What is OmiseGO? Founded by a Southeast Asian fintech group operating primarily in Thailand, OmiseGO (OMG) has been generating significant buzz since Vitalik Buterin (creator of Ethereum) declared it his favorite token. The reasons he gave boil down to this: it’s a token with a purpose that goes beyond money replacement and has a clear future value. This purpose, as the company’s slogan says, is to “unbank the banked” by providing a decentralized way to…

What is Dogecoin? Originally started as a “joke currency” based on a meme about a happy-looking Shiba Inu (known as “Doge”), Dogecoin (DOGE) has gradually been building in value and can be easily traded on a wide variety of exchanges. It gained notoriety for its sponsorship of the Jamaican bobsled team in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, raising funds for them when they could not afford to go. The community is also known for its…

What is Request Network? Smart payment applications, like Venmo or Stripe, are growing increasingly popular, but they are typically limited to a few main functionalities and currencies. Request Network’s (REQ) mission is to, as their whitepaper says, “become the backbone of world trade” by making payment possible between anyone, anywhere, using any currency, with invoices and accounting records automatically stored on the blockchain. The development team already has a successful Y Combinator-funded startup called Moneytis,…

I am a huge fan of the Basic Attention Token (BAT) project and everyone seemed to like these infographics so I thought why not another? I hope the graphic helps to summarize some of the major recent developments of the BAT project and Brave for 2018 in a visually acceptable infographic. Feel free to share. The only thing I ask if you do is to attribute it to my blog. I hope you guys like…

What is Raiblocks? The scalability issues plaguing Bitcoin have created a demand for no-fee, fast cryptocurrencies. Raiblocks (XRB) was created to be an answer to that demand, and it’s been growing in popularity much faster than a coin not listed on any major exchanges generally does. While there is some speculation about Raiblocks becoming an Internet of Things (IoT) application at some point, it is focusing first on being a functional cryptocurrency. Its architecture promises…

There has been a lot of buzz about Stellar Lumens (XLM) as of late about FairX, IBM, and just everything in between so I thought I would do another infographic since some of my readers expressed that they liked my previous one on Ethereum. Feel free to share the infographic. All I ask is to attribute the infographic to my blog. I hope you guys enjoy it and hope it is visually pleasing enough to…

What is Vechain? A Singapore-based cryptocurrency focused on tracing supply chains, Vechain (VEN) is an Internet of Things (IoT) proect that already has some functioning use cases for luxury goods. By connecting technologies like RFID, NFC, QR codes, or even bar codes to a blockchain, items can have a universally readable identity. This allows them to be tracked back to their origins and prevents counterfeiting, as blockchain entries cannot be duplicated. The development team’s most…

If you’re confused about Ripple (XRP), don’t worry. The term Ripple is often used interchangeably for the digital currency (XRP), the open payment network that the currency is transferred, as well as the holding company. Ripple is a privately held, cash flow positive company that aims to create and enable a global network of financial institutions and banks to use the Ripple software to lower the cost of international payments. Ripple calls this global network…

What is Waltonchain? Waltonchain is a Chinese and Korean blockchain project targeted at transforming supply chain management. Named after Charles Walton, the inventor of RFID technology (most popularly used as “E-Z Pass”), WALTON is an acronym for Wisdom Alters Label, Trade, Organization, and Network. That meaning may be somewhat unclear, but the project definitely stays true to its namesake: Waltonchain’s primary function is taking data gathered from RFID tags and storing it on the blockchain.…