Digital currency is not equity
the digital currency launched by the central bank is a national sovereign currency, which is based on the digitalization of RMB. This is a piece of data generated by a complex algorithm, which contains blockchain and encryption technology, making it unique. The payment of Alipay and WeChat is not digital money, but only based on the payment realized by electronic accounts. Compared with the current pattern of "payment transfer collection" with the help of third-party payment, what digital currency needs to achieve is "decentralization", that is, to cancel the transfer link and directly hand over the money from the payer's account to the payee, so as to rece the payment cost in currency circulation
types of digital currency
according to different issuing or consensus mechanisms, it can be divided into four categories:
1, proof of work (POW)
proof of work. The system rewards are obtained through the mining of computing power to complete the issuance and distribution of currency. More work, more gain. Such as bitcoin, lightcoin (LTC)
the advantage is that the mining cost can form a monetary price support to a certain extent, and the disadvantage is that energy consumption and environmental protection are criticized< 2. Proof of stake (POS). Allocate the newly generated currency or interest according to the amount and time of cryptocurrency you hold. Such as dash and Neo
compared with pow, POS is more energy-saving, but it increases the security risk
3. The evolution scheme of delegated proof of stake (dpos)
POS. Similar to the voting mechanism of the board of directors, through the election of representatives to vote and make decisions, n accounting nodes are elected to create, verify, sign and supervise each other. Such as the grapefruit coin (EOS)
the advantage is high efficiency, but the problem is that it presents a semi centralized state
4. POW + POS hybrid mechanism
POW is mainly used to issue currency, and POS is used to maintain the system. For example, PPC
according to the project type, it can also be divided into four categories:
1. Currency category
digital currency issued for the purpose of transfer, payment and value storage. For example, bitcoin, bitcoin cash (BCH), Monroe (XmR), and grin
2. Public chain currency, that is, the digital currency issued by public chain projects, is generally the "fuel" for the application projects to run on the public chain. Such as eth, grapefruit coin, TRX and ont
3. Application token, that is, digital currency issued by decentralized application projects, is equivalent to equity or points. For example, OMG (payment application), GXC (data application), 1st (game application)
4. Platform currency, that is, the digital currency issued by the digital currency exchange, is equivalent to equity, points or fuel. For example, BNB, HT and okb.
It is not illegal, but the legal risk can not be ignored
in September 2017, after the central bank and seven ministries and commissions jointly issued the "notice on the risk of token financing", which explicitly prohibited the trading of RMB and digital currency and the issuance of ICO (abbreviation of initial coin offering, which means the initial public offering of digital currency), the heat of hyping digital currency is still hard to rece
the current situation is that although the official ban, but in reality the transaction is still in progress, which will also lead to a series of legal problems. High return is accompanied by high investment risk, as well as legal risk that can not be ignored. After the central bank stopped the digital currency exchange in September 2017, some exchanges went overseas, and investors also went to overseas markets to invest and trade, or to find counterparties through Internet instant messaging software
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related risks:
1. The so-called credit risk is e to the lack of reliable third party participation, and the transaction between the two sides completely depends on the integrity. Once there is a breach of contract, it is difficult to protect the rights and interests
2. The so-called policy risk is that the attitude of various countries towards the special currency will lead to sharp fluctuations in the price of the currency, which will have a certain impact on the OTC trading; The so-called relief vacancy risk refers to the dispute caused by OTC transactions, which makes it difficult for all parties to obtain evidence and provide evidence
3. The public security organs often encounter the problem that there is no professional institution to price bitcoin in case filing or legal review, and our criminal law stipulates that the criminal object of theft is someone else's finance with economic value, because the economic value of bitcoin can only be proved by the trading platform according to the price displayed on the trading platform software, This kind of pricing is sometimes not recognized by public security organs and courts< br />