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10 most common crypto currency

Welcome To My Crypto Journey, I am trying as much as possible to carry every one who is interested along so you get to learn as I learn. You may also Read This https://read.cash/@Bestie/my-crypto-journey-part-1-4abe2047 https://read.cash/@Bestie/what-is-a-cryptocurrency-myguideout-5f3389d8 Today, I'll be writing a list of the 10 most common Crypto currencies that you need to know. 1. Bitcoin Bitcoin is a **digital currency** created in January 2009 following the housing market crash. It follows the ideas set out in a **whitepaper** by the mysterious and pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. The identity of the person or persons who created the technology is still a mystery. Bitcoin offers the promise of lower transaction fees than traditional online payment mechanisms and is operated by a decentralized authority, unlike government-issued currencies. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/digital-money.asp https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf 2. Etherium Ethereum is open access to digital money and data-friendly services for everyone – no matter your background or location. It's a community-built technology behind the cryptocurrency Ether (ETH) and thousands of applications you can use today. 3. Bitcoin Cash Bitcoin cash is a cryptocurrency created in August 2017, from a fork of Bitcoin. Bitcoin Cash increases the size of **blocks**, allowing more transactions to be processed. The cryptocurrency underwent another fork in November 2018 and split into Bitcoin Cash ABC and Bitcoin Cash SV (Satoshi Vision). Bitcoin Cash is referred to as Bitcoin Cash because it uses the original Bitcoin Cash client. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/block-bitcoin-block.asp 4. Ripple **Ripple** is a real-time global settlement network that offers instant, certain and low-cost international payments. Launched in 2012, Ripple “enables banks to settle cross-border payments in real-time, with end-to-end transparency, and at lower costs.” https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/ripple.asp 5. Litecoin **Litecoin**, launched in 2011, was among the first cryptocurrencies to follow in the footsteps of bitcoin and has often been referred to as “silver to **bitcoin**’s gold.” It was created by Charlie Lee, an MIT graduate and former Google engineer. Litecoin is based on an open-source global payment network that is not controlled by any central authority and uses "scrypt" as a proof of work, which can be decoded with the help of CPUs of consumer-grade. Although Litecoin is like bitcoin in many ways, it has a faster block generation rate and hence offers a faster transaction confirmation time. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/litecoin.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bitcoin.asp 6. DOGE Dogecoin is a decentralized, peer-to-peer digital currency that enables you to easily send money online. Think of it as "the internet currency." Favoured by Shiba Inus Worldwide. 7. Binance Coin Binance Coin (BNB) is the official token of the Binance cryptocurrency exchange platform. Founded in 2017, Binance has quickly risen to become the largest exchange of its kind globally in terms of overall trading volume. The Binance Coin token allows Binance users to trade in dozens of different cryptocurrencies efficiently on the Binance platform. BNB is used to facilitate transaction fees on the exchange and can also be used to pay for certain goods and services, including travel fees and more. 8. Bitcoin SV Bitcoin SV (BSV), with "SV" in this case standing for "Satoshi Vision," is a hard fork of Bitcoin Cash. In this sense, BSV is a fork of a fork of the original Bitcoin network. A planned network upgrade for November of 2018 resulted in a protracted debate between mining and developing factions in the BCH community, leading to a hard fork and the creation of BSV. 9. Tether Tether was one of the first and most popular of a group of so-called **stablecoins**, cryptocurrencies which aim to peg their market value to a currency or other external reference point so as to reduce volatility. Because most digital currencies, even major ones like bitcoin, have experienced frequent periods of dramatic volatility, Tether and other stablecoins attempt to smooth out price fluctuations in order to attract users who may otherwise be cautious. https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stablecoin.asp 10. Libra One of the most-hyped cryptocurrencies is one that, as of January 2020, has yet to even launch. By mid-2018, rumors circulated that social media giant Facebook, Inc. (**FB**) was developing its own cryptocurrency. Given Facebook's incredible global reach and the potential for massive volumes of exchange across its platform, the cryptocurrency world had long speculated that the social media titan might launch its own digital token. https://www.investopedia.com/markets/quote?tvwidgetsymbol=fb Source: Investopedia Conclusion There are several other crypto currencies which I have not mentioned, this are just few of the popular ones I know. In my next articles, I will be writing extensively on each of them. Thanks for reading.