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The Role of Blockchain in the Launch and Growth of Cryptocurrency

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Arguably, it was blockchain, rather than the concept of digital coins themselves that was the major disruptive technology that came out in 2009. Ripple was created in 2012 and reached a value of over $5,000 per coin by the end of 2014. The paper introduced the idea of using a distributed network to create a form of digital cash.

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Guidelines on Trading Cryptocurrency Over the Blockchain

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Blockchain is used to authenticate cryptocurrency transactions and keep permanent, unalterable records of them, which has helped make cryptocurrencies viable digital assets. However, you will probably be more inclined to trust blockchain if you know that it is used by some of the world’s largest banks like J.P.

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Why Do We Frequently Question Data But Not Assumptions?

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Meanwhile, it’s reported that Hillary Clinton assembled a data team that was three times larger than Obama’s impressive 2012 operation. For example, while analytics was in the top three spending categories for US banks, only 20% of banking executives wanted their organizations to be highly data-driven.

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