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Types of cryptocurrency wallets and how they work

Wallets are digital wallets where we can store our cryptos and connect to the web 3.0 and the Blockchain network in a decentralized way to perform any type of operation. Wallets are protected with a series of keys, and these are divided between public and private keys. Clave pública: The public key is like an account number with which we can make transfers with any other wallet, without the risk that they can extract our funds. Through the public key, addresses are generated to receive, consult and view the status of our funds. Clave privada: The private key is the one we use to protect our funds since this is the one that gives us access to them and the one we must take complete care of. Types of cryptocurrency wallets: There are different types of wallets but we can divide them into two main categories: Hot wallet: These are online wallets, which can be applications or can even be installed as browser extensions such as MetaMask.  Cold wallet: These are physical wallets that work without an internet connection, which makes them the safest wallet option. We find different subcategories of wallets within these two: Hot Wallets: Host Wallet: The point is that it is the exchange platform itself that safeguards your cryptocurrencies, so there is no real independence between Wallet and Exchange. Online Wallet: These Wallets are independent of the Exchanges and we have total control. They are 100% connected to the internet and have an extra security feature that uses a technology that prevents them from tracking your IP. Cold Wallets: Fisical Wallet / Hardware: Physical or hardware wallets and to use them you will have to enter a PIN code in the wallet which is not stored digitally anywhere. This type of wallet is probably the most secure, but also the most expensive. Although it is not as versatile as an online wallet, you will also be able to carry it with you as they are small-sized device. Paper Wallet: A physical document that has both the keys, as well as the address for sending and receiving funds. You have to store that paper in the best possible way and they cannot be used for exchange as they are only useful for crypto asset management. How to choose the best type of wallet for me First, we must ask ourselves what we want it for, these are some questions to consider: How much money you are going to invest in cryptocurrencies. How many transactions you are going to make, that is, how much you are going to use to buy or sell? If you are interested in operating in the short, medium, or long term. If you intend to store cryptocurrencies or exchange them. Since we have all this into account we can decide which wallet best suits us and the type of investor we are at the moment, we can even get to have more than one. Conclusion: Wallets will always accompany us in our walk in the crypto world, so we will surely have more than one at some point since the things we will be doing will be more and more advanced and in the end, there we will have our portfolios.

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The crypto trading

Trading is a form of investment and searches for profitability that has become very popular in recent years thanks to the advance in technology and information systems. What is trading? Financial trading consists of the buying and selling of listed financial instruments (shares, companies, currencies, commodities) using an online platform, to obtain short-term economic profitability. Its operations are based, fundamentally, on buying an asset and then selling it at a higher price or selling an asset at a high price and buying others at a lower price. Types of trading: Day trading: It is a way of investing in the short term in which the stock market operations of buying and selling assets are opened and closed on the same day. In this type of online trading, you can trade currencies, stocks, commodities, or cryptocurrencies, among other assets. Scalping: This is also a type of short-term investment in which actions are executed in a few minutes several times a day. The most popular is Forex scalping, a trading style in which large volumes are invested for very short periods (minutes or even seconds). Swing trading: Unlike the previous modalities, it is a trading variant that allows you to trade in the financial markets in the medium term. Trades can be left open and last up to ten days. This technique uses charts that the stock price draws session by session to detect trends, taking advantage of them to make money both when the market is expected to rise and when it falls. Trend or directional trading: This operation is very similar to swing trading, since, like swing trading, it uses market trends to design a strategy. Whether upward or downward, directional trading is positioned in the market by taking advantage of the behavior that the charts have been showing. The main difference with swing trading is that operations can last for weeks, months, or years. Social trading: This is the name given to a new type of investment based on connecting users or traders by taking advantage of social networks. In this way, the most advanced traders share their strategies with beginners, who can follow, learn and copy the most experienced and successful investors. Conclusion It is important to know the types of trading that exist because these are concepts that we can find when talking about cryptocurrency trading since many times the same techniques and bases of traditional trading can be applied.

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Crypto Capitalism

Capitalism is the economic system that is based on private ownership of the means of production, in which the market serves as a mechanism to allocate scarce resources efficiently to generate wealth that goes to private individuals and not to an organization such as, for example, the state. Understanding this concept of capitalism, how do cryptocurrencies affect this system? Thanks to the blockchain system we could say that we have been entering a new stage of capitalism that is marking a before and after in the way we live and consume things as the internet and smartphones did. As we mentioned before, what capitalism seeks is that the goods belong to the person who is working it without the intervention of politics or the state, which is exactly what the crypto world has been introducing to us with its blockchain, which in the transactions there is no institution of any kind that sticks its spoon, but everything is between those involved in the transaction and the block that remains in the public record. To talk about crypto capitalism let’s take into account the ICOs. These tokens are used by companies to sell through individuals, the work as a financing activity of the company, and that you can use for products or services of this same. This allows starting funding new businesses this way since they not only do not need to meet with investors to get their funding since they do not have any kind of border and anyone anywhere in the world can contribute the amount of money they want to support the business. While this is a reality that has begun to be adopted, there are still things to consider such as political leaders calling for some form of regulation of the cryptocurrency market so that they are taxed, although this of course does not seek to regulate generalized money. Experts comment that although ICOs are born as a form of financing, some do not have well-marked limits and end up attracting more capital than they said they needed. We are just beginning to understand everything about this type of capitalism that is going to revolutionize everything we know today.

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Telegram as a social network for Crypto Marketing

Telegram is an instant messaging system that, due to its power and ability to create channels to share with many people at once, has also become one of the best social networks we can use to create our crypto community. Since this network is more focused on more professional aspects, the app is perfect for hosting a space where you can share constant updates of different types about your project. The app is focused on instant messaging, sending various files, and mass communication. Some of its capabilities are: – Content hosting and sending up to 1.5 GB. – User search. – Contact synchronization. – Calling. – Broadcast channels. – Groups with many people. Telegram has some very useful features. Among them are: – Allows two-step verification to access the application. – Delete messages after a certain time. – You can add a username and be added that way for people who do not know the phone number. – You can remain hidden if you wish. – It allows the ability to send and receive messages from multiple devices. Telegram also offers you the option of being able to add subscribers, after 200, for which you can help from your contacts, which will be a good base to start generating activity in your project. Content marketing can also be applied in Telegram; for example, you can upload phrases or posts as if it were a common social network like Facebook; or share the content you upload to your blog or other digital platforms, thus seeking to publicize your brand or company. In The Blue Manakin, we support you in the correct management of this application for the creation of your group which will be the main communication channel for your project. We also have a complete moderation and chat engagers service.

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OneCoin: the biggest scam in the history of cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies since their inception have had several problems of trust, this is clearly due to misinformation and little knowledge that people have of this world, however, we must indeed be very careful and investigate well before investing our money in any cryptocurrency project because as in everything there will always be people who seek to take advantage of others especially those who are not very well informed. As we mentioned if there have been scams within this world, but take an example one of the most notorious was the OneCoin scam, an organization that managed to persuade investors from 175 different countries to get up to 4 billion dollars. Investors fell into the trap of Dr. Ruja Ignatova the ringleader behind OneCoin. A bit of context At London’s Wembley Arena in 2016, Ignatova claimed that OneCoin was on track to overtake Bitcoin. But in 2017, Dr. Ruja Ignatova disappeared and has not been heard from since. This and other cryptocurrency-related scandals are easily recognizable to anyone who has covered financial information for any length of time: it’s the same old tricks but disguised with high tech. But Dr. Ruja Ignatova managed to convince people that OneCoin was going to be “secure, easy to use, and borderless.” But nothing was further from the truth as Onecoin did not have a blockchain of its own nor was it the token of any blockchain and there was no wallet either. How did this scam happen? This organization started with headquarters in Bulgaria and then spread ramifications throughout the world. They sold people a package with the promise of million-dollar profits. This package cost a minimum of about 140 euros and if you brought someone else you got a percentage of it. It was all a flower of plenty or a pyramid scheme. The seduction to participate began with the invitation to be part of this venture. These ways of convincing were carried out in meetings, congresses, talks, dinners, and mega events that took place in luxurious hotels. The ultimate goal was to make people believe that the currency did have a life. But the digital currency never arrived, in this way, they managed to capture the attention of thousands of investors, and therefore the scam was a millionaire. Conclusion What we can take from this is that it is important to know things well before getting into them. In The Blue Manakin, we always encourage you to take care when you are navigating in this world, especially always inform yourself well before putting money into a project, and above all never invest money that you can not afford to lose.

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The Cardano network

Blockchain technology is constantly growing all the time, there is always a new technology appearing that in one way or another optimizes the way we create a blockchain. Cardano is a combination of these technologies as it is a public platform developed in 2015 as an open source and uses a proof of stake as a consensus protocol as well as facilitating transactions between individuals. The currency that comes with this new blockchain platform is what we know as ADA. Differences with a classic blockchain: Because of its proof-of-consensus (PoS) system known as Ouroboros, it manages to perform complex calculations to maintain the chain and leave great energy savings. This same system is designed to achieve the maximum level of decentralization in the blockchain. Blocks are created using epochs and slots. At the beginning of each epoch, a set of leaders is elected and each is given the right to allocate a block in a specific slot. The leaders are chosen by several processes being the first one the amount of ADA that the interested parties have in their wallets, so the ones with more will have more chances to be chosen, then from all the interested parties, one is chosen randomly to validate them and incorporate the next blockchain, and finally, the leaders that have been previously selected vote for the election of the next leaders, which guarantees that it is a win-win situation for all avoiding bad intentions of those who validate the block. This consensus method allows the blockchain to record between 50 to 250 transactions per second. It is expected that in future updates up to 5000 transactions per second can be generated. Unlike bitcoin, new ADAS are not created or granted to miners, but to stakeholders interested in becoming leaders. It has a transaction layer known as the “Cardano Settlement Layer” for transactions using its ADA cryptocurrency, but in the same way, it has a computation layer still under development known as the “Control layer” in which its smart contracts are executed in a similar way to Ethereum. It is written with the Haskell programming language which is often used by banking and military defense sectors alike. This type of blockchain network has been gaining a lot of importance in the current market, in addition to the fact that it is a network compatible with multiple cryptocurrencies which gives the possibility that in the future a transfer of cryptocurrencies between wallets could be achieved.

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Acceptance of cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies are increasingly increasing their popularity and value, which makes them considered the next step in the world economy, for which some nations consider them a threat to their economy since they could devalue their currency and as a means to this, they seek to prohibit the use of these currencies. On the other hand, other countries agree and seek to adopt these cryptocurrencies to encourage their economy and not to be left behind in this new era. One of the factors that encouraged this to happen more quickly was the coronavirus pandemic, which even though it seriously affected the world economy, in the cryptocurrency space there were many opportunities and a resurgence in decentralized finance since it has become an important trend, increasing and surpassing its values historically. This has caused companies such as Paypal and countries such as El Salvador to adopt cryptocurrencies as part of a key strategy for the reactivation of their economies. Acceptance of cryptocurrencies These are the main countries that have already adopted cryptocurrencies in their economy, according to the Global Consumer Survey conducted by Statista: 32% Nigeria 20% Filipinas 16% Turquía 16% Perú 14% Argentina 11% Suecia 7% China 6% Estados Unidos 5% Alemania 4% Japón However, in Latin America countries such as Colombia, Chile and Mexico are already adopting virtual currencies but remain at low levels compared to the main countries.

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What is Storydoing?

Storydoing is the advertising technique that tells a brand’s values, mission, vision, and spirit and that, unlike storytelling, seeks something beyond telling a story. What we want to achieve with story doing is that users get involved and have an experience with the brand or project. Therefore, the customer and user become the main character of the story. For this to be effective, there must be a good assignment between what we want to tell, with the reactions that this will generate and that at the end of this we can achieve something, which in this case is to publicize our product or brand. So with this, we have to think about What we are going to tell The reactions that we want to generate with what we are going to transmit to our users look for them to want to go deeper into the story and finally What do we want people to transmit directly and clearly, also thinking about how this action will be measured? By achieving all this we can get consumers to live their experience with the brand, thus showing a real interest in the customer experience with your product, thus achieving a better identification and satisfaction with them. Starting to implement this practice is something that companies have to start taking into account because people today are not just looking for just watching things, but they want to participate, live a different experience, feel part of the idea, and by feeling part of all this, consumers themselves will promote and defend the brand or product, they become the best allies. Why is it important to taste this with crypto? There are currently thousands of projects out there, both cryptocurrencies and NFTs. That is why we have to find ways to stand out, throughout our posts we have mentioned that it is important that our project or collection has an extra, like a mission or something you want to achieve. To do this we can apply story doing, as it will be the tactic that will help us to share that mission but to turn it into the mission of all the people who come to our collection or project, making them a fundamental part of it. In The Blue Manakin, we have the tools to support you to create and share your project or collection and help you find the mission we want to convey and do it more completely with story doing.

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6 Fastest growing cryptocurrencies in 2022

Although the cryptocurrency market had a big collapse a few months ago and many projects ended up disappearing, it was not an impediment for new ones to be born. Therefore, below we will comment on some of the coins that we consider to have had good growth: Tamadoge (TAMA): This is one of the most novel and interesting projects. Everything revolves around its TAMA token and its roadmap is completely focused on the development of the Metaverse, NFTs and ARs. TAMA will have a use in its platform to grant rewards to Tamaverse participants. This token is on Ethereum’s ERC-20 network and is characterized by its deflationary nature. One feature is that for every transaction in the Tamadoge store it will burn 5%. Battle Infinity (IBAT): This project has gained the attention of investors because of the P2E features that make it easy for users to generate interesting profits. The BEP-20 token native to the Battle Infinity ecosystem, IBAT is what will be used for all transactions within the system and this can be achieved in different ways such as staking or NFT trading, the most prominent way being its unique blockchain-based fantasy sports league in which we can get different rewards. Battle Infinity has all the looks of being one of the most successful metaverse currencies. And yet another feature is that IBAT holders can also acquire virtual land parcels, which has become a popular investment in the crypto world. Lucky Block (LBLOCK): Given its novel and unique proposition with its crypto gaming platform, its price increased by more than 3,000% in assignment to the pre-sale price, which determined that LBLOCK achieves a market capitalization of more than $750 million. LBLOCK carries out different sweepstakes in which anyone can participate for only 5 dls, and its attraction is that the more people participate, the better the prizes. In addition, people who have LBLOCK in their wallets and are connected to the platform get a free ticket daily. Another feature if you have your wallet connected to the platform is that you receive passive income at the end of each draw. DeFi Coin (DEFC): This token supports multiple possibilities for use in financial services, performance farming, cryptocurrency staking, token exchange, and more, making it a very attractive asset for investors. DEFC incorporates a “static reward” mechanism based on a 10% tax on token transactions, of which 50% is shared among individuals who own one and the remainder is placed in Defi Swap liquidity funds. Cardano (ADA): It is known as the “Internet of blockchains” and is of the most scalable, interoperable, and sustainable currencies of the main networks operating today. When it came out it had a very large increase reaching 3 dls, then it has fallen but the important thing is how it has remained very stable and in the face of the great fall it was able to maintain itself. Cardano uses a ‘Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism that drastically reduces energy expenditure when creating new blocks, which differentiates it from Bitcoin and Ethereum. This gives it an advantage because it makes it the most appreciated by the crypto community and investors. Ripple (XRP): RippleNet is the decentralized payment mechanism that facilitates fast and reduced-cost transactions between different currencies through the use of its Ripple token. By making use of this system RippleNet has become a de facto upgrade replacing the already very inefficient SWIFT network that accumulates delays of up to five business days in payment processing. Cryptocurrencies, despite the obstacles that have been put in their way, always find a way to have a step and innovate, these are the cryptocurrencies that we see as something special and that is why we place them on this list. However, as always we remind you that this is not an investment suggestion and it is up to each person to make their analysis and never invest money that we cannot afford to lose.

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Blockchain dating and hashing

Blockchains are information networks in which all the transactions that have been made are displayed, but as everything has certain rules you have to taste how to optimize them in the best way. Although Bitcoin is already a very popular currency, it will serve as an example due to its high popularity. One of the first things to keep in mind is that each block of the chain is attached to a text document, for example in Windows Notepad. All transactions that have been made are written there, but keep in mind that the file cannot weigh more than 1 megabyte, so each text document will have a limited number of operations (between 2000 and 2200 transactions). Bitcoin also has the rule that to create a new block, at least 10 minutes must have passed from the previous block, so there is a limited number of blocks per day (144 blocks to be exact), so with a block of 2200 transactions every 10 minutes, we have an approximate of 4 transactions per second, which would be a lot if a person were put to review them, so it is much easier to do it on high-powered computers. Once the whole process is done, a hash is generated from the following parameters which are, the hash of the previous block, the date and time of the block creation, the reward transaction for the miner who has made the block, and all the transactions that are inside the text document up to 1 megabyte and a number at the end of the hash that allows you to start with the number of zeros that the platform is asking for. To avoid any type of fraud, for every 2016 block that is added to the chain the hash will change, so it is practically impossible to falsify a hash by putting random information since there would be an infinite number of possibilities.

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CryptoWorld 101

Anyone wishing to enter the world of cryptocurrencies is faced with a myriad of questions. Since this new digital economy is like discovering a new land because you can find many good things, there is also some uncertainty due to the vast areas it covers and the fear of making a mistake along the way. That is why we will put the questions that we usually ask ourselves before entering this world What are cryptocurrencies? Cryptocurrencies are dematerialized currencies, i.e. they are digital or virtual, they are encrypted and decentralized since they are transferred between individuals without any other intermediary. They are not tangible and exist only in electronic systems. They allow people to send money with very low transaction times, even more than a bank, the commissions are low and there are no intermediaries or credit cards. Why use cryptocurrencies? Cryptocurrencies are a true revolution, as the Internet once was. This new form of decentralized financing will surely generate great changes in the coming years. Cryptocurrencies should lay the groundwork for new modes of secure and open organizations. Of course, not all cryptocurrencies are equal. Some have had a bigger boom than others in the market, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, or Litecoin, but many lesser-known ones are promising. Where to buy it? When you start in the world of cryptocurrencies there will be many pages that promise you that by investing a low amount of money you can reach exorbitant amounts, what you need to taste is which platforms are the right ones so that you feel confident about what you are going to invest in and where you are going to put your money. The best platforms for this are simple buying platforms or trading platforms. If they want, when they already have some cryptocurrencies they can exchange them for other altcoins or directly for euro/dollar money. To do this, you can directly use Coinbase or Binance platforms for example. We hope that these simple questions can lay the foundation for you to start getting deeper and deeper into this big world. In our blog, we have more posts that can help you to ease your walk and feel more confident in what you do.

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TOP 10 Cryptocurrency Blogs and Websites to Follow in 2022

Cryptocurrencies and NFTs have updates practically every day, plus their market is volatile, it can change from one hour to the next so there is always a constant conversation generated from them. Also, companies are always coming up with new ways in which cryptocurrencies can be applied to new types of businesses or generating collaborations with brands that attract too much attention. This is why we bring you some of the best sites and blogs to be able to keep you up to date in this fast-changing space. Next, we have: CoinTelegraph It is always up to date and has interesting and informative topics on everything related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain. NFT Lately This page mainly focuses on the latest relevant news with new collection releases and all the events in the NFT world. Bitcoin.com Focused on giving us the latest details about bitcoin, but also comes out with the latest news on important topics about this world and the blockchain. Forbes A magazine dedicated to sharing various topics of technology, finance, and both other topics of the last moment. One of the characteristics of their notes and why it is worth reading them is that they share tips and strategies on finance, especially with cryptocurrencies. CoinDesk Like Forbes, in CoinDesk publishes a lot of news on different topics most of them about technology and business, but the vast majority are about the most relevant news about the crypto world and its education. They also upload content of opinion articles and interviews aligned on a substantial front page, as well as a podcast. CryptoNews Whenever something new comes out regarding the crypto world, you are sure to find it here first. They also share tips on how to move through this world. Bitcolumnista Known for their popular blockchain guide. What is the most attention-grabbing is that they allow their community to choose content with a downvote/upvote system ensuring that the first thing you see is quality content. CoinMarketCap This site is primarily used for market analysis including price charts, market cap, and trading volumes. You can also get, but they also share news about new coins and ICOs. Criptodiario This site mainly publishes news about popular coins such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. As well as NFT-related content and the latest news from the metaverse. The Blue Manakin Here at The Blue Manakin we have our cryptocurrency blogs, focused on answering the questions we usually have when we start getting into this vast world. You can also find news about what is going on in the world of cryptocurrencies and NFT. We hope these pages are of interest to you and help you to always stay educated and updated about this changing world.

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Where cryptocurrencies come from

Cryptocurrencies are a digital asset that uses cryptographic encryption to guarantee their ownership and ensure the integrity of transactions. But where do cryptocurrencies come from or what is their origin? It all begins in 2008 when the United States was going through a financial crisis that caused the devaluation of the dollar, which in turn affected the rest of the world. Due to the low value of the currency and the cut in interest rates, central banks manipulated and devalued currencies around the world. Eventually, with low-interest rates and taxpayer bailouts, the banks responsible for the financial problems were the ones who benefited from the “collapse”, this was the trigger for a man known as Satoshi Nakamoto whose identity remains unknown to this day to decide that there was a need to invest with a disruptive force, with something that could change the way we think about money. In 2008 he first published his paper on Bitcoin technology detailing the peer-to-peer system that runs Bitcoin transactions and months later provided the software to perform these transactions. Bitcoin would thus be the first completely decentralized currency open to all, without a central bank controlling it. This means that we are all part of the Bitcoin economy, instead of a bank defining how much it is worth and how much of it we have available in our economy. However this was not simple since it was necessary to have a global ledger of transactions in which transaction information is stored, normally a bank would be responsible for performing this procedure but being a decentralized system there is no associated bank this allows anyone to send a transaction request to the decentralized network and this makes the decentralized ledger very vulnerable to attacks. This was the main impediment to the creation of a functional cryptocurrency. So Satoshi needed to innovate and create the technology we now call “Blockchain“, which allows keeping the ledger secure using timestamps, a lot of decentralized computational processing power, and cryptography. Because of this, we can say that Bitcoin (BTC) is the origin and maximum representative of cryptocurrencies, which went from having a practically worthless value has achieved figures never imagined.

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How does mining affect the environment?

According to an analysis by Cambridge University’s Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), if bitcoin were a country, it would consume more electricity per year than Finland, Switzerland or Argentina. This is because the process of “mining” the cryptocurrency (using gigantic computers that never stop working) consumes a lot of energy. The machines dedicated to “mine” or extract bitcoins are specialized computers that connect to the cryptocurrency network. Their job is to verify transactions made by people sending or receiving a currency, in a process that involves solving many mathematical puzzles. Usually the reward for that work is low and only small amounts of money are obtained in comparison to all that is spent in order to obtain them. That is why the only way for mining to be a profitable process is to do it on a large scale, with huge energy consumption and computers working 24 hours a day every day. That is why illegal cryptocurrency farms are installed in cities where electric power is cheap. They also seek to be in cities with frigid climates because the heat produced by the computers would make the cost of an air-conditioned area very expensive, thus cooling the equipment quickly and more cheaply. One might think that with the advances that we have today with respect to renewable energy could solve this problem, and although it is a part of the possible solution that can be given, there is still much energy that is produced from fossil fuels such as gas, oil and coal, which are highly polluting and produce a very large carbon footprint.

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Can cryptocurrencies be converted into fiat money?

As time goes by and in this last year, we see more and more the use of cryptocurrencies in a more everyday way. Even so, we still have some inconveniences when using them to buy things since not all businesses accept them as a payment method, or there is no way to use them daily when going to a coffee shop or when we go to the supermarket, that is why tasting how to convert into fiat money to use it in physical stores or simply to have cash is important and many people can see it as something complicated. It all depends on the country and the currency we are going to use, Bitcoin is still the most used cryptocurrency so in it we can find more facilities to change them in certain countries and there are more methods to change this into cash. How to exchange it for real money? The first thing we recommend is that you look for the conversion of your cryptocurrency to real money, you can do this by searching directly on google in some cryptocurrency exchange, it is only to have an approximate as this value is constantly changing. The easiest way to convert cryptocurrencies to fiat currencies is through exchanges, where you can find different alternatives to exchange them such as: 1. Using the platform’s withdrawals. When you have an exchange wallet, you will only have to request an order to sell your Fiat coins, usually, we can find a withdrawal section to do this. You just have to wait for it to be executed and the real money will appear in your wallet. Then you will be able to withdraw it to a bank account. 2. Use the P2P method In most exchanges, or at least in the most popular ones, there is an option to buy and sell cryptocurrencies using the P2P method. With this method a person who wants to buy cryptocurrencies will do it directly with you, depositing the money in the currency you want to your bank account. 3. Automatic Teller Machines. In some parts of the world, it is already possible to find ATMs that have the possibility of reiterating money from wallets, specifically those that have bitcoin and it is as simple as scanning a QR code with your wallet to make the withdrawal. 4. The bitcoin debit card We have talked about this card before on this blog. Not long ago we talked about this Visa card that allows you in many establishments to pay in a normal way using bitcoin.  Are these transactions taxed? It all depends mainly on the regulations that exist in your country if money enters your account, it must have come out of a legal space and you will have to declare where it has come from. We invite you, depending on the country you are in, to investigate the way to declare your earnings made with cryptocurrencies and the taxes you would have to pay for them, all this so you don’t get into trouble. We hope this post has helped you a little more in your way through the crypto world, knowing some of the ways you have to get a real payment for your cryptocurrencies and also about the tax obligations you may have with this.

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What is a cryptocurrency and how does it work?

As we get deeper into the world of cryptocurrencies you can see how versatile they are and the number of operations that can be performed with them. International currency transfers, loans between individuals, investment projects, or even buying and selling of products and services, are some of the facilities they offer. Cryptocurrencies represent a completely different concept concerning fiat money, i.e. the currencies that you normally handle in your day-to-day life (euros, dollars, etc.). The way to manage them is different, although they are quite simple processes. Knowing the particularities of how they work is important to avoid any possible problems. Buying and selling coins: This is one of the operations to master; in fact, it is essential. Without this function, it would not be possible to make transactions with the cryptocurrency, because it would not have a value. Making transfers between individuals: Cryptocurrencies are an ideal way to transfer money from one place to another in the world, thanks to their immediacy, their total digitalization, their decentralization, or their absolute security derived from blockchain technology. And all these transactions can be divided as follows: Inputs: Inputs are references to an output of a past transaction that has not been used in any other transaction. They allow us to confirm the origin of the assets to be used in a transaction. Outputs: These contain the address to which the transfer has been made and the amount that has been sent. It also contains the exchange or returns addresses where the transaction returns are sent. Identifier (TXid): Each transaction will have its hash. This hash is generated from the inputs and outputs. This value is the one that allows identifying a transaction in a unique and unrepeatable way within a blockchain. Commission rate (fee): The commission is the small payment that miners receive for processing a transaction. Thus, the miner who generates a new block will receive a commission for each transaction processed within that block. The commission does not come explicitly in the content of a transaction, i.e. it is not associated with any output, since the miner who will receive that commission is not tasted. At The Blue Manakin, we are interested in educating people to learn more about the medium they are entering. Normally we might enter this diverse world thinking that the only thing we can do with our cryptos simply boils down to buying and selling. When really in a transaction we can find other concepts.

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What does DeFi mean?

DeFi is short for decentralized finance that includes digital assets, protocols, smart contracts, and dApps built on blockchain. We can think of DeFi as an open financial system where various small financial tools and services can be built. Decentralized finance is a movement where decentralized server networks and blockchains are used to transform traditional financial products into transparent protocols that work without intermediaries. Currently, almost all decentralized finance applications are based on Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain blockchains. Like Bitcoin, Ethereum and Binance you have a blockchain that acts as a shared ledger that tracks digital value. Rather than a central authority, all users who have access to and participate in the blockchain are the ones who control the transactions of both Ethereum and Binance depending on which one it is as if it were a democracy. Developers can program applications that can create, store and manage digital assets, also known as tokens, on the blockchain. For this, dApps (decentralized applications) are described and built. The expiration of contracts and agreements is automatically enforced if the blockchain obtains the correct data. Complex and irreversible agreements can be made without the need for an intermediary. Anyone can create, adapt, mix, match, link or build upon an existing decentralized finance product without permission. Decentralized finance protocols are modular, so they can be stacked on top of each other to build an increasingly dense and complex system of interacting parts.

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Cryptocurrency mining: How does it works

What does it mean to mine cryptocurrencies? This answer encompasses many myths on the subject of cryptocurrency mining. Mining cryptocurrencies is not creating them out of thin air or forging them with special programs, cryptocurrency mining refers to a set of processes necessary to validate, process, and confirm transactions of a cryptocurrency. In the case of bitcoin, mining consists of validating and recording transactions on a blockchain. For this, all the nodes of the network (the computers) participate in the successful resolution of the riddle that involves the search for the block, taking into account a random number and with the application of a cryptographic function, a hash is found as a result, which complies with a characteristic, which always has a certain number of characters. What is needed? This work requires effort and computational power, which ensures how complex it is to write new transaction blocks to the registry and thus prevent an attacker from generating a fake block and adding it to the blockchain affecting already existing blocks. Do all mine work the same way? Not all cryptocurrencies work in the same way, so the way they mine depends on the system that uses the blockchain or algorithm of each cryptocurrency. However, one thing they all have in common is that there are never any useless operations between miners, but rather they are necessary to maintain the stability and security of the network being used. Since the miners’ work is so important they charge an amount of money for their mining work. In the case of bitcoin when a miner finds a valid block he is rewarded, since February 2021 for each new block a miner earns 6.25 bitcoins. The payment is made with coins that are in reserve and at that moment they enter into circulation, so it is erroneously believed that cryptocurrency mining consists of creating new coins. The coins are already previously defined, however, the job of mining is to bring more coins into circulation.

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What does bridging tokens mean?

Every cryptocurrency has a blockchain network, but this does not mean that only that specific cryptocurrency can exist in that blockchain network, since bridges exist for that purpose. We have examples of these blockchains a: Ethereum  Cardano  Tron  Binance Smart Chain Solana Polygon  Doge So if I wanted to move my Ether on the Ethereum blockchain to the Binance Smart Chain blockchain, because for some reason I want to use it on a specific platform this would be achieved through these bridges. What are their functions? Mainly blockchain bridges are needed for 3 reasons: Ease of use: with brokers as these do not work with native tokens if not with versions of these tokens over the Ethereum network. Transaction fees: Sometimes it can be cheaper to make a transaction on a different network. Innovation: Currently there are many blockchains and they all have different characteristics and we hope they will continue to exist more and more so this system helps that these new ecosystems do not have to start from scratch. How many types are there? We currently have two different types of bridges, centralized and decentralized, we will talk about these below: Centralized blockchain bridges. These are usually part of an exchange in which they function as a pool that stores coins in exchange for delivering tokens that represent these coins. The main problem with this system is that we rely on the exchange for this, which highlights the popular saying in wallets, that as long as you don’t have your keys you don’t really own your coins. Decentralized blockchain bridges The second type of bridges are those based on Smart Contracts, which are created on both networks and these instead of freezing the assets burn them on the blockchain from which the coins originate. There are currently many bridges available, such as Avalanche, Binance or Terra. In The Blue Manakin we put a lot of emphasis on analyzing all the options of bridges before putting our money in them, thus avoiding a scam or the freezing of our assets and that we can not get them out.

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What is the blockchain and how does it work?

What is a block? In computing, a block is the smallest amount of information or data that can be transferred in an input or output operation between a computer’s main memory and peripheral devices or vice versa. Generally, the physical size of the data block is larger than the logical record. than the logical record. By linking several blocks together, a blockchain is formed, each block has a specific and immovable place within the chain, as each block contains hash information from the previous block. The complete chain is stored in each node of the network that makes up the blockchain, so an exact copy of the chain is stored in all the participants of the network. What is it used for? In the blockchain, a block is a concept designed to optimize a process, for example, Bitcoin has dozens of transactions per second. Validating each of these transactions individually would be completely unfeasible and would be a long and tedious process. It can be said that a block contains a series of instructions and operations that are programmed to perform a certain process and also contains information on the hash of the previous block to connect and form a blockchain. How is it generated and what does a block contain in a blockchain? In blockchain technology, a block is a concept designed to optimize the validation process of the transactions made. In a bitcoin blockchain, each block is generated by the Proof of Work (PoW) system, when the computer (or several of them) solves the system or puzzle posed automatically by the web. The fundamental structure of a block is a header with data from the previous block and data from the transactions that have been made in the new block, adding other data such as a timestamp (timestamp) and a nonce (a number that can only be used once). With all the transactions a substructure called a Merkle tree is generated, which is a summary of all the transactions that have been made in a block, resulting in a Merkle root, which is what is added in the block to reference all the transactions. If a blockchain is compared to a ledger, each block would be a page of that ledger where all transactions are recorded. These blocks usually have different conditions or rules to be generated, and maximum block size is established. This may depend on the structure of the blockchain and it is also established how often a new block is created. Is it unique to cryptocurrencies? This technology is not exclusive to cryptocurrencies, since it can be used basically in any type of information that needs to be preserved intact and must remain available. Moreover, since this information is encrypted, its confidentiality is guaranteed, since only those who have the key will have access to it. Due to this, currently, the demand for this technology has increased since it offers benefits for all types of companies or organizations regardless of their line of business, such benefits are: Greater confidence. By working in a private network to which only members have access, there is the assurance that accurate and timely data will be received. Increased security. All members must agree on the accuracy of the data and all validated transactions are unalterable since they are permanently recorded and cannot be deleted. More efficient. With a distributed ledger among members, response time is reduced and transitions are executed automatically based on a set of rules stored in the blocks. Undoubtedly blockchain revolutionized transactions and data manipulation through the internet opening a world of possibilities.

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