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This is a beginner’s guide to help you understand how blockchain technology really works, and how coins, like Bitcoin, are using it to their advantage.

The new wave of transactional cryptocurrencies has sparked a transformation within the e-commerce market. Many people are now looking to cryptocurrencies as the future transaction mechanism for online purchases.

Many investors compare an ICO to an Initial Public Offering, or IPO, with a company’s stock. This is when investors can first publicly purchase shares of stock. An ICO is similar where it’s the first public offering to purchase coins for their blockchain project.

Dash’s blockchain network supports larger block size limits than Bitcoin’s, allowing for faster processing times. Learn more about Dash here.

Syscoin is a blockchain-based project solving several business needs and leveraging the technological capabilities of the blockchain. Learn more here.

Waltonchain uses RFID chips as the tracking mechanism to monitor products through production and distribution. Data associated with each chip is stored on the immutable Waltonchain blockchain to ensure accuracy and reliability at each point

Litecoin is a digital currency built on decentralized blockchain technology and was created by former Google employee Charlie Lee in 2011.

Bitcoin is best described as a virtual currency. There are no physical cash forms, coins, or tokens, they exist electronically based on an open-source software released by an unknown developer under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.