Launched in 2015, Ethereum (ETH) is the second most popular cryptocurrency and, on most days, the second most valuable after Bitcoin.
"Nowadays new coins can be listed on decentralised exchanges on the first day they are created, without any regulation or due diligence," said Jinnan Ouyang from Singapore-based crypto company Openmining.
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Released in 2011, Litecoin (LTC) uses the same basic structure as Bitcoin. Key differences include a higher programmed supply limit (84 million units) and a shorter target blockchain creation time (2.5 minutes).
However, cryptocurrency is unique as it is typically decentralised so there is no control from government interference. Cryptocurrency uses something called a blockchain.
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The long term positive coherence relationship observed between online metrics and price may be the result of another factor which we hypothesise could be technical progress. As a project makes technical progress, it is likely to have a community form around it over time, increasing online activity and also demand, and hence price, of the particular cryptocurrency. An interesting avenue of future work would be to consider the coherence between price and technical progress (via looking at each projects source code repository—these are available as cryptocurrency projects are generally open-source).
Funding: This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The funding was received by Ross Phillips (RP) via the DTC in Financial Computing & Analytics; reference number: EP/L015129/1; http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=EP/L015129/1. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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