi
At this moment, we have digital cryptocurrencies on the blockchain such as Bitcoin or Ethereum. Besides that, we can put on the blockchain as well the fiat currencies, which then become so-called stablecoins, a stable digital currency. As we can go f...
27 Jul 2020 4 minute read 2 comments shadowofsatoshi
Many of you already heard of Algorand being one of the new smart contract platforms using their Pure Proof of Stake consensus mechanism. But probably not many of you know it to detail and how it can disrupt the gaming industry, right? I will try to d...
10 Jun 2020 3 minute read 2 comments shadowofsatoshi
Decentralized Finances (DeFi) is a promising and developing area of cryptocurrencies. It has the perfect usecase for public blockchains, while it can boldly compete with traditional banking services. Although not every blockchain is suitable for Defi...
