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Why is ENS so important for Crypto mass adoption

5 Jun 2020 6 minute read 12 comments PKcrypto

When you want to visit a website, you don’t type the IP address of the website you’re trying to reach (i.e. 209.97.155.239). Instead you enter the website’s domain name into your browser (i.e. https://www.publish0x.com/). You’re able to do this becau...

The unstoppable rise of Stablecoins

28 May 2020 5 minute read 7 comments PKcrypto

The cryptocurrency space has seen a huge expansion of stablecoins in the past year. Almost 60 different projects are currently live and many more are being created. This week, the value of assets for all stablecoins surpassed $10 billion for the firs...

2020, the Year of the Proof of Stake

21 May 2020 3 minute read 11 comments PKcrypto

The second largest blockchain platform in the world by market capitalization, Ethereum, has been looking to shift to Proof of Stake since 2014. Co-founder Vitalik Buterin sees PoS as key to ethereum reaching maturity. “Ethereum 1.0 is a couple of peo...

Centralization, the greatest danger of the Crypto world

19 May 2020 3 minute read 12 comments PKcrypto

Jared Tate, the Founder of DigiByte (DGB), announced that he will be stepping aside from his daily operations due to the “Greed…and rampant pillaging” of the cryptocurrency industry. But he also added: “The centralization of this industry will be its...

After Halving, Bitcoin has a lower inflation rate than gold

15 May 2020 3 minute read 1 comment PKcrypto

Bitcoin has officially halved for the third time in its history. Smoothly, quietly, efficiently, Bitcoin is now becoming more scarce than gold. After the halving that just occurred, miners’ rewards have reduced from 12.5 BTC to 6.25 BTC. The previous...