{"id":3141,"date":"2018-11-25T13:31:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T13:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wasteyourtime.co\/?page_id=3141"},"modified":"2020-07-18T12:30:42","modified_gmt":"2020-07-18T11:30:42","slug":"altcoin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/traders-paradise.com\/magazine\/trading-dictionary\/a\/altcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"ALTCOIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><b>DEFINITION of ALTCOIN<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The altcoin is any cryptocurrency that is not Bitcoin. An altcoin is any digital cryptocurrency similar to Bitcoin. An altcoin is any digital cryptocurrency similar to Bitcoin. The term refers to \u201calternative to Bitcoin\u201d. It is in use to describe any cryptocurrency that is not a Bitcoin. Altcoins are producing by diverging from Bitcoin consensus rules. Or by developing a new cryptocurrency from scratch.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>WHAT IT IS IN ESSENCE<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of cryptocurrencies available over the internet as of 19 August 2018 is over 1600 and continuously growing.\u00a0 Anyone can create cryptocurrency at any time.\u00a0 Altcoins can differ from Bitcoin in many ways. Some are based on a different economic model or a different coin distribution method. But, the most popular altcoins use the same fundamental building blocks as Bitcoin. This approach is relatively easy to carry out because Bitcoin is a free, open-source platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others employ different proof-of-work mining algorithms. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several altcoins offer a more versatile programming language to build applications on top of. While yet others offer more privacy compared to Bitcoin. And there are also altcoins that serve very specific, non-monetary use cases. Like domain name registry or data storage pointers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most altcoins offer no benefit over Bitcoin at all. And they have less hash power securing them. While many altcoins promise useful features, upon closer inspection, many of these promises are just that: promises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This also means that altcoins are typically riskier than Bitcoin. <\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>HOW TO USE<\/b><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Altcoin exchange rates are often more volatile.\u00a0Consequently, over the years virtually no altcoins have maintained their value against bitcoin. 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