What Is Cryto Flashcards

1
Q

What is stored on a mining rig

A

A ledger of transactions and records that are stored on computers worldwide.

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2
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What do cryptocurrency computers have?

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Identical copies of a ledger and their purpose is to continuously verify the contents of the ledger.

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3
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What is forking?

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It is when the cryto PC is verifying the contents of ledger and they do not agree on the final copy of the ledger

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4
Q

How are cryto PCs rewarded

A

Ledger token

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5
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What decides how much a mining PC will get rewarded?

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The amount of effort the pc puts into verifying the network(relative to all other PCs also processing the ledger

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6
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How is bitcoin similar to gold?

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Is has no intrinsic value

The valuation of bitcoin is speculative(99 percent)

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7
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Is bitcoin private or anonymous

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Not without help from third partys

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What did companies do when they realise the potential of bitcoin. What did this act as? And what does this make them?

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Started accepted fiat for conversion to bitcoin. This acted as liquidity and value provider for cryptocurrencies. This makes them the closest thing to cryto banks

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9
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Ways to store bitcoin?

A

On a cryto website in a wallet

Or in a private wallet

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10
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Even though these coins don’t hold intrinsic value, why could this change?

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The emergence of distributed ledger technology with specific purposes will likely evolve to hold real value

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11
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What is poor with bitcoin?

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The amount of transactions per second and its geographical mining centralisation

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12
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What attributes could make a crytocurries very popular?

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Transaction scalability and geopolitical decentralization

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13
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What do you do if you have already made a 50 to 100 percent gain?

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Take half of the money out just incase it falls. Or take it all out.

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14
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What is an eskrow in crypto

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A mediator that keeps the money in safekeeping until the bitcoin are handed over. This protects the buyer from fraudulent sellers

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15
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What should you do if you are in the right place at the right time?

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Fully commit

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16
Q

What can happen with FOMO?

A

You can lose big.

17
Q

Is it OK to just follow a chart?

A

No, you must understand what you are buying.

18
Q

What should you do if you don’t understand a currency

A

Don’t risk with to much money

19
Q

What should you not do if you don’t understand or believe in a currency and what should you do if you do understand it

A

Don’t blindly hold it. Even if you are selling at a loss.

Put money into it.

20
Q

What is an important lesson to remember to do with opportunity

A

There is always an opportunity elseware at another time if you are willing to be patient and keep an eye out

21
Q

What is a price correction?

A

A rapid decrease of an asset from a recently achieved peak. The asset will usualy return to the price within the long established trend

22
Q

Why is it not smart to join FOMO rallies?

A

They often end badly all of a sudden. Entry time is often too late also.