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Coins are standalone cryptocurrencies based on their own blockchain. Tokens are built and hosted on existing blockchains. --[https://www.finder.com/cryptocurrency-coins-vs-tokens Finder.com] | Coins are standalone cryptocurrencies based on their own blockchain. Tokens are built and hosted on existing blockchains. --[https://www.finder.com/cryptocurrency-coins-vs-tokens Finder.com] | ||
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| + | Sometimes people use the term “coin” to refer to what other people call “tokens”, and “token” to refer to what others call “coins”, but in reality, they are both Digital Assets and act as transferring value. Coins are usually created within a network as ETH, BTC, LTC. Tokens are Digital Assets created within the application on a blockchain. On Ethereum network they are called ERC20 tokens. -- [https://trustwallet.com/ethereum-wallet Ethereum Wallet] | ||
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* [https://masterthecrypto.com/differences-between-cryptocurrency-coins-and-tokens/ Differences Between Cryptocurrency Coins and Tokens] | * [https://masterthecrypto.com/differences-between-cryptocurrency-coins-and-tokens/ Differences Between Cryptocurrency Coins and Tokens] | ||
* [https://www.finder.com/cryptocurrency-coins-vs-tokens Cryptocurrency Coins vs Tokens] | * [https://www.finder.com/cryptocurrency-coins-vs-tokens Cryptocurrency Coins vs Tokens] | ||
Revision as of 21:28, 9 August 2020
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Contents
Blockchains
- The basic building block of crypto currencies
Coins vs Tokens
- What are altcoins? What are tokens? What's the difference?
Coins are standalone cryptocurrencies based on their own blockchain. Tokens are built and hosted on existing blockchains. --Finder.com
Sometimes people use the term “coin” to refer to what other people call “tokens”, and “token” to refer to what others call “coins”, but in reality, they are both Digital Assets and act as transferring value. Coins are usually created within a network as ETH, BTC, LTC. Tokens are Digital Assets created within the application on a blockchain. On Ethereum network they are called ERC20 tokens. -- Ethereum Wallet
- Differences Between Cryptocurrency Coins and Tokens
- Cryptocurrency Coins vs Tokens
- What Are Different Types of Cryptocurrencies?
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)
- Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are unique, immutable virtual assets, such as Decentraland LAND or CryptoKitties or baseball cards. They are used as collectibles, and have sparked surprisingly robust and well-funded markets considering that they are largely imaginary items with no intrinsic value.
Smart Contracts
- Code that acts as the "back-end" of decentralized applications (DApps)
DApps
- Decentralized Applications
DeFi
- Decentralized Finance
Crypto Wallets
- Where one keeps links to crypto assets, protected by public-private key encryption
Crypto Info Sites
About Ethereum
Newsletters
Podcasts
Crypto Currency Exchanges
- For buying or trading crypto currency
- Coinbase and Coinbase Pro
- Binance
- EtherDelta
- eToro
- Exchanges that trade in Decentraland MANA
- XCoins guarantees delivery of BTC, ETH or LTC purchased by debit/credit card within 15 minutes
- Uphold a wallet with trading abilities, takes up to 3 days to process bank/credit/debit purchases, but no fees
Keeping Track of Alt Coins & Tokens
- Accointing cryptocurrency portfolio tracking
- Altcurrency dashboard
- CoinCodex portfolio
