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What is the FTX Token (FTT)?
Beginner

What is the FTX Token (FTT)?

FTX Token, FTT is the native token of the FTX ecosystem that grants access to the features and services of the trading platform and generates utility by incentivizing users to hold and use the token.
2/19/2023, 9:08:41 AM
What Is Flare Network? All You Need to Know About FLR
Beginner

What Is Flare Network? All You Need to Know About FLR

Flare Network is a high-performance decentralized cross-chain platform that delivers a set of native open protocols to build interoperable and composable apps.
2/15/2023, 3:57:46 AM
What is Monero (XMR)?
Beginner

What is Monero (XMR)?

XMR, a privacy coin based on the CryptoNote protocol, was created in about 2013-2014. It is designed to achieve absolute anonymity through ring signatures and stealth addresses.
2/7/2023, 7:50:09 AM
What Is Leased Proof of Stake (LPoS) and How Does it Work?
Intermediate

What Is Leased Proof of Stake (LPoS) and How Does it Work?

Leased Proof of Stake is a variant of the PoS where users lease tokens to validators so that they can increase their mining power to produce blocks.
2/6/2023, 11:40:55 AM
What Is Proof of Authority (PoA)?
Intermediate

What Is Proof of Authority (PoA)?

Proof of Authority is a permissioned consensus mechanism that uses identity as a stake to provide fast transactions and add blocks through the network.
2/6/2023, 11:21:37 AM
What Is VeChain? All You Need to Know About VET
Beginner

What Is VeChain? All You Need to Know About VET

VeChain is a blockchain platform with the goal of using distributed ledger technology to streamline supply chain management.
2/6/2023, 10:44:20 AM
What Is Cryptocurrency?
Beginner

What Is Cryptocurrency?

Cryptocurrency has recently taken the digital world by storm. Learn about this digital payment system and the technology behind it.
2/6/2023, 10:34:45 AM
What Is Gnosis? All You Need to Know About GNO
Beginner

What Is Gnosis? All You Need to Know About GNO

Gnosis is a blockchain infrastructure provider that was first launched in 2015 as a decentralized prediction market.
2/6/2023, 10:06:48 AM
What Is Kusama? All You Need to Know About KSM
Beginner

What Is Kusama? All You Need to Know About KSM

Kusama, described as "Polkadot's wild cousin", is a blockchain platform designed to provide a widely interoperable and extensible framework for developers.
2/6/2023, 10:01:51 AM
What is USDD?
Beginner

What is USDD?

USDD is a TRC token launched on the TRON blockchain as an algorithmic stablecoin. Its aim is to provide financial freedom through mathematics and algorithms, similar to TerraUSD (UST) and Frax Finance (FRAX). The launch of USDD signifies TRON's entry into decentralized stablecoins. The TRON DAO aims to collaborate with other blockchain leaders to establish a decentralized USD exchange.
2/3/2023, 10:40:56 AM
What Is WOO Network? All You Need to Know About WOO
Intermediate

What Is WOO Network? All You Need to Know About WOO

WOO Network is a deep liquidity network for large institutions and high-volume traders to trade in a dark pool platform using its CeFi and DeFi exchange services with zero trading fees.
1/31/2023, 10:51:40 AM
What Is Compound Finance? All You Need to Know About COMP
Beginner

What Is Compound Finance? All You Need to Know About COMP

Compound Finance is a Defi protocol that offers lending and borrowing to users without the need for an intermediary.
1/31/2023, 10:09:58 AM
What Is Harmony? All You Need to Know About ONE
Intermediate

What Is Harmony? All You Need to Know About ONE

Harmony, a layer-1 blockchain, uses sharding and effective proof of stake to further scalability, security, and decentralization.
1/31/2023, 9:08:43 AM
What is Kusama Coin (KSM)?
Beginner

What is Kusama Coin (KSM)?

Kusama coin (KSM) is the native token of the Kusama Network with on-chain governance capabilities for users. KSM offers a wide range of use cases such as staking, governance, and parachain auction.
1/31/2023, 7:31:23 AM
What Is Elrond? All You Need to Know About EGLD
Beginner

What Is Elrond? All You Need to Know About EGLD

Elrond is a blockchain platform capable of processing transactions at high speeds, and it provides security for the network by utilizing the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) mechanism.
1/30/2023, 2:50:35 PM

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