Tag: polygon
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Blockchains As Cities
Great article on Medium by Haseeb Qureshi to help make sense of the evolving cryptocurrency world. I particularly liked the predictions that follow from his model. Analogies are frequently used to explain the crypto space, e.g. bitcoin as digital gold. They inevitably fall short. They are just a bridge or a catalyst to help develop…
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Polygon (First Pass)
https://www.coinbase.com/learn/crypto-basics/what-is-polygon L2 or “sidechain” that runs alongside the Ethereum blockchain It is a scaling solution resulting in faster transactions and lower fees (gas). MATIC is the networks native cryptocurrency https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/polygon/ “It acts as a speedy parallel blockchain running alongside the main Ethereum blockchain” You can “bridge” some of your crypto over to Polygon, and then…