The development of digital currency and cryptocurrency
1、 Different definitions:
1. virtual currency:
virtual currency refers to non real currency
digital currency:digital currency is an alternative currency in the form of electronic currency. Both digital gold coin and cryptocurrency belong to digiccy
3. Cryptocurrency:
cryptocurrency is a kind of transaction medium that uses cryptography principles to ensure transaction security and control the creation of transaction units
4. Token (token):
a kind of article whose shape and size are similar to currency, but the scope of use is limited and has no currency effect, and its token is the homonym of token in English
Second, the characteristics are different:1; It can also be said that virtual currency is personalized currency. In another way, it can also be called information currency
2. Digital currency:
is an unregulated and digital currency, which is usually issued and managed by developers and accepted and used by members of specific virtual communities
Cryptocurrency:cryptocurrency is based on the decentralized consensus mechanism, which is opposite to the banking and financial system relying on the centralized regulatory system
4. Token (token):
usually needs to be exchanged for money, used in shops, playgrounds, mass transportation and other places, as a voucher to use services and exchange goods
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at present, digital currency is more like an investment proct, because it lacks a strong guarantee agency to maintain its price stability, and its role as a value measure has not yet appeared, so it can not be used as a means of payment. As an investment proct, digital currency cannot develop without trading platform, operating company and investment company
digital currency is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the blockchain technology it relies on has been decentralized and can be used in other fields except digital currency, which is one of the reasons why bitcoin is popular; On the other hand, if digital currency is widely used by the public as a kind of currency, it will have a huge impact on the effectiveness of monetary policy, financial infrastructure, financial market and financial stability
bitcoin, Ruitai coin and vitality coin may also exist as a form of currency or as an asset class.
In the morning of March 9, 2014 Beijing time, Jared Cohen, creative director of Google, said at the Sxsw conference this week that digital cryptocurrency similar to bitcoin will exist for a long time. Cohen and Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman, promoted their co-author book the new digital age at the conference
in the past few months, bitcoin prices have fluctuated significantly. At the same time, this digital currency is strongly supported by the hacker community and is closely related to some black markets. Cohen believes that bitcoin has its value, but it will bring risks if it is not regulated
mt.gox lost $400 million worth of bitcoin, which shakes the confidence of the outside world in bitcoin. Some critics even point out that "bitcoin is dead". However, Cohen's statement is a strong support for cryptocurrency technologies such as bitcoin
bitcoin can exist only because both sides of the transaction recognize its transaction value, so anyone can independently design a virtual currency. Ars technica, for example, announced this week that it would create its own cryptocurrency, arscoin
Cohen believes that the main threat to digital cryptocurrency is how to keep it safely, and the loss of mt.gox bitcoin once again highlights this problem. Recently, the US Congress has also launched a debate on digital cryptocurrency. Some members believe that the supervision of the bitcoin should be strengthened to avoid risks. Another congressman, Jared polis, believes that the US dollar has similar defects to bitcoin, so if bitcoin is banned, then the US dollar note should also be banned
digital currency has a short history in the world, but it develops rapidly. Many countries are trying to sum up experiences and lessons through official or non-governmental efforts
take Europe as an example. In 2015, the transaction volume of digital currency in relevant European countries and regions exceeded 1 billion euro. Although the total amount is not large, it is fierce
it was reported on January 2, 2016 that the Bank of England is also considering whether to issue digital currency by the central bank, and the research work is still in the initial stage. Andy Haldane, chief economist of the Bank of England, said that switching to digital currency would be "a great technological leap forward"
DNB, Norway's largest bank, has already cancelled the cash counter service. The bank called on the government to stop using paper money completely. According to the data, only 6% of Norwegians still use cash every day, most of them the elderly. The social cost of cash payment is twice that of electronic money payment. In one day's life, the payment of bus, shopping, payment, refueling, and even parking is completed by swiping the card. Only when the children's school holds a charity sale can the banknotes be used
compared with paper money, digital currency has obvious advantages, which can not only save the cost of issuance and circulation, but also improve the efficiency of transaction or investment, and enhance the convenience and transparency of economic transaction activities. The issue of digital currency by the central bank also ensures the continuity of financial policy and the integrity of monetary policy, and also ensures the security of monetary transactions
although the issuing method of digital currency is still under study, paper currency has been regarded as "the currency of the previous generation" by some professionals, and it is the general trend to be replaced by new technologies and procts. Due to China's large population and volume, the timetable for issuing digital currency is still uncertain. It is predicted that digital currency and cash will be in parallel and graally replaced for quite a long time. When the era of digital currency really comes, people will carry less and less cash, travel more and more safe, poverty alleviation more and more accurate, corruption more and more difficult to escape, and thieves more and more difficult
Digital cryptocurrency is a kind of currency that is not issued by legal tender institutions and controlled by the central bank. It is based on the open source code of a group of equations calculated by computers all over the world, and is generated by a large number of calculation processing of computer graphics card and CPU. It uses the design of cryptography to ensure the security of all aspects of currency circulation
development materials:
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definition of digital currency:
digital currency is abbreviated as digiccy, which is the abbreviation of "digital currency" in English and the alternative currency in the form of electronic currency. Both digital gold coin and cryptocurrency belong to digiccy< br />
1. Secure
transaction of cryptocurrency on the decentralized platform of blockchain, the E-wallet used by it is authorized to send and receive cryptocurrency by the cryptosystem using the unique public key and private key. And the account does not need to be identified by a third party, so outsiders can not know the identity of the trader
2. Tamper proof
after the transaction on the blockchain is confirmed, it is tamper proof, and this kind of data is traceable, so the illegal elements can't cheat by deleting or modifying the records
you can learn about cryptocurrency through some media platforms, so I won't go into details here.
unlike virtual currency, digital currency is neither bitcoin nor q-coin! That is to say, it is different from virtual currencies such as bitcoin and Ethernet
virtual currency can only be closed in circulation on the network, just like Tencent's q-coin and Huixin cloud software collaborative instry ecological chain platform, they can only be used for their own procts. Digital currency can be used for real goods and services transactions, but only the digital currency issued by the state is legal digital currency, bitcoin is illegal digital currency. As for legal digital currency, there is no unified international definition. Yao Qian, deputy director of the science and Technology Department of the people's Bank of China and head of the preparatory group of the digital currency Research Institute, believes that the digital currency researched and issued by the people's Bank of China is indexed RMB. From the perspective of national schemes, it belongs to legal encrypted digital currency, which is not only a payment tool but also a currency. Correspondingly, virtual currency is also called illegal fixed digital currency. Li Lihui, head of the blockchain working group of China Internet Finance Association, once said that digital currency must have legal status, national sovereignty endorsement, and clear responsibility subject of issuance. Virtual currencies represented by bitcoin and ethereal currency have no country, no sovereign endorsement, no qualified issuers, and no national credit support. These are not digital currencies
digital money is not equivalent to virtual currency
since digital money can be used for commodity trading, is Alipay and WeChat payment a kind of digital currency?
Alipay, WeChat payment and mobile phone banks are all electronic money, not digital money. These are all payment methods based on electronic accounts, which are in essence just a process of informatization of legal currency, not digital currency in a strict sense. For example, the amount of Alipay or WeChat transactions is essentially banknotes on bank accounts, but it is electronic form. The "100 yuan" displayed on the mobile phone will correspond to the real 100 yuan in the bank.
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in the past, we used precious metals as currency. Because precious metal proction is not high, the speed of new money increase is limited, and the economy is growing, the market needs more money to let the goods flow as much as possible. There is value when there is demand. In this sense, the value of precious metals in making other things is secondary. The economy needs money to circulate goods, and this demand is the main one. However, if the proction of precious metals is limited, and the precious metal currencies in circulation will withdraw from the market for various reasons, then even the newly made precious metal currencies have the same or even higher value
why does bitcoin keep its value? BTC (short for bitcoin) exists in a huge P2P network. Bitcoin group has recognized an algorithm. Under current conditions, only about 6 new BTCs will be generated per hour. At present, there are 50 new BTCs in each group. That is to say, in this world, only about 300 BTCs are generated per hour. This output will also be limited by the difficulty automatically adjusted by the network. You can't speed up money proction by modifying everyone's client algorithm and parameters (client is open source). Counterfeit currency will be discarded by the network (unless you can control most of the network nodes)
what is the value of BTC itself
the value of BTC is the trading channel itself. A new set of BTCs provides a mathematical guarantee to transfer old BTCs from one account to another. The price behind this security guarantee is a lot of computing power. It takes a lot of energy to proce such a safe passage, so the whole BTC user group will reward the mint (currently 50 BTC), which will become 25 BTC after December 2012, and it will be halved every four years
to put it simply, my understanding is that all BTCs in the world are generated by the energy of running computers. Their total value (up to now, there are about 12W groups of BTCs proced, 50 in each group, and the market price is about US $7.3), should be less than the total market value of consumed energy. However, I think most of the energy used to proce BTC is wasted resources< br />4
Mini world fast mining skills:
1! And food! We have to cut down trees in advance and make ladders. Because making these things requires iron ingots, which are smelted from iron ore, so if there is no iron, first make wood, and then make a tool box to take with you, which is convenient for making at any time
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then find a place you think is more suitable to excavate. At first, you can excavate it vertically and place the ladder while digging. Trust me, this is the most time-saving, labor-saving and convenient way, because I used to excavate the stairs
and don't be too tired. When you get to a similar place, generally speaking, you will encounter caves, and then mark them to avoid getting lost<
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in terms of market value, bitcoin is still the largest cryptocurrency, still ahead of the market, with a total value of about US $137 billion; When the price of bitcoin plummets, other cryptocurrencies are not immune but why should the price of bitcoin fall? In fact, there are many factors. This sharp decline began with the price of bitcoin, which began to soar last year. Even if the current price is only $8400, the price of bitcoin is about 850% higher than that of the same period last year. If you are an early investor, the profit margin is still very high
Charles Hayter, chief executive of cryptocompare, a cryptocurrency comparison platform, agreed. He believes that most of the recent regulatory measures have been positive and effective, and will & lt; Bring strict supervision and long-term stability for example, there have been several bans recently. Many mainstream banks in the United States and the United Kingdom prohibit customers from buying bitcoin through credit cards. Trevor gerszt, chief executive of coinira, a digital currency savings company, said in an email that the credit card ban & lt; It's a bad thing. It prevents low credit buyers from using cheap credit to influence the price of bitcoin& rdquo;