Questions tagged [currencies]
something that is not directly useful (like a commodity) but which can be used as a medium of exchange or a store of value. Essentially, money.
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Is there a EURO or CNY fiat currency cryptocurrency peg like USDT (USD tether)?
Tether is based out of Singapore if I'm correct and they currently have a USD cryptocurrency peg called USDT. But is there a EURO or CNY currency peg like USDT?
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historical market cap in json/csv for all coins?
I want to run a backtest on a "S&P 500" strategy for crypto investing. I'm looking for historical market cap data. Something like what coinmarketcap.com provides, but historically and in an easy ...
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NXT - What is the difference between an Asset and a Currency?
Reading the NXT website, it talks about an Asset Exchange and a Monetary System. First seems to be regarding assets, while the second article one is talking about currencies. Is there any difference ...
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How are the prefixes for EXT_PUBLIC_KEY and EXT_PRIVATE_KEY derived?
I want to know how the prefixes for EXT_PUBLIC_KEY and EXT_PRIVATE_KEY are derived. For example in bitcoin you have:
base58Prefixes[PUBKEY_ADDRESS] = std::vector<unsigned char>(1,0);
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Idioms of use/ bitcoin heuristic
I already know the answer of a) part which is Alice. Can anybody help me in finding answer of b) part.
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What is the difference between a cryptocurrency, a digital currency, and a virtual currency?
I'm wondering what are the differences between the three terms.
I have the impression that they are used somewhat interchangeably, with people talking about Bitcoin being the most popular "virtual ...
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Is bitcoin a better option than banks for transferring money from India to Hong Kong
I live in HK and I need to transfer some amount from my Indian bank account to my wife's Hong Kong bank account. I tried bank wire transfer and I lost almost 11-12% of total amount. My friend also ...
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Do all crypto brokerages use the same database?
I am wondering if I submit a sell order for Bitcoin on Webull, do Robinhood users also see my order, allowing us to trade cryptocurrencies between different platforms?
If not, what is the largest ...
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Question about the efficacy and safety of Privacy Cryptos like XMR, Zcash, etc
new here and haven't found an answer to this conceptual question:
Crypto is said to have solved the coordination problem through rewards and punishment (honest users are rewarded; dishonest users are ...
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Comparing "health" of Cryptocurrencies
I am new to cryptocurrencies, and I would like to explore how an analyst might compare the "health" of two coins, for example, Bitcoin v. an altcoin.
For a company that issues stocks, ...
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Electrum & BitAddress Wallets Creation
Can anyone please tell me if my procedure is correct and enough.
I've always heard and read that I must disconnect from the internet when creating Electrum Wallets, to keep away from hacks, viruses, ...
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transfer cryptocurrency with api
I need a wallet that have api for currency transfer like block.io api. But because block.io only supports 3 currencies, it is not suitable for my project
There is another wallet for my work? (Only ...
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how to place a bitforex api buy order
I have read the documentation for BitForex on placing a buy order here:
https://github.com/bitforexapi/API_Doc_en/wiki/Order
Then after understanding that, I read the API Call Description ...
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Is supply reduction consider as a hard or soft fork?
I'm writing an article about current Minergate Dashcoin hard fork. From all the bitcoin hard fork talks I get the impression only when block size increases will result in a hard fork. How about coin ...
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What stops people attacking my new coin?
Say I just made a new altcoin.
I mined it for a few days at some reasanoble difficulty - 2000 for example.
I got to the 10 000th block and I am happy with my premine and network.
Then, an attacker ...
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Looking for revenue data of bitcoin related websites
I was wondering if we can share pointers or anectodes about revenues of web projects related to bitcoin or general cryptocurrencies.
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possible to generate privatekey based on private key using bitcore.io?
Is is possible to generate the private key based on private key, means suppose if i am having one set as bellow :
privatekey : '02XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXacdefd'
publickey : '...
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What are all the new coins listed on the trading market & what value do they represent? what are their uses?
Just scrolled over all the different coins to trade I couldn't beleive how many there is, what are there uses, and is it something that is easy to set up?
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process to list cryptocoins in exchangers
I have a cryptocoin which is 50% premined. I want to list it on exchangers. How can I do it? Please mention the process to list cryptocoins in exchangers and also where can I get the list of best 50 ...
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