By: Carolina Pérez
When I first found out about cryptocurrency, I thought that only meant Bitcoin, but a while back I started to hear many names that were also cryptocurrencies, it was shocking I must admit because just knowing about Bitcoins was something hard to understand let alone trust… little did I know that according to investopedia.com there are over 700 coins, but only some of them circulate the market. I've always thought that this cryptocurrency reality was a very small reality, but it's been growing a lot throughout the years.
Travelex confirms that there are 180 current currencies across the world, recognized by the United Nations, and the British pound is the world's oldest currency that's still in use, dating back to the 8th century, the newest currency in the world is the South Sudanese pound, made official on July 18, 2011, so why would the crypto world be any different it's still ultimately cash.
There may be many different currencies… our traditional ones or cryptocurrencies, but there will always be some more popular than others. The most popular one is the US Dollar Investopedia.com "First and foremost is the U.S. dollar, which is easily the most traded currency on the planet. The USD can be found in a pair with all the other major currencies and often acts as the intermediary in triangular currency transactions. This is all because the USD acts as the unofficial global reserve currency, held by nearly every central bank and institutional investment entity in the world", Bitcoin would be like the US Dollar. When it comes to crypto there are a couple that has reached a lot of popularity aside from the well known Bitcoin, for example, Litecoin launched in 2011 one of the first crypto around the market, Ethereum came out in 2015 as a decentralized software platform that enables Smart Contracts, Dash and Monero offer more anonymity within the system.
It's not that hard to create a new cryptocurrency I thought that this would be a bit more complicated but according to Fastcompany, someone with even basic coding skills would be able to create one. In their article called How to Create your Cryptocurrency, they interview Chris Ellis, an entrepreneur and a community activist at Feathercoin "The first step is to find a community and build a currency around them rather than building a currency and expecting everyone to show up." The article points out the importance of getting everyone on board with your new crypto from creating a community, then make Miners aware of this new coin, so it grows. There is a specific point that I believe is the hardest one and the one with more emphasizes in the article and it has to do with convincing people that this digital currency holds a value, as I mentioned on a previous blog this is really mind-blowing it works because of the people that use it and the value they believe it has.
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Originally posted on DavinciCodes.net