Coin Info

Bitcoin

Correct as at 18 August 2019

Project Description
Project Name: Bitcoin
Token Ticker: BTC
Consensus Protocol: Proof of Work

Project Introduction
Bitcoin is a digital and global peer-to-peer money system currency. It allows entities to send or receive money across the internet, even to someone they don't know or don't trust. Money can be exchanged pseudonymously. digital assets graphy is the basis for Bitcoin's security.

Bitcoin was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008. A Bitcoin address, or simply address, is an identifier of 26-35 letters and numbers, beginning with the number 1 or 3, that represents a possible destination for a bitcoin payment. Addresses can be generated free of charge by any user of Bitcoin.

Token Overview
Maximum Supply: 21 million
Current Circulation: 17,882,525

Useful Links
Website: https://bitcoin.org/en/
Github: https://github.com/bitcoin/
White Paper: https://resource.bnbstatic.com/books/20180207/1517974316074.pdf

Ethereum

Correct as at 18 August 2019

Project Description
Project Name: Ethereum
Token Name: Ether
Token Ticker: ETH
Consensus Protocol: Proof of Work

Project Introduction
Ethereum is a system on the Internet where people can make deals or contracts. Ether is a type of digital asset which uses the Ethereum system to make sure that every person gets the right amount in every deal.

Ethereum was proposed in late 2013 by Vitalik Buterin, a digital assets researcher and programmer. Many people donated money to support the development of the system in what was one of the first initial coin offerings. The system came online on 30 July 2015.

Token Overview
Maximum Supply: NA
Current Circulation: 107,366,353

Useful Links
Website: https://www.ethereum.org/
Github: https://github.com/ethereum
White Paper: https://resource.bnbstatic.com/books/20180207/1517974473581.pdf

Litecoin

Correct as at 18 August 2019

Project Description
Project Name: Litecoin
Token Ticker: LTC
Consensus Protocol: Proof of Work

Project Introduction
Often referred to as the little brother of Bitcoin, Litecoin is a peer-to-peer digital asset that has gained adoption since its inception in 2011.Litecoin is used to transfer funds directly between individuals or businesses without the need for an intermediary such as a bank or payment processing service.

Litecoin is a fork of Bitcoin which means it does not share any history or connection to the Bitcoin genesis block. As a fork, it has many similar characteristics to Bitcoin, but has opted for shorter block generations times of around 2.5 minutes. This allows transactions to be added to the blockchain sooner. Because of the decreased block generation time, it quadrupled its base supply to 84 million to compensate for the inflation rate.

Token Overview
Maximum Supply: 84,000,000
Current Circulation: 63,059,106

Useful Links
Website: https://litecoin.org/
Github: https://github.com/litecoin-project
White Paper: https://resource.bnbstatic.com/books/20190809/1565347460475.pdf

Ripple

Correct as at 18 August 2019

Project Description
Project Name: Ripple
Token Ticker: XRP
Consensus Protocol: Ripple Protocol Consensus Algorithm

Project Introduction
Ripple is a protocol for sending money through the internet. It was developed by Ripple Labs Inc which is an American Financial technology company. With proven governance and the fastest transaction confirmation of its kind, Ripple is said to be the most efficient settlement option for financial institutions and liquidity providers seeking global reach, accessibility and fast settlement finality for interbank flows.

Token Overview
Maximum Supply: 100,000,000,000
Current Circulation: 42,890,708,341

Useful Links
Website: https://www.ripple.com/
Github: https://github.com/ripple/rippled/
White Paper: https://resource.bnbstatic.com/books/20180213/1518513528091.pdf

EOS

Correct as at 18 August 2019

Project Description
Project Name: EOS.IO
Token Ticker: EOS
Consensus Protocol: Delegated Proof of Stake

Project Introduction
EOS.IO is software that introduces a blockchain architecture designed to enable vertical and horizontal scaling of decentralized applications. This is achieved through an operating system-like construct upon which applications can be built. The software provides accounts, authentication, databases, asynchronous communication and the scheduling of applications across multiple CPU cores and/or clusters. The resulting technology is a blockchain architecture that has the potential to scale to millions of transactions per second, eliminates user fees and allows for quick and easy deployment of decentralized applications.

Token Overview
Maximum Supply: NA
Current Circulation: 927,922,770

Useful Links
Website: https://eos.io/
Github: https://github.com/EOSIO
White Paper: https://resource.bnbstatic.com/books/20180207/1517999355584.pdf

USD Tether

Correct as at 3 October 2019

Project Description
Project Name: Tether
Token Ticker: USDT
Consensus Protocol: OMNI

Project Introduction
Announced in July 2014, “Realcoin” was the precursor of Tether and was founded by Brock Pierce, Reeve Collins, and Craig Sellars. Tether has been dubbed as a “stablecoin” because it was originally designed to be backed by US$1.00 in reserves. However, this has recently been backtracked to include loans to Tether Limited’s loans to affiliate companies. Tether Limited is responsible for maintaining the required reserve amounts of fiat currency.

Nonetheless, the premise behind Tether was to be a medium of exchange and a mode of storage of value, instead of being used as a medium of speculative investments. The project served as a bridge between fiat currencies and digital assets through its inherent stability, transparency, and minimal transaction charges to users.

Token Overview
Maximum Supply: NA
Current Circulation: 4,108,044,456

Useful Links
Website: https://tether.to/
White Paper: https://tether.to/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/TetherWhitePaper.pdf

Bitcoin Cash

Correct as at 3 October 2019

Project Description
Project Name: Bitcoin Cash
Token Ticker: BCH
Consensus Protocol: Proof of Work

Project Introduction
Bitcoin Cash was created in August 2017 in a “hard-fork” or divergence from the original Bitcoin code. The “fork” was the result of rising fees on the Bitcoin network as well as disagreements over proposed improvement plans, codenamed “Segwit”. This caused a group of bitcoin activists, investors, entrepreneurs, developers, and largely China-based miners to split from the original Bitcoin community and create their own alternative.

Bitcoin Cash or BCH was the result of the split and boasted a larger block size of 8mb vs BTC’s 1mb. This enabled faster transaction speeds and lower transaction fees as compared to BTC.

In November 2018, Bitcoin Cash witnessed another internal divergence (hard-fork) due to differences of opinions between two rival factions on block size. This ultimately led to the formation of Bitcoin ABC (supported by Roger Ver and Wu Jihan) and Bitcoin SV (supported by Craig Steven and Calvin Ayre).

Token Overview
Maximum Supply: 21 million
Current Circulation: 18,036,375

Useful Links
Website: https://www.bitcoincash.org/
Github: https://github.com/bitcoincashorg/bitcoincash.org
White Paper: https://www.bitcoincash.org/bitcoin.pdf