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Measuring Bitcoin Issuance
Previous articles on Learn Crypto have explained the role played by different participants. One of the key participants are Miners who are crucial to the issue of scarcity as they generate new bitcoin – also known as issuance. It is crucial that issuance is predictable and smooth, and again data can prove this process is happening as…
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Is Bitcoin Achieving Scarcity?
In the very first lesson on the basics of cryptocurrency we explained that Bitcoin represents a new phase in the evolution of sound money, through the achievement of digital scarcity. Please go back and refresh your memory, if the concept still isn’t clear, because scarcity is fundamental to the success of any store of value or…
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Bitcoin`s Health Metrics
As Bitcoin is the most important cryptocurrency, and has been around the longest, we’re going to look at measuring its health. You can then apply the same approach to other cryptocurrencies, adapting the metrics based on their differing objectives and designs. Remember Bitcoin is a new form of internet money, whereas other cryptocurrencies are trying…
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Measuring crypto adoption
Learning about cryptocurrency tends to follow clear phases; Learn Crypto applies this phased approach in structuring our content around the basics of cryptocurrency. By now you should have learned what cryptocurrency is and does, then hopefully followed its development and understood different ideas about how and where it will grow, as well its limitations. The…
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What you’ll learn:
What you’ll learn: Metrics that measure Bitcoin adoption & use How to measure Bitcoin’s scarcity & inflation What Bitcoin’s Hashrate measures Measures of Bitcoin usage
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Decentralized Crypto Exchanges FAQ
Here are brief answers to some common DEX questions. How many decentralized exchanges are there? There are hundreds! Ethereum has the most active DEXs with the most users and the highest liquidity such as Uniswap and SushiSwap, but Binance Smart Chain’s Pancakeswap is one of the biggest DEXs while Polygon’s AnySwap is also gaining traction.…
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Some of the best DEXs and how to use them
There are many popular DEXs around and many blockchain networks with their own DEXs so choosing the best one depends on your requirements. As a rule of thumb, you want a DEX with high liquidity so you can easily trade at the amount you want. You also want an established DEX to ensure you’re not…
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DEX vs CEX: Pros, Cons and why DEXs are important
Despite their growth in terms of user numbers and trading volume, DEXs have some distance to cover before they can meet the adoption rates of CEXs. Nevertheless, it’s important to understand why they are important to the crypto ecosystem. More security and control over your assets | But more responsibility As we discussed previously, the…
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History and Types of decentralised exchanges
After its launch in 2013, the Ethereum smart contract blockchain emerged as a useful platform to develop and deploy so-called decentralized applications or dApps as the concept of open applications operating atop blockchain took hold. Among the early use cases for this was the idea of a crypto exchange that would allow users to trade…
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How a decentralized crypto exchange (DEX) works
A decentralised exchange (DEX) is a type of cryptocurrency exchange where users can conduct financial transactions involving the trade of digital assets online directly with each other (or peer-to-peer). This is different from the most common way of trading crypto, whereby users sign up to an exchange and place their buy or sell orders, allowing…
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