In 2019 Facebook said it plans to introduce a cryptocurrency that at the time was called Libra.
You can't ever determine how long or how far up a speculative investment can go, and you tend to be very shocked at how much it falls
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Blocks are linked together by cryptography – complex mathematics and computer science. Any attempt to alter data disrupts the cryptographic links between blocks, and can quickly be identified as fraudulent by computers in the network.
4JNET’s team are big proponents of the HODL theme that is often echoed through the cryptocurrency market. History has proven that there is no better way to make the most returns than holding digital assets for number of years. Thus, 4JNET is designed with this proven theory in mind.
On Thursday, Brooks made the announcement in a statement describing his new employer as an established leader in the digital asset industry, renowned for its sustained research and development efforts and best-in-class proprietary technologies.
Gold has historically always held value. The precious metal isn’t just used as a component of decorative jewellery: it has often been used as a currency and as an investment. Gold-backed cryptocurrencies essentially bring gold to the blockchain.
Community Focused and fair launch. The dev team burned all of their tokens and participated with everyone else.
One investor who wasn’t deterred was Barstool Sports Inc. founder Dave Portnoy. In May, he announced to his 2.6 million followers on Twitter that he’d bought $40,000 worth, despite saying that SafeMoon could be a Ponzi scheme, a scam in which early investors’ returns are paid with funds coming from later buyers that collapses when new deposits dry up or too many people try to cash out.
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These token burns are designed to increase the scarcity of the token and push the value higher. Safemoon initially launched with a circulating supply of one quadrillion tokens (!!!), although the development team burned 223 trillion of these right away. Over 400 trillion tokens have been burned so far, with this figure continuing to grow as the months go by.
For instance, whereas a government can easily freeze or even seize a bank account located in its jurisdiction, it’s very difficult for it to do the same with funds held in cryptocurrency — even if the holder is a citizen or legal resident.
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