A Glimpse on Digital Currency

Gomathi Shankar — Sat, 16 Jan 2021 10:41:41 +0000

What are Cryptocurrencies?

A Cryptocurrency is nothing but digital money that has taken many forms throughout the period with a few existing in the physical world with credit cards and others. While the majority of it remains intangible.

Cryptocurrencies are designed with the motive of money being free from government manipulation and control, which eventually gained interest in the industrial aspects of many Consultancies and Concerns.

Here are a few Cryptocurrencies that you should give a thought to invest in.

BitCoin - The Loggerhead

Author(s): Satoshi Nakamoto

Invented: 2008

The trend of digital currency has become contiguous after the advent of Bitcoins. BTCs are decentralized currencies with no single administrator or central banks, supported by BlockChain technology. This has changed the way of transactions across the globe and is still changing the ways of transactions. Know more about BTC on Bitcoins

What are Altcoins?

The great success of Bitcoins has paved the way for many other Digital Currencies. So what is Altcoins then? Altcoins refers to all cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoins. Let's see about a few popular Altcoins that can possibly be a Gamechanger in the Industry field.

Ethereum (ETH)

Author(s): Vitalik Buterin, Gavin Wood

Invented: 2015

Ethereum is one great altcoin gaining interest in the market. These Ethereum run on its own platform-specific crypto-tokens called Ether. Ethereum is now the second-largest digital currency after Bitcoins. Know more about Ethereum

Ripple (XRP)

Author(s): Arthur Britto, David Schwartz, Ryan Fugger

Invented: 2012

Ripple is a real-time global settlement network offering instant and low-cost payments. Ripple is quite different from Bitcoins and all other Altcoins, as it requires no mining. Know more about Ripple

Litecoin (LTC)

Author(s): Charlie Lee

Invented: 2011

Litecoin then followed the footprints of Bitcoins. It is also referred to as "Silver Bitcoins". Litecoins have a faster transaction confirmation time and faster block generation than Bitcoins. Know more about Litecoins

Tether (USDT)

Author(s): Brock Pierce, Reeve Collins, and Craig Sellars

Invented: 2014

Tether is the first stable Cryptocurrency called Stablecoins. Unlike Bitcoins, Tether smoothened the price fluctuations on the native currency. This attracted a large customer base. Know more about Tether

Diem(LIBRA)

Author(s): Stuart Levey,

Invented: Set to release on 2021

Diem formerly called Libra. Libra is being developed by the Global tech giant Facebook, Inc. It is said that Libra after being launched, would gain attention from those within and outside of the digital currency sphere. Know more about Diem

Honourable Mentions

Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
Monero (XMR)
EOS
Bitcoin SV (BSV)
Binance Coin (BNB)

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Need a Break from Google? Here are a few Google Alternatives!

Gomathi Shankar — Sat, 26 Dec 2020 11:46:06 +0000

Google has become an indispensable part of every developer around the World. Although being a Tech Giant dominating the Market with the impressive and frequent product and service rollouts, Google too has made its user doubt them for Privacy and Trust issues.
Here are a few Google Alternatives that you can try out and get the most out of them.

Google Chrome Alternatives:

Firefox

Firefox being a near alternative to Google's Chrome, yet suffers minor pitfalls. Firefox knows that it's just a browser and does not collect Disturbing amounts of User data as like Chrome.

Vivaldi

Vivaldi is built with Chromium which is the base for Chrome, makes it support almost all Chrome Extensions.

Brave

Privacy matters for Brave, Go HTTPS and Go with Zero Ads it the motto of Brave.

Opera

Opera uses Chromium Page rendering, so it's less often that the page will let you down in performance and speed. Built-in VPN, Ad-Blockers are added feathers to the Crown.

Chromium - Ungoogled

Chromium can be mentioned as a better alternative for Chrome but Ungoogled Chromium which has every trace of Google being erased has become a DemiGod in the World of Secure Browsers.

Google Search Alternatives:

Duck Duck Go

Finally, no fear of getting tracked. Duck Duck Go gives all its user the same result for the same search, unlike Google who tracks you and shows preferred Search Results.

Qwant

Are you already in the Dark Side? Dark themes are the most common nowadays. With less Battery Consumption and better Dark Theming Qwant is your Light Saber.

SearX

SearX is a Meta Search Engine that strives to deliver you fast results by searching with the help of other Search Engines

Ecosia

Ecosia plants trees for every search you do. If Ecosia were a Tech Giant like Google, there could have been a complete absorption of 15% of global CO2 emission.

Google Passwords Alternatives:

KeyPass

Keypass unlike any other Password Databases storing data on Cloud, Stores Encrypted Passwords locally.

LastPass

LastPass stores encrypted password copies locally as well as on their servers. That way, it can be accessed both when the user is Online and Offline.

Gmail Alternatives:

FastMail

Your mails are too precious, and if you don't want someone storing your emails switch to Fastmail. They are really Fast and provides full ownership of your mails.

ProtonMail

This mail service has a different approach of "Only You read your mail". They have improved Security services at the time of the Breach.

Tutanota

Unlike Gmail, Tutanota does End-to-End encryption of the email and makes sure your mail data is secured.

Google Docs Alternatives:

Notion

Secured Storage and Easy Collaborations gives the New Comer a prominent place.

Quip

Super Easy and Great UI adds up to Quip's Collaborative and Communication features. This surely deserves a shot.

Google Drive Alternatives:

DropBox

Easier File sharing, faster and Secured file access and easy synching give DropBox an upper hand.

MEGA

Provides extremely well Collaborations and End-to-end encryption of Files stored over the Cloud

Google Chats/ Hangouts Alternatives:

This Big Dog doesn't need an Introduction with enormous features in just this tiny app, Telegram is sure the winner

Slack

Large Community Support and highly adopted by Industry people, Slack has a standpoint of its own.

Discord

Follow the same features as Slack, Discord has become popular among Gamers, Startups, students, and many

Wire

The wire has larger Platform support than Hangouts and is enriched with a great UI.

Google Translate Alternatives:

Translate.com

More nearer to Google Translate features.

Deepl

Google Weather Alternatives:

Dark Sky

Offers Hyper Realistic and Real-time Weather Forecast data

Weather Underground

Weather Underground has been forced to hold 2nd position by Dark Sky for being comparatively less accurate.

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