The Connect 2021 Facebook Conference on October 29, 2021, has provided us groundbreaking information regarding Facebook’s future development, as its CEO Mark Zuckerberg officially announced that the leading social media application will now be known as Meta.

Transcending the traditional way of connecting people, Meta will open the doors to a conceptual world where the physical and digital boundaries will clash. People will be able to interact, play and learn with one another in the metaverse. Thousands of unknown possibilities and shared experiences will gradually be discovered with the massive development of the use of modern technology.

Talking to your family, playing games with your friends, attending to a meeting with your colleagues will all feel a lot easier. You won’t just stare at your screen alone, Meta will offer a closer connection by making good use of virtual reality. The embodied internet will break us free from physical limitations, allowing every human being to connect with one another anytime, anywhere.

The metaverse is also known as the next version of the internet. Holograms and 3D spaces that we’ve seen in the movies will now be turned into our very own reality. 3D photorealistic avatars will be our representation within the digital world. They can also be changed depending on the environment we are attending to. To put it simply, Meta is here to give us a whole new world to discover.

Meta’s introduction does not only promote social media activities, it also empowers the utility of digital assets like cryptocurrencies and even NFTs. Inside the digital space, these intangible assets will find their place and purpose. As people learn and adapt to the changes and measures in the virtual world, the value of NFTs will all the more be recognized.

NFT projects like Nouns 3D, an augmented reality NFT that showcases avatars that are referred to as Nouns, will surely attract people in the digitized environment. Animated avatars give people a sense of identity and distinctiveness whenever they socialize on the internet. Thanks to the Meta movement, a community of Nouns 3D avatars where you and I can communicate will be very easy to achieve.

Hobbies and passion are not exempted, as NFT artworks will also be an immersive trend in the metaverse. The traditional buying, selling, and/or auction of art we have in the past will be changed forever. Take Pixlr Genesis as one good example, a digital museum that will showcase thousands of NFT art ready to be owned by art connoisseurs. These pieces of artwork have their own levels or rarity and uniqueness depending on the secret attributes they possess.

Another NFT art platform that is worthy to note is GenArt.ai. Similar to Pixlr Genesis, GenArt.ai offers thousands of NFT art ready to be minted, but with a little twist. The “AI” feature of the system allows it to come up with different NFT artworks that are based on specific themes. These artworks can be stored in a digital wallet or may be sold at a certain price.

The ever-evolving metaverse will constantly influence human activities in the virtual space. As we move on to the next chapter of technology, the functions and value of NFTs will also flourish. The future of technology is clear and bright.

The idea that the words we utter, the pictures we take, and our online memories can all be bought and sold are a new chapter in this digital economy. In today’s day and age, you’re money.

Several NFT artworks and products are now being recognized and promoted all over the internet and on social media platforms. Some of these have already been sold for millions of dollars. For some people, it is pretty questionable how such an intangible art be bought for a price without being able to touch it. Well, human activities are transcending, and the way how we value things changes over time. Today, let us identify the top five (5) NFT arts that possess great potential among its competitors.

1. Pixlr Genesis
A global art movement to build a world-class digital museum. Pixlr Genesis is a preeminent one hundred percent (100%) decentralized art platform that holds ten thousand (10,000) pieces of NFT art ready to be publicly shared by its community. Each slot of art will be divided into five (5) categories that entail different benefits over time. The platform will launch its first two thousand (2,000) NFT passes at 0.3 ETH that will allow different pieces of art to be displayed on the platform. This unique Pixlr Genesis NFT passes grant exclusive rights and access to community airdrops, additional collections, and cryptographically hashed connection to the next set of NFTs. Pixlr Genesis’ economy holds a great deal for stability as twenty-five percent (25%) of all NFT secondary royalties shall be reinvested to avail new art, build platforms, and support new artists that will share their expertise within the Pixlr Genesis Collection. The digital art museum is expected to go live on the 1st day of December 2021 following its Q4 2021 roadmap of building the community and platform. Pixlr Genesis and its timeless gallery of distinct art will surely captivate many people on its launch.

2. GenArt.Ai
A decentralized software utilizing the Ethereum and Polygon Network that permits its users to generate NFT art effortlessly. With GenArt.Ai’s available “AI” option, anyone can be a designer/artist. The platform generates thousands of distinct NFT art to which users can choose base on their preferences. The first available NFT being offered in the platform is called MeWorm, an NFT art that resembles worm-like features with varying colors, transparency, shading, and many more. Once minted, users may generate their name on it as hash. There can only be one (1) NFT per wallet and up to 8,888 NFTs can only be minted on the Polygon network, thus making the NFT’s potential value to skyrocket. GenArt.Ai will surely offer thousands of other aesthetic designs in the near future. It would be wise to keep an eye on this project.

3. NFT SWiiTCH Art Studio
The SWiiTCH art studio has been primarily established to market and sell digital artwork produced by “JJ”, the studio’s pseudonym. It has provided its four purposes; to secure artworks against copyright theft, to mold NFT art into a powerful eCommerce tool, to overcome one of the biggest hurdles for driving direct traffic to the artwork and secure conversions, and to market NFT art as unique offers. The platform has acknowledged the need to remove the stigma against NFT art being difficult to monetize by proposing the promotion of the artwork of other dealers to established Art Auction Houses. SWiiTCH NFT digital art will also be designed as a “double-sided digital card offer,” along with the “flip card” button that will showcase the digital art offer on the face of the card and a one-of-a-kind physical product on the back portion. To give incentives to its consumers, SWiiTCH art will also roll out the awarding of Solar bitcoins. The Solar bitcoin feature mined in an Australian site is backed by Lease Agreements of Geo-located Solar Cells that earn digital currency.

4. Hashmasks
An Ethereum-based digital art collectible that is created by over (70) artists globally. Hashmasks is a collection of 16,384 unique and self-expressing NFT portraits. Hashmasks NFT owners are given the exclusive rights to do what they wish with their purchased art. The art collectibles entail a value hierarchy determined by both the creator and the buyer of the artwork. A set of traits are provided as general guidance to consumers. Owners of Hashmasks NFT art are also entitled to accumulate Name Change Token (NCT) on a daily basis that will allow its holders to choose a name for their own portrait on the Ethereum blockchain. Hashmasks is an art piece for the people and by the people, as it allows both the artist and the consumer to communicate with one another and create an art piece like no other.

5. Hackatao
A name adopted by the Italian art duo Nadia Squarci and Scalet, Hackatao is an art movement where transparency, participation, peer-to-peer relationships, and collaboration are sovereign. The name Hackatao, a mixture of hacker and tao in reference to living balances, comes from a traditional background in the physical art world. Its founders decided to connect with the revolutionary spectrum of NFT artists to learn new methods in creating both modern and futuristic expressions. Hackatao’s first NFT GIF tokenized on SuperRare named “Girl Next Door” has signaled their debut on the digital world. The Hackatao art is continuously moving forward, embracing and experimenting with concepts and potentials within the NFT domain.

From here on out, the patronization towards NFT artworks will continue to grow and dominate the digital space. The strong foundation and the limitless potential that it holds will attract more investors and artists around the world, creating an ever-evolving trading environment.

What's yours?

There are so many incredible projects in this space that truly have the potential to change the world, (DOT, LINK, Blocknet, etc.) and the internal token of a centralized exchange is valued more than necessary. I'm not even sure it makes sense to call BNB a cryptocurrency.

Well is nothing new... Doge became a top 10 coin by Marketcap and it was literally a joke. I guess anything can go to show, crypto can be worth whatever anybody wants. There's no rhyme or reason.


Money overtakes logic in most scenarios.

 

Anyone saw any interesting articles with recommendations on what to buy during this upcoming Altcoin season new Phases??

I'm thinking to buy BEPRO, Bitcoin Plus (XBC), Blocknet (BLOCK) or even getting risky with some XRP...


Thoughts

I enter the space last year, December when BTC is just $15.5K... Got a lot of ALTS too. Yield App (YLD), BEPRO, Stakenet (XSN), BNB, etc...


And it annoys me every time these news outlets probably use a wheel of fortune to choose their topic.

*Spin wheel* landed on "Environment"

*Spin again* landed on "China"

TheGuardian: Okay, research time guys

LMAO...

I know everyone is doing this... My strategy is to buy undervalued cryptos and sell cryptos assets.

Just like now, I am closely monitoring, Blocknet (BLOCK) at the moment. No one ever catches all the fish in the river unless you watch every move it takes... Just like the song Every Breath You Take.


And for picking low caps/low volume ALTS... I am doing that by Instinct and Feelings, Dice Rolling and sometimes I buy crypto that has Rocket Emojis on their website...

We don't know if the US government will ban XRP now (They are winning their lawsuit) or in the future; if it will go to zero or if the government regulates it into a real asset. It's too early to conclude...

What we know is that the government has been going to ban BTC/ETH for over a decade but the people prevailed. That's why Since 2018. I am using a DEX platform to avoid KYC. Who needs your personal info anyway? And now, I am now using DEX Wallet too. I've got XLite Wallet to easily manages all your assets with a single seed phrase that you can connect to Blocknet's DEX for decentralized trading. Using a DEX compatible wallet will reveal its true value once the government start tracking every single detail 

Look, people. I will say I believe in the tech, and I'm sure many do. I know I do long term. But another thing in choosing what to invest in and also the main driving factor is the team behind the project. SO in case, you're looking for this. I'm just going to leave this here...

Blocknet is a blockchain interoperability protocol that permits the communication, interaction, and exchange between and among different blockchains. This promoted the development of multi-chain applications and blockchain microservices.

As an astounding decentralized exchanged platform patronized by many crypto enthusiasts and investors, the Blocknet platform was established in 2014 with its contributors and development team participating all around the world with the same goal in mind: to establish an open and collaborative digital trading ecosystem where blockchains have the freedom to interact with one another.

Dan Metcalf – Co-founder and architect of the Blocknet. Mr. Metcalf is a professional leader, consultant, and developer. He has finished his master's degree in physics at the University of Central Florida in 1992 and his bachelor's degree at the Evergreen State College in 1990. He has been closely working with the development and continuous innovation of the Blocknet platform since 2014. He is also known as the world's first Robust Outdoor/Indoor IP developer over the RF Mesh Network for Marine and Mobile Network Deployments in the United States back in 2005. Mr. Metcalf also became a consultant for the ATC Corporation Technology Consulting and Solutions, a Senior Development Operations Engineer and Architect for Philips Hospital and Health Care, and a Network Security Engineer for General Dynamics, a global aerospace and defense company.

Arlyn Culwick – Blocknet's Co-Founder alongside Mr. Dan Metcalf. Mr. Culwick took and finished his Analytical Philosophy and Anthropology studies at the University of the Witwatersrand. Aside from his crypto-related engagements, he is also an independent researcher for the Philosophical Research in Sign Action, a PR and Media Liaison for XCurrency, and a Folk Musician. He was once an editor for the War Cry Magazine, and a systems analyst for the mobile application solutions for wiGroup, an information technology institution. Together with Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Culwick provides Blocknet's dApp design, UI/UX work, media presentations, and community engagement. This tag-team has devoted much of its time to the continuous operations of the Blocknet protocol.

Shorn Keld – Blocknet's project coordinator. Mr. Keld is responsible for strategizing the project's future activities, development, and engagements. He offers his expertise to ensure that the team will work in harmony, protruding to the business growth and innovation of the Blocknet platform. Mr. Keld received his bachelor's degree in technology and music production at the Leeds College of Music. He also finished his Psychology degree at the Scarborough Sixth Form College. He was once the lead project manager for Bitbay, a smart contracting platform for decentralized marketplace, a website and internet development consultant for Creating Chaos and Global Promise Foundation, a director at Ortomedia Ltd, and ahead of web development for Optimized Edge Ltd.

Conan Mishler – a freelance software engineer and documentation support hired for the Blocknet platform. Mr. Mishler finished his electronics engineering studies at Carnegie Mellon University, with tons of working experience. He became a computer programmer at ThemeZoom, LLC, a design engineer at the Visioneer, Sun Microsystems, Samhita Systems, and Netpower, Inc.

There are also contributors in the Blocknet community who chose not to fully disclose their identities. Nevertheless, the community as a whole did a great job in continuously supporting and promoting the Blocknet. Recently, the team has opened up their Discord server where everyone can freely join and receive timely updates for the project. Blocknet's Twitter, Facebook, Telegram, and Reddit accounts are also very active, providing regular updates whenever the Blocknet reaches a remarkable growth. DYOR for any additional info 

Crypto and Blockchain technologies have unique FEATS and lots of Business Model which could easily gain traction for Banks and Institutions. And when it comes to determining crypto's future, it is hard to determine how it will progress. Fanatics would say blockchain numbers would exponentially increase and the value of the digital tokens would triple in the next few years since it was able to rise high enough in the first quarter of the year 2021. Skeptics would claim that the unpredictability of the crypto market will be the very reason for its downfall.

The problem with the cryptosystem is that its price changes every minute, depending on the flow of supply and demand within the market. This makes crypto an unstable investment for most people and is more likely engaged only by those people who are willing to risk what they have in hopes of getting something big in return. The worst-case possible is that the investments placed on the digital blockchain may go downhill, losing the prospective income. Another thing to point out is the costly requirement to earn crypto. You have the option to purchase crypto through trading with fiat. You may also go with the option to mine cryptocurrencies. However, this mode of acquisition requires computational power and electricity input, as well as the necessary equipment to do the mining work, making it very energy-dependent.

Crypto's decentralized and trustless features also pose disadvantages to its users. A system that is not owned by anyone is subject to cybersecurity breaches and even hacking. Other blockchains also claim that they are decentralized, where in fact they are actually controlled by a centralized organization backed up and monitored by a third-party mediator.

On the other hand, what makes crypto intimidating is that it is not controlled by the government, and is not affected by the economic state of the world. People can also easily create transactions with one another and trade or transfer their assets without the need to secure commissions, paperwork, brokerage fee, and any other conditions. Its trustless and fluctuating nature may seem to look bad, but it can be a positive trait where people can take care of. The unpredictability of crypto's value is also a factor for some people who are ready to gamble their money.  They buy coins when rates are low, waiting patiently for them to exponentially grow within the years to come, and sell these assets at the highest price possible.

We must not forget that despite the outbreak of the global pandemic, the crypto ecosystem was able to grow. Bitcoin's mid-November 2020 value surpassed expectations and has retained its all-time high price up until the first quarter of the year 2021. This big news has attracted investors and outsiders to try out investing in the crypto market. The global pandemic has also encouraged and promoted the use of online payments and purchases, making it possible to use crypto in today's trading.

Crypto's market cap today is at one point sixty-eight trillion dollars ($1.68T). The sudden rise of Bitcoin in late 2020 has garnered the interest of businesses and corporations. According to "The Article", one of the oldest insurance companies in the United States, named Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, has secured one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000.00) into Bitcoin. The infamous Tesla Motors, an electric-vehicle company also announced in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that it had purchased one point five billion dollars ($1.5B) worth of Bitcoin for its balance sheet, and would soon accept crypto as a form of payment, in accordance to Mr. Sean Williams' Motley Fool article.

Despite the unsupported pessimistic rumors, blockchains are continuously developing and becoming more decentralized and accessible like never before. Take Blocknet for example, a decentralized exchange platform with its Block DEX/DX responsible for integrating and communicating different blockchain titles with one another. Its clients can also integrate Blocknet's XLite Wallet to Block DX to perform cross-chain trading without the need to download full chains. To date, Blocknet's Block DX caters one hundred twenty-four (124) assets, seven thousand six hundred twenty-six (7,626) trading pairs, and thirty-five thousand (35,000) trustless trades.

Needless to say, dealing with such a young revolutionary technology requires willingness and patience. Right now, crypto companies are slowly becoming a digitalized version of banks, and banks are now opening their doors to accept crypto. The tides of war are changing, the tables are gently turning. The cryptocurrency market has experienced several positive developments in the past few months which actually helped promote itself to a larger population. Its game-changing constitution shall gradually penetrate the world, the markets, and the lives and people.

The advent of blockchain technology is indeed a remarkable feature that was established and included in contemporary trading. It has become an essential technological advancement for the present time. Cryptocurrency to date can be used as a means of payment to a limited number of negotiations and/or activities. According to Iansiti and Lakhani (2017), blockchain is viewed by many as a disruptive technology that will revolutionize businesses and redefine companies and economies. In fact, crypto has successfully introduced itself in the market. Some companies now accept crypto as a currency in exchange for purchasing items and goods. However, the same is yet to be wholly adopted by the general public.

The concept of blockchain has presented the possibility to compose and complete a record of transactions and exchanges which may be distributed publicly or privately to the users of the chain. This can be defined as the system of decentralization. A decentralized network waives any form of control and governance from a single point of reference, allowing the people participating within the blockchain to freely conduct transactions and control their properties without any third-party interventions. Also in a decentralized setting, each member has the exact same copy of the distributed ledger, with an increasing level of security as the number of its members increases.

According to Lindman, Rossi, and Tunnainen (2017), there is growing anticipation at present that blockchain technology will have a remarkable impact on many sectors of the industry including but not limited to; financial services, supply chain management, transport, healthcare, fashion, and entertainment. This is slowly being realized today as people who use their intangible assets are coming together to utilize cryptocurrency for their livelihood, leisure, and daily needs. Decentralization of such technology will pose vast opportunities for outsiders and newcomers to join and participate in the conduct of purchasing and trading within the market through the use of crypto.

There has been a rise in the number of decentralized exchange platforms whose goal is to promote cross-chain trading towards different blockchain companies and cryptocurrency communities. For instance, the Blocknet, a blockchain interoperability protocol, provides a platform for integration and exchange between different blockchains. Its Block DX/DEX offers users the ability to exchange and trade via cross-chain atomic swaps. Since it is decentralized, all activities and transactions within a person's account are governed and controlled only by the user itself. As recognized by Short (2018), the existing blockchain solutions in the financial industry have eliminated the need for reconciliation and intermediation, enabling direct transactions between trading partners, similar to Blocknet's Block DX platform.

Trading in its nature is significantly important as it allows people to establish their financial assets without being affected by any imposed rules, regulations, and limitations, and the economic state of their country. It also secures increased protection against fraud and identity theft due to the secure nature of cryptocurrencies. Trading within decentralized blockchains also reaches the unbanked and underbanked, allowing them to participate, invest, and earn for themselves without the need to rely on the restricted number of centralized banks.

It is important to note that in the real practical world, the socioeconomic, educational, and cultural backgrounds of people are critical determining factors to consider in the adoption, use, and linking of cryptocurrency towards present-day technology. It is true that the exercise of blockchain decentralization will direct the evolution and promotion of technology. However, one must carefully bear in mind that not everyone has the means and financial capacity to secure and utilize these established decentralized blockchains and their respective cryptocurrencies.

The innovation of the present day's technology can undoubtedly be influenced by the blockchain's decentralization. Blockchain technology has offered an alternative mechanism with the way how people behave, socialize, purchase goods, and use modern technology for entertainment, work, business, and communication. It has also built the potential to build a foundation for creating unprecedented business models (Iansiti and Lakhani 2017) that remove intermediaries from external factors.

XCloud is a decentralized microservice cloud network powered by the XRouter Protocol and is part of Blocknet's Protocol suite. It allows interaction with microservices, blockchains, APIs, and cloud technology that is hosted by service nodes. XCloud can be considered as a "decentralized AWS/Azure".

Developers and crypto enthusiasts alike can incorporate blockchain and non-blockchain microservices on the XCloud, allowing applications to run entirely decentralized. With XCloud, there is a capability to create custom microservices in Docker containers that act as plugins for XRouter, the foundation for the Blocknet XCloud. Existing containers on Docker Hub including a large number of enterprise applications can be monetized and served through Blocknet's XRouter interoperability protocol for seamless integrations. Moreover, XCloud can be used to monetize any service with crypto payments without the need to re-establish or change the existing applications. For instance, CoinMarketCap can be connected and allow users to access their API with a subsequent fee paid in BLOCK tokens without the need to secure any signups or agreements.

Same as the XRouter, fees for XCloud are determined by a free market. Service nodes can specify the fee that they desire to charge for a call and the client specifies the max fee that they can pay. Service nodes earn one hundred percent (100%) of fees from XBridge, XRouter, and XCloud services.

XCloud's services are closely tied with the operations of the XRouter. It basically hosts applications of developers, consolidates and stores necessary data. As a decentralized cloud, it is possible for XCloud to lodge and manage other decentralized applications similar to that of XRouter's use cases involving crypto supply chains, storage and hosting of information, media and content publishing, business and industry enterprise, and even certifications and licensing records.

To host a service with XCloud, the following steps shall be followed by the developers as provided by the Blocknet community:

1. Find a service you would like to provide or create a custom service of your choice.

2. Create the configuration file – each service requires its own configuration file. It is required to create the configuration file for the service's settings.

3. Determine its service type – the following are the supported types of services:
A. rpc– for blockchain call on a wallet that's not in a container
B. docker – used when a developer is running your service within a Docker container, whether it is a wallet or any other type of microservice

4. Deploy service
5. Additional information

It is wise to assume that the Blocknet Protocol, together with its three (3) suite products; XBridge, XRouter, and XCloud working altogether, can surpass other decentralized exchange platforms in bringing unconventional and top-of-line trading services to its current and future investors.

Hello again, Altcoins and BTC Communities... I’m a newbie investor looking to take advantage of the current crypto market situation amid the coronavirus and the temporary price reversals happening in the market. The last month of 2020 has been a blast for the crypto world as it faces such exponential growth in just a span of a month. There has also been a rise in the development and introduction of decentralized finance assets to this day. Before we dive deep into the top ten DeFi projects, we must first know their definition and essence.

DeFi systems are projects with respective cryptocurrency representatives with one goal in mind: to decentralize and disrupt financial institutions like banks and other physical financial storage/s. DeFi projects are tasked with the introduction and development of modern-day cryptocurrency trading platforms. This in turn allows a wide variety of digital investment opportunities, breaking the limitations created by banks and other fundamental financial schemes.
DeFi projects are expected to rise up and increase their engagement with modern-day financial trading. Provided below are the top ten (10) DeFi projects to keep an eye on:

10. Uniswap –Uniswap has two (2) versions, with version one as an on-chain system of smart contracts on the Ethereum blockchain that implements an automated liquidity protocol based on constant product formula. Version two offers a new implementation based on the same formula, with several highly remarkable features. Uniswap is a fully decentralized, open-source exchange platform that provides incentivized liquidity pools. This incentivizing system is directed towards people trading on the exchange to become liquidity providers. Uniswap users pool their money together to create a fund that is used to execute all trades that take place on the system.

9. Serum – a decentralized exchange (DEX) that provides speedy and low-cost transactions towards its users. Serum utilizes on-chain order books with an interface familiar to that of centralized exchanges. This allows its users to endorse their orders with directions, giving them full control over their own assets. It is also noteworthy to mention Serum's program of giving its users the ability to trade custom cryptocurrency contracts, permitting them to assume positions on any product that Serum has to offer, even including cross-chain physically settled contracts which can also be tokenized for the blockchain.

8. UMA – is an open-source infrastructure that aims to deploy and enforce synthetic assets on the Ethereum blockchain. UMA provides its users the capacity to engage in priceless financial contracts. These contracts do not require an on-chain price feed to work and are designed to incentivize counterparties to properly collateralized their positions without any on-chain price feed. As the UMA community defines, their synthetic tokens are assets whose value changes over time depending on their tokens' reference index. By utilizing these priceless financial contracts, developers on UMA can secure and create synthetic tokens, directly benefitting UMA's token sponsors. To date, UMA has a total of sixty-three (63) million value locked in contracts, with a corresponding amount of twenty-one (21) million total value of synthetic tokens dedicated.

7. Compound – is an algorithmic and autonomous DeFi project under the Ethereum blockchain that enables its stakeholders to borrow and lend a certain amount of cryptocurrencies. These include Dai (DAI) Ether (ETH), Tether (USDT), among others. Users who store their financial holdings with Compound also gain the benefit of financial interest towards their accounts, depending on the type of cryptocurrency they used in making negotiations. To this day, the Compound DeFi has more than eight ( 8 ) million dollars worth of assets locked upon its asset earning across nine (9) different projects.

6. Blocknet – a decentralized network that connects blockchains, whether through cross-chain Dapps or even using a protocol as a second layer to extend the blockchain functionality, Blocknet provides its developers the authority to establish applications that will secure digital transactions. Blocknet offers its lightweight and multi-asset wallet called the XLite. With the use of XLite, Blocknet's stakeholders can manage to buy, sell, and store cryptocurrencies. Connecting the XLite wallet to Blocknet's Block DX will allow greater trading opportunities for its users, reducing any unnecessary consumption of time and effort in navigating to other trading platforms.

5. Divi – the Divi project has presented itself and offered the solution to introduce the use of crypto in today's world. To achieve its goal, it has made its move to establish the Divi wallet. This user-friendly smart wallet brings up promising features of multi-coin system trading, even including fiat. The Divi wallet also has its lottery blocks program that weekly draws and announces Divi coin winners from its participants. The Divi clients can also earn more of its coins by running and maintaining Divi-powered masternodes. The Divi project will soon launch its Divi card, a Visa/Mastercard debit card which can be funded by the user's crypto balances on their Divi Wallet. This revolutionary strategy will allow the widespread introduction and use of crypto in day-to-day financial transactions.

4. Stakenet – Stakenet is an autonomous and future-proof platform that combines the Lightning network and Masternode into a global blockchain for decentralized applications. The Lightning Network is a second-layer solution that enables peer-to-peer off-chain transactions within a blockchain or between and among different blockchains. A Masternode on the other hand is a dedicated full node of a blockchain that resides around the world.  The Stakenet project has furnished its Masternodes to be Lightning network ready. This design allows Stakenet users to experience the instant and virtually feeless transactions of cryptocurrency. Currently, the Stakenet wallet, Stakenet's non-custodial multi-currency light wallet that features Stakenet DEX is currently in beta testing.

3. Binance – one of the most well-known cryptocurrency exchange platforms in this day and age, with an average daily trading volume of over two (2) billion USD and processes more than one point four (1.4) million transactions per second, the Binance application offers trading of many different cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum, Polkadot, Cardano, and many more. Binance is known for having insurance protection for its crypto traders, accompanied by its multi-level security features to avoid any loss of investments. Binance also supports margin trading, where users who have the courage to stake greater risks for greater profits are welcome.

2. Polkadot – a flagship project by Web3 Foundation, a Swiss Foundation founded to facilitate a fully functional and user-friendly decentralized web. Polkadot's mission is to connect private and consortium chains, public and permissionless networks, oracles, and future technologies yet to be created. Furthermore, Polkadot enables the cross-chain transfer of any type of data or asset not limited to tokens. To date, Polkadot has climbed up the ranks of the cryptocurrency market, as an alternative crypto coin that has gained a two hundred fifty-five percent (255%) increase in performance compared to the sixty-seven percent (67%) of Bitcoin. A Dubai-based FD7 Ventures recently announced its plan to sell seven hundred fifty million (750,000,000.00) dollar worth of its Bitcoin holdings over the next month in Cardano and Polkadot blockchain.

1. Cardano – defined as a blockchain platform for changemakers, innovators, and visionaries alike, offering the technology required to establish unparalleled security and credibility to decentralized applications. Cardano is the first blockchain platform that was built through peer-reviewed research that secures enough information to proceed with processing billions of data. Cardano features the Ouroboros, the first peer-reviewed, verifiably secured blockchain protocol. Ouroboros is responsible for maintaining Cardano's decentralized and sustainable network, allowing it to run seamlessly. Alongside Polkadot, a big number of investors have set their eyes on staking their assets in Cardano. Its cryptocurrency, ADA, has reached its all-time high value of one point thirty (1.30) dollars per coin. This development has turned Cardano to become one of the largest cryptocurrency platforms with a measured market capitalization of around thirty-nine (39) billion.

The future of the crypto ecosystem is and will always be uncertain. We shall be prepared to receive groundbreaking news, whether good or bad. We shall also expect an increase in the number of other different blockchain companies together with their respective crypto-powered projects, given the fact that the cryptocurrency has proven itself as an indestructible investment that can change the financial capacity of its rightful owner/s.

I would love your help. I'm open to every opinion.  

I know this has been mentioned here before, I'm not sure but let me foreshadowed my interest in DEXes by posting about Blocknet's XLite Wallet.

In its general sense, Blocknet is a decentralized network that connects blockchains, whether, through cross-chain Dapps or even using a protocol as a second layer to extend the blockchain functionality, Blocknet offers developers the ability to establish applications that will secure cashless transactions today and in the years to come. Supporting Blocknet's goal to interconnect different forms and types of blockchains, it has designed a lightweight and multi-asset wallet called the XLite. The XLite wallet is developed to ensure the stakeholders' coins remain secure, free from any external and third-party control.

Noteworthy Features of the XLite Wallet

1. Decentralized Security – XLite wallet comes with a secured network of decentralized services nodes with no existing centralized servers. Users have full control over the activities of their respective wallets. Not having to rely on server/s means that users can also enjoy accessing their XLite wallets anytime, without fear of system failures that might affect their ongoing transactions.

2. Multi-Asset – Blocknet's XLite wallet supports cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Litecoin, Blocknet, Dashcoin, Digibyte, Dogecoin, and many more. Users can easily manage all their assets within a single seed phrase, viewable on XLite wallet's main interface.

3. DEX Compatible – users can connect their XLite wallet to the Block DX decentralized exchange for trading. Block DX exchanges are powered by Blocknet. Block DX offers completely decentralized and trustless trading through cross-chain atomic swaps. Block DX also offers lower trading fees and no withdrawal fee as trades are conducted within users' wallets.
 
4. Noncustodial – as previously noted, user's private keys to their wallet stay under their supervision, not within an external or third-party server/s.
Light and Fast – XLite wallet take advantage of Blocknet's XRouter protocol, allowing its users to manage, store and trade their assets without the need to secure and download blockchain data. As defined by the Blocknet documentation, XRouter provides blockchain interoperability for the Blocknet Protocol with a communication layer consisting of an inter-blockchain SPV client backend, authorizing the verification of blockchain records without requiring users to download the full blockchain.

5. Atomic Swap Ready – no registrations, deposits, or Know-Your-Customer (KYC) is required for decentralized exchanging and trading activities within the XLite wallet. Users only need to directly connect their XLite wallet with the Block DX to start trading.

6. Handy Wallet Dashboard - XLite's user-friendly wallet provides basic interface options for users to quickly grasp the necessary information. The XLite dashboard allows its users to view their total assets, total portfolio balance, and most recent transactions in the blink of an eye.

Just a friendly reminder: If XLite does not support the assets you want to trade on the Block DX, you may consider installing the native wallets of those assets to trade them on Block DX. For more information about XLite wallet, everyone is invited to visit https://xlitewallet.com/. Everyone is also free to test and download the XLite wallet on their devices.

I am a newbie on this platform and overwhelmed. But allow me to post something that is worth investing in...

I will talk about DIVI. The Divi project which offers an efficient and user-centric platform for digital currency aims to promote solutions to the usability and accessibility of cryptocurrencies to the general public. Truth be told, the adaption of cryptocurrencies as a medium of financial transactions has not yet wholly penetrated the interest of the public. To encourage and make good use of the Divi currency, the Divi organization has given its attention to foster Divi-empowered community projects that will benefit the livelihood, safety, and environment of human individuals around the world. To date, the Divi foundation supports these community projects:

Divi Green – a Venezuela-based project that focuses on the growth and improvement of Venezuela's social and environmental condition. With the use of plastic recycling program following the reduce, reuse, recycle waste management, members are paid out in Divi cryptocurrency. These funds can be used by the people to purchase goods for the people's daily needs, and even expand further to venture into other eco-friendly projects and local businesses. With the advent of Divi Green, countless possibilities for the promotion of Divi cryptocurrency and protection of the environment not only in Venezuela but also to its neighboring countries can be realized in no time.

The Mighty Project – the project was spearheaded by Mrs. Lisa David in the year 2018 following the death of her adopted daughter, Mighty Mia. As the organization's philosophy provides, the Mighty Project primarily exerts its efforts to support foster care, adoption, organ donation, special needs, and protection for the medically fragile. Since its inauguration, the project has raised more than seventy-four (74) thousand dollars for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, a notable feature that will aid many people suffering from the same diseases. Mrs. David, the founder of the project, also won the 2019 Oklahoma Woman of the Year during the Leukemia Lymphoma Society Man and Woman of the Year Campaign, which allowed the project to choose a research activity that will focus on Childhood Lymphoma. The Mighty Project is employing a Divi cryptocurrency junction to receive financial benefits in support of its continuing efforts to help individuals who are in dire need of proper care.  

The Spaghetti Project – initiated and founded by Mr. Tristan Paylado in the Philippines, Spaghetti Project aims to feed the residents, expanding from the country's one region to another. With the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in the year 2020, the ever-growing organization has also started its movement of raising funds to give out free face masks, face shields, and hand sanitizers to the community. The Spaghetti Project offers Divi cryptocurrency as their source for fundraising, allowing their efforts to substantially grow and develop to more and more regions and far-flung areas in the country.

Agape House – an inclusive outreach program based in San Diego, California, which promotes a community and family of friendship, trust, hospitality, mentorship, and spiritual growth towards the campus of San Diego State University and with young adults in the wider San Diego area. To date, the Divi community is anticipating engaging and work with the Agape House in hopes of supporting the organization with the use of the Divi platform.

Bike to the Future and Khayletisha Cycles – The Khayletisha Cycles is currently known as the first bike shop in Cape Town of South Africa. The shop was founded by Mr. Juma Mkwela, with the vision to increase bicycle mobility and draw the people of Cape Town to use these bicycles as a hobby and a medium of transportation to schools (for students) and workplaces (for adults). The "Divi Bike To The Future Community Campaign" promoted by the Khayletisha Cycles widely accepts Divi crypto donations to support their efforts in creating a generation of new cyclists. The campaign was able to secure, through a series of significant donations, one hundred (100) bicycles for the children in the community. The Divi Project has also extended its efforts in helping the Khayelitsha Cycles by providing necessary goods to feed sixty-seven (67) families for two (2) weeks in celebration of Mandela day, as well as to secure a total of one hundred forty-five (145) bicycles for essential workers.

With its series of community projects using Divi currency, platform, and technology as a measure for financial support and sustenance, the Divi community in its entirety, is progressively realizing its goal; to introduce digital money for mass use.  The Divi project shall not cease on moving forward, empowering the employment of cryptocurrency to real-world initiatives and day-to-day commercial transactions, while at the same time, helping small and large scale movements to nurture the livelihood of its beneficiaries. More and more Divi-empowered programs shall arise, tracing its grassroots and inspiration from the existing Div-empowered movements.

These community projects indubitably prove that the development of an institution cannot only be relied upon internally but can also be exercised by participating in external and outdoor activities that will help promote and benefit both the engaging parties.

I noticed there is a wonderful community surrounding DIVI and this is enticing me to also become a part of it by staking some coins soon.

I am on my way to getting a master node. The DIVI Masternode software takes the stress out of earning cryptocurrency. Divi's one-click setup process is as simple as setting up an account online and lets your computer work for you. It's time your computer became your side hustle 

XLite wallet is now being prepared for public release. I'm sure all the departments in the Blocknet team are making significant progress gearing up for the launch next week.

This post ages so well 

Last year, from January 2020 until February we reach the price of $3.38 from 70 cents. This time will be the same.. Phase 1 of ALTSEASON is just around the corner. Who knows if we see a surge in price again of $57 in BLOCK since the Bullrun we have at the moment carries on the same crypto characteristics of 2017 altcoins hype...
Most traders will try to time their positions (buy low sell high) which is obviously the end goal. However, most profit in trading and specifically DEXes requires volatility targeting or else you will end up buying high selling low.

This is great! You know fellas, momentum plus a reliable exchange is a killer combination.
Most of the DEX's except Blocknet are experiencing problems every time a coin in the swaps has a ton of buy/sell activities. It's so stressful and not very convenient. Thankfully, I have never experienced this in the Blocknet platform in my whole trading life.

I tell you, momentum trading can be pretty successful provided that you found a good and reliable DEX 

It's not long ago that Blocknet DEX all-time volume exceeds $1 M...

My comprehensive experience in using Blocknet convenient DEX...

No KYC
No login
No captcha
No deposits
No daily limit
No kill switch
No geoblocking
No pause button
No e-mail confirmation
No offshore corporation
No scheduled maintenance
No unscheduled maintenance
No competition

What else did I forget?

Made some pretty gains over the weekend.. 

Happy New Year Everyone.. BLOCK Exponential growth is a thing of beauty!

Now transferring 40 percent of my profit to BTC and 30 percent for ETH.. That's how I planned to do it...
Distributing my profit for long positioning in both BTC and ETH. Fingers Crossed that the BULL will be with us until the Summer.

The rest (30%) will remain here in Blocknet.. I'll also try to add a little bit of savings in the platform wherever I can