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Articles (130)

Blockchain

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.

Beginner

4 min

20 February 2020

Blockchain

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.

Longread

4 min

13 February 2020

Crypto

Cryptocurrency Wallet vs Exchange

Owing to the excessive volatility of the cryptocurrency market, the popularity of various exchange platforms is insane. Trading on the exchange can be truly exciting and even profitable but, unfortunately, when it comes to the security aspect, the situation doesn’t seem so bright.

Longread

11 min

21 January 2020

How to Keep Your Crypto Wallet Safe and Secure?

Security

How to Keep Your Crypto Wallet Safe and Secure?

A crypto wallet mostly works in the same way as a traditional wallet does – it is designed to keep your money safe and always needs to be kept safe and secure for this to happen.

Advanced

3 min

21 January 2020

What Are the Network Fees in Blockchain?

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?

Blockchain

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 a crypto wallet and how to choose one?

Crypto

What is a crypto wallet and how to choose one?

We often say that cryptocurrencies are 'stored' in wallets; However, this is technically incorrect. The funds are stored on the blockchain: that great decentralized book that is the foundation of the crypto world.

Beginner

10 min

9 January 2020

Security

How to detect crypto scam?

Unfortunately, crypto fraud is still a reality. Attackers will try to take advantage of all the places they see promise or advantage. It is certainly still possible to steal funds in the cryptocurrency space, so the fraudsters always look for new ways to trick people – whether by stealing their data or money directly.

Advanced

10 min

9 January 2020

Tutorials

What Are Blockchain Domains?

As the global network develops, traditional domains (.com, .org, .gov, .net, etc.) become ineffective. By analogy with cryptocurrencies, blockchain domains belong directly to the owner, and not to a third party or central authority.