Dogecoin is one of the world’s most popular “memecoins.” Launched at the end of 2013, Dogecoin was originally created as a joke, but it’s since become something seriously valuable. In…
XRP is the native cryptocurrency of the XRP ledger—a blockchain optimized for payments. According to Ripple, the company that created XRP, the blockchain can process 1,500 transactions per second. Ripple…
Ether is the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum. Released in 2015, Ethereum is designed to be a general purpose blockchain platform. That’s in contrast to Bitcoin, which excels in its single…
In the words of its pseudonymous creator Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin is “peer-to-peer electronic cash.” Created in 2008, bitcoin is the first decentralized cryptocurrency and the first major application of blockchain…