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What Encryption Keys Are Used in a Bitcoin Wallet?

What Encryption Keys Are Used in a Bitcoin Wallet?

A Bitcoin wallet is composed of more than simply the address. It also includes your Bitcoin addresses' public and private keys.

Beginner
6 min
12 May 2022
Which projects are moving from Ethereum to Binance Smart Chain (BSC)?

Which projects are moving from Ethereum to Binance Smart Chain (BSC)?

“The main goal of the blockchain network — Binance Smart Chain—is to give developers the ability to create decentralized applications (DApps)."

Beginner
5 min
4 May 2022
How to start investing in cryptocurrency

How to start investing in cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency investment is all the rage these days, but how does a beginner get started and how to stay cautios?

Beginner
4 min
16 March 2022
Where should I keep my cryptocurrency?

Where should I keep my cryptocurrency?

On the road to being your bank, mastering the art of keeping your Cryptocurrency safe and secure is important. It's best if you learn it as soon as possible.

Beginner
3 min
15 March 2022
How to stake NOW | ChangeNOW Staking Guide

How to stake NOW | ChangeNOW Staking Guide

To start NOW betting, users need to freeze a certain number of tokens online. You must have at least 10 frozen NOW tokens to receive the reward for token staking.

Beginner
7 min
12 January 2022
How to stake NEO | NEO Gas Staking Guide

How to stake NEO | NEO Gas Staking Guide

The NEO network operates on the basis of a decentralized share proof algorithm between several centrally approved nodes, called the Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerant (dBFT) algorithm.

Beginner
6 min
12 January 2022
How to stake ATOM | Cosmos Staking Guide

How to stake ATOM | Cosmos Staking Guide

The Cosmos platform has its own cryptocurrency, a token called ATOM. This token plays a basic role in the existence of an economic ecosystem that regulates the work that underlies the entire network.

Beginner
6 min
12 January 2022
What you need to know about NFTs and how they work?

What you need to know about NFTs and how they work?

To better understand what NFTs are all about, we need to see how they work and what you can do with them. Any digital content can be tokenized thanks to blockchain technology and smart contracts.

Beginner
12 min
25 October 2021
What is Binance Smart Chain?

What is Binance Smart Chain?

Binance Smart Chain (BSC) is a blockchain that runs in parallel with the Binance Chain. Unlike Binance Chain, BSC has smart contract functionality and compatibility with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). Binance Smart Chain is based on a system with up to 21 Proof-of-Stake-Authority (PoSA) consensus validators, that requires minimal block validation time and offers much lower fees.

Advanced
9 min
9 September 2021
Who are WallStreetBets, Elon Musk, and crypto memes

Who are WallStreetBets, Elon Musk, and crypto memes

Low-income retail investors, hedge funds, institutions, corporations, commissions, and panicked brokers; you might expect to find these terms in the script for a new Hollywood movie such as The Big Short or The Wolf of Wall Street.

Beginner
6 min
11 February 2021
How to stake Ethereum on Guarda?

How to stake Ethereum on Guarda?

Guarda Wallet launched its own ETH staking pool. Now, to receive rewards for ETH staking you don't need to stake 32 ETH - with Guarda ETH staking pool you can start earning rewards with only 0.1 ETH.

Beginner
5 min
7 December 2020
Bitcoin Cash Split 2020 | BCH Hardfork

Bitcoin Cash Split 2020 | BCH Hardfork

In order to avoid losing funds, you can split your address Guarda BCH Split functionality and automatically get two separate addresses with current balances.

Advanced
5 min
15 November 2020
What are Atomic Swaps & Why do we need them?

What are Atomic Swaps & Why do we need them?

Atomic swaps can be implemented both on-chain - between two blockchains, and off-chain - outside the blockchain. The concept of cross-chain trading is innovative. Daniel Larimer introduced the P2PTradeX protocol considered to be the first prototype of the atomic swap in 2012. The communities of Bitcoin, Litecoin, Komodo, and Decred have played a significant role in the development and growth of this technology.

Advanced
7 min
1 August 2020
What are softforks and hardforks?

What are softforks and hardforks?

In the field of cryptocurrencies, hardforks and softforks are in the focus of considerable discussion among community and investors.

Beginner
6 min
31 July 2020
Types of Consensus Algorithms

Types of Consensus Algorithms

Blockchain projects are decentralized and do not have any central authority within the network so consensus algorithms are important for them.

Advanced
7 min
31 July 2020
What is Ethereum 2.0 (Serenity)?

What is Ethereum 2.0 (Serenity)?

The Ethereum network has become very popular in the world of cryptocurrencies and is currently processing large volumes of transactions. In order to continue the growth of the network, node operators are forced to increase their computing power, which can lead to centralized control.

Longread
15 min
22 June 2020
What is Bitcoin halving? What to expect?

What is Bitcoin halving? What to expect?

The Bitcoin Halving 2020 is the most expected event in the crypto industry. The Crypto community could expect a possible Bitcoin growth model that predicts a new peak after the 2020 halving.

Advanced
10 min
21 April 2020
Tether & the Future of Stablecoins

Tether & the Future of Stablecoins

The crypto market is highly volatile. Stablecoins, including Tether, are bound to solve this issue and offer a crypto asset that is like cash.

Archived
4 min
20 February 2020
What is staking and how it works?

What is staking and how it works?

Staking is a thing everyone hears about quite often in the world of blockchain. In general, it’s very close to a bank deposit.

Beginner
4 min
13 February 2020
What Are the Network Fees in Blockchain?

What Are the Network Fees in Blockchain?

As you might already know, transactions in cryptocurrency come with fees presented by the network. It happens that the services take their transactional fees for sending and receiving cryptocurrency but in the case of a non-custodial wallet like Guarda this does not happen. So, the question is – how are the fees calculated and what are we all paying for when sending cryptocurrency transactions?

Beginner
5 min
9 January 2020
What is a smart contract and how to use it?

What is a smart contract and how to use it?

A smart contract is a digital protocol that ensures that a contract is automatically executed when the agreed conditions are met. Smart contracts allow you to process transactions without requiring a third party to verify or enforce the agreement. Agreements are traceable and irreversible.

Advanced
7 min
9 January 2020
What is decentralization?

What is decentralization?

Nakamoto marked the beginning of an evolutionary model, not only from an economic but also from a political point of view.

Beginner
4 min
25 December 2019
What is Blockchain in Simple Terms?

What is Blockchain in Simple Terms?

Blockchain is a technology that allows you to transfer digital data with a very complex coding system and in a safe way. At the most basic level, the blockchain is a chain of digital information blocks in which information (“block”) is stored in a public database (“chain”).

Beginner
7 min
18 December 2019

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